Are there any payments exempt from offset under the Treasury Offset Program?
Yes. The DCIA exempts from offset payments made under the tariff laws, and payments made by the Department of Education under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. Certain federal benefit payments, such as Social Security payments, are subject to offset but with certain limitations. Means-tested federal benefit payments will be exempted from offset at the request of the head of the payment certifying agency and other payments may be exempted by Treasury upon request under standards set by Treasury. • Must an agency change its current debt collection regulations before collecting a debt by administrative offset? A federal agency may adopt the Federal Claims Collection Standards (4 CFR 101-105), when revised, or prescribe its own regulations consistent with the Federal Claims Collection Standards. If agency regulations already published are consistent with the DCIA, no further regulations need to be published by the agency. • May credit card payments by the U.S. Government or its agents
