12 CFR § 608.835 - Purpose.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s608.835"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 608.835 - Purpose."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "608.835"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "608"
part_name: "COLLECTION OF CLAIMS OWED THE UNITED STATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 5.17 of the Farm Credit Act; 12 U.S.C. 2252; 31 U.S.C. 3701-3719; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 4 CFR parts 101-105; 5 CFR part 550."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 13187, Mar. 21, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "608"
---
# 608.835 Purpose.
The purpose of this subpart is to implement section 5 of the Debt Collection Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-365)(5 U.S.C. 5514), which authorizes the collection of debts owed by Federal employees to the Federal Government by means of salary offsets. These regulations provide procedures for the collection of a debt owed to the Government by the imposition of a salary offset against amounts payable to a Federal employee as salary. These regulations are consistent with the regulations on salary offset published by the Office of Personnel Management, codified in 5 CFR part 550, subpart K. Since salary offset is a type of administrative offset, this subpart supplements subpart B.