; and (B) shall notify the Secretary of the Treasury, who (if necessary), notwithstanding section 207 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 407 ), shall take such actions as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate to withhold from any payment to the individual under title II of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) and transfer to the account described in subsection (a) or the Office, respectively, such amounts as may be necessary to reimburse the account for the reimbursement amount. (6) Coordination between OPM and Treasury The Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the Secretary of the Treasury shall carry out paragraph (5) in a manner that ensures the coordination of the withholding and transferring of amounts under such paragraph, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Director and the Secretary. (7) Right to intervene An individual who is subject to the reimbursement requirement of paragraph (1) shall have the unconditional right to intervene in any mediation, hearing, or civil action under this title to protect the interests of the individual in the determination of whether an award or settlement described in paragraph (1) should be made, and the amount of any such award or settlement, except that nothing in this paragraph may be construed to require the covered employee who filed the claim to be deposed by counsel for the individual in a deposition that is separate from any other deposition taken from the employee in connection with the hearing or civil action. (f) Definitions In this section— (1) the term covered payment means a payment made under subsection (a) for an award or settlement relating to one or more alleged violations of part A of title II involving one or more employing offices described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 101(9)