(c) The type of payments that can be intercepted include:

1. (1) Payments to private vendors who perform work for a government agency;
2. (2) Payments received from an agricultural subsidy;
3. (3) Federal retirement payments; and
4. (4) Relocation and travel reimbursements owed to federal employees.

(d) Some payments are excluded from administrative offset, including:

1. (1) Department of Veterans Affairs disability benefits;
2. (2) Federal student loans;
3. (3) Railroad retirement payments; and
4. (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. (1) Vendor/miscellaneous payments.

   1. (A) Qualifying vendor and miscellaneous payments can be offset at one hundred percent (100%).
   2. (B) For example, employee expense reimbursement or agricultural subsidy; and

2. (2) Federal retirement payments.

   1. (A) Retirement pay is offset at a rate of twenty-five percent (25%).
   2. (B) If an income withholding is in place for federal retirement, the case will be excluded from retirement administrative offset.