B-214679: Apr 29, 1985

The Soil Conservation Service (SCS) requested GAO to consider the impact of section 10 of the Debt Collection Act of 1982 on the authority of the United States to take administrative offsets under contractual agreements. GAO found that the procedures in section 10 did not apply to this case and that the debt was governed by contractual agreements which provided equivalent procedures. The implement...

B-214679: Apr 29, 1985

AS LONG AS THE VARIANCE OR WAIVER IS MADE VOLUNTARILY. UNLESS AND UNTIL THE WORK-OUT AGREEMENT ITSELF IS COMPLETELY PAID. IF THE WORK-OUT AGREEMENT IS BREACHED. NOT JUST THE INSTALLMENTS THAT WERE PAST DUE UNDER THE WORK-OUT AGREEMENT. AS IS EXPLAINED BELOW. THEREFORE IT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR US TO ANSWER THE FIRST QUESTION AT THIS TIME. WE FIND THAT THE DEBT AT ISSUE HERE IS GOVERNED BY CONTRACTUA...