[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 217 (Thursday, November 9, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 56538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27725]
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Proposed Rules
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Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 217 / Thursday, November 9, 1995 /
Proposed Rules
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
5 CFR Part 179
RIN 3206-AH21
Claims Collection Standards Debt Collection Act of 1982: Salary
Offset
AGENCY: Office of Personnel Management.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to revise
the delegations of authority for matters affecting debt collection
reflected in Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations. The proposed
amendment will clearly reflect the Chief Financial Officer's (CFO)
responsibility for providing policies, standards, and guidelines
concerning agency financial administration of all programs, and the
shared responsibility held by the CFO and the Associate Director for
the Retirement and Insurance Service for matters affecting debts owed
to the retirement, health, and life insurance programs.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 8, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to J. Gilbert Seaux, Chief Financial Officer
(CFO), Office of Personnel Management, Room 5489, 1900 E Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20415.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Loring, Accounting Officer, Office of the CFO, (202) 606-5028.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 11, 1994, the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) published final rules (59 FR 35215) establishing
procedures for salary and administrative offsets for the administrative
accounts of this agency. In the final rules, 5 CFR 179.102 provided
specific delegations of authority to the CFO and to the Associate
Director for Retirement and Insurance. Since then, OPM has reviewed all
internal relationships and delegations. This revision clarifies the
agency's delegation of authority with regard to the provisions of the
Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990. The CFO has full responsibility
for providing policies, standards, and guidelines for OPM action on all
claims, including claims affecting the retirement, health, or life
insurance programs. For matters affecting debts caused by or to be
collected from payments from the retirement, health or life insurance
funds, the Associate Director has operating responsibility for
administration of these programs, subject to the CFO's policies,
standards, and guidelines.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
I certify that this regulation will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities because the regulation
only provides information about the division of responsibility within
the agency's organizational structure.
List of Subjects in 5 CFR Part 179
Claims.
Office of Personnel Management.
James B. King,
Director.
Accordingly, OPM proposes to amend Part 179 of Title 5, Code of
Federal Regulations, as follows.
PART 179--CLAIMS COLLECTION STANDARDS
1. The authority citation for part 179 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 31 U.S.C. 952; 5 U.S.C. 1103; Reorganization Plan No.
2 of 1978; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 5 CFR part 550 subpart K; 31 U.S.C. 3701;
31 U.S.C. 3711; 31 U.S.C. 3716; 31 U.S.C. 3720A.
2. Section 179.102 of subpart A is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 179.102 Delegation of authority.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the Chief
Financial Officer and his or her delegatees are designated by the
Director and authorized to perform all the duties for which the
Director is responsible under the Debt Collection Act of 1982 and
Office of Personnel Management regulations. For administrative accounts
of the agency, the Chief Financial Officer and his or her delegatees
will request a review by the General Counsel or his or her designee for
claims processed (in amounts of $2500 or more) for compromise,
suspension, and termination of collection action.
(b) The Chief Financial Officer and the Associate Director for
Retirement and Insurance share responsibilities in matters affecting
debts caused by or to be collected from payments from the Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund (Subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter
84), and claims under the provisions of the Federal Employees' Life
Insurance Fund (chapter 87), the Retired Federal Employees Health
Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), the Employees Health Benefits Fund
(chapter 89), the Panama Canal Construction Annuity Act (58 Stat. 257),
and the Lighthouse Service Widows' Annuity Act (64 Stat. 465). To
ensure efficient administration, the Director delegates operating
responsibility for these matters to the Associate Director and his or
her delegatees, who, in the performance of this responsibility, shall
be subject to the policies, standards, and guidelines of the Chief
Financial Officer concerning financial administration.
[FR Doc. 95-27725 Filed 11-8-95; 8:45 am]
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