(a) Disposable pay means that part of current basic pay, special
pay, incentive pay, retired pay, retainer pay, or in the case of an
employee not entitled to basic pay, other authorized pay remaining after
the deduction of any amount required by law to be withheld. Agencies
must exclude deductions described in 5 CFR 581.105 paragraphs (b)
through (f) to determine disposal pay subject to salary offset.
(b) As used in this subpart, the terms claim and debt are deemed
synonymous and interchangeable. A debt means an amount owed to the
United States from sources which include loans insured or guaranteed by
the United States and all other amounts due the United States from fees,
leases, rents, royalties, services, sales of real or personal property,
overpayments, penalties, damages, interest, fines and forfeitures
(except those arising under the Uniform Code of Military Justice), and
all other similar sources.
(c) Employee means a current employee of an agency, including a
current member of the Armed Forces or a Reserve of the Armed Forces
(Reserves).
(d) Paying agency means the agency employing the individual and
authorizing the payment of his or her current account.
(e) Credit agency means the agency to which the debt is owed.
(f) Salary offset means an administrative offset to collect a debt
under 5 U.S.C. 5514 by deduction(s) at one or more officially
established pay intervals from the current pay account of an employee
without his or her consent.
(g) FCCS means the Federal Claims Collection Standards jointly
published by the Justice Department and the General Accounting Office at
4 CFR 101.1 et seq.
(h) Waiver means the cancellation, remission, forgiveness, or non-
recovery of a debt allegedly owed by an employee to an agency as
permitted or required by 5 U.S.C. 5584, 10 U.S.C. 2774, or 32 U.S.C.
716, 5 U.S.C. 8346(b), or any other law.
