Public Laws, Statutes,   Regulations & Guidance

Legislation

Public Law 104-134
Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996

Executive Orders

Executive Order 13019
Supporting Families: Collecting Delinquent Child Support Obligations
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http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtml

Regulatory Publications in the Federal Register
The regulations listed below are shown as they appear in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and can be obtained at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/retrieve.html. These regulations were initially published in the Federal Register as Proposed, Interim and/or Final Rules. The Federal Register versions included supplementary information and discussions in the preambles that are not included in the CFR versions and often include interpretive information concerning particular provisions in the rules.

Treasury Regulations - 31 CFR Part 285

Subpart A - Disbursing Official Offset

• 31 CFR 285.1 - Collection of Past-Due Support by Administrative Offset
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• 31 CFR 285.2 - Offset of Tax Refund Payments to Collect Past-Due, Legally Enforceable Non-Tax Debt
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• 31 CFR 285.3 - Offset of Tax Refund Payments to Collect Past-Due Support
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• 31 CFR 285.4 - Offset of Federal Benefit Payments to Collect Past-Due Legally Enforceable Non-Tax Debt
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• 31 CFR 285.5 - Centralized Offset of Federal Payments to Collect Non-Tax Debts Owed to the United States
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• 31 CFR 285.6 - Administrative Offset Under Reciprocal Agreements with States
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• 31 CFR 285.7 - Salary Offset [Interim Rule]
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• 31 CFR 285.8 - Offset of Tax Refund Payments to Collect State Income Tax Obligations
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Subpart B - Authorities Other than Offset

• 31 CFR 285.11 - Administrative Wage Garnishment
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• 31 CFR 285.12 - Transfer of Debts to Treasury for Collection
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• 31 CFR 285.13 - Barring Delinquent Debtors From Obtaining Federal Loans or Loan Insurance or Guarantees
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Treasury and Justice Regulations

• 31 CFR 900-904 - Federal Claims Collection Standards
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  - 900 Scope of standards
  - 901 Standards for the administrative collection of claims
  - 902 Standards for the compromise of claims
  - 903 Standards for suspending or terminating collection activity
  - 904 Referrals to the Department of Justice

Office of Personnel Management Regulations on Salary Offset

• 5 CFR 550 - Pay Administration (General); Collection by Offset From Indebted Government Employees
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Office of Management and Budget

• OMB Circular No. A-129 - Issuance of Transmittal Memorandum Amending OMB Circular No. A-129, "Policies for Federal Credit Programs and Non-Tax Receivables"
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• Index of Web sites with links to OMB Circular A-129

• Write-Off and OMB Circular A-129: Delinquent Debt, OMB Circular A-129 Provisions, Delinquent Debt Collection Process, and Memorandum M-04-10
   Memorandum M-04-10 (dated April 19, 2004)

Guidance

Managing Federal Receivables

Questions: Thomas Kobielus (202) 874-7359

        Chapter 7 Tutorial

Sample Agency Debt Collection Regulations

Treasury Debt Collection Regulations
Published in the Federal Register October 28, 2002

Federal Claims Collection Standards

FCCS Workshop Follow-up
Questions and Answers from the FCCS Workshop, April 4, 2001

Treasury Offset Program

Standards for Exemption of Federal Payments into the Treasury Offset Program
Standards and Procedures (January 2001)

Payments Exempt from Offset by Disbursing Officials
TOP Payment Exemption Chart (July 2008)

Cross-Servicing

Exemption of Classes of Debts from Mandatory Transfer to Treasury
Procedures and Standards (January 2001)

Exemption from Mandatory Transfer to Treasury for Certain Debts being Collected by Administrative Wage Garnishment
Memorandum to Chief Financial Officers (August 2005)

Federal Debt Collection Center Designation
Policy, Procedures, and Standards (October 1999)

Interest on Debts Owed to the Federal Government

Current Value of Funds Rate

Taxpayer Identifying Number (TIN) Policy

Agency Taxpayer Identifying Number Implementation Reports: Policy Statement

Credit Bureau Reporting

Guide to the Federal Credit Bureau Program
Guidance for Federal agencies to report information on Federal debts (consumer and commercial) to designated credit reporting agencies. This revision of the October 2001 publication provides contact updates for FMS and the credit bureaus, minor technical corrections and revised formatting. No substantive changes have been made to the content.

Quick Links

• TOP Legal Authorities: Quick Reference
• Supplemental Background and Summary Information on DCIA-Related Regulations
• FMS Debt Collection and DCIA Fact Sheet
• Memorandum from the Secretary of the Treasury:
  Compliance with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996
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