9 CAR § 5-303. Administrative Offset Program

(a) Administrative offset allows for the interception of certain federal payments in order to collect past due child support. (b) These payments can be recurring or one-time payments. (c) The type of payments that can be intercepted include: (1) Payments to private vendors who perform work for a government agency; (2) Payments received from an agricultural subsidy; (3) Federal retirement payments; and (4) Relocation and travel reimbursements owed to federal employees. (d) Some payments are excluded from administrative offset, including: (1) Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits; (2) Federal student loans; (3) Railroad retirement payments; and (4) Payments made under certain programs based on financial need, such as Supplemental Security Income. (e) Federal payments eligible for administrative offset are intercepted as follows: (1) Vendor/miscellaneous payments. (A) Qualifying vendor and miscellaneous payments can be offset at one hundred percent (100%). (B) For example, employee expense reimbursement or agricultural subsidy; and (2) Federal retirement payments. (A) Retirement pay is offset at a rate of twenty-five percent (25%). (B) If an income withholding is in place for federal retirement, the case will be excluded from retirement administrative offset.