{"data":{"id":"us/46-cfr-505.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"46 CFR 505.2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) Administrative offset, as defined in 31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(1), means withholding money payable by the United States Government to, or held by the Government for, a person to satisfy a debt the person owes the Government.\n(b) Person includes a natural person or persons, profit or non-profit corporation, partnership, association, trust, estate, consortium, or other entity which is capable of owing a debt to the United States Government except that agencies of the United States, or of any State or local government shall be excluded.","path":["Title 46—Shipping","CHAPTER IV—FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS","PART 505—ADMINISTRATIVE OFFSET"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-46.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:22Z","sha256":"b7f5e5cb622217e3bf23a9f2949c9dd2d29f3b53463bbab90f5f235c992b5186","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/46-cfr-505.1","next":"us/46-cfr-505.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}