Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury |
Subtitle A - Office of the Secretary of the Treasury |
Part 5 - Treasury Debt Collection |
Subpart A - General Provisions |
§ 5.1 - What definitions apply to the regulations in this part? |
§ 5.2 - Why is the Treasury Department issuing these regulations and what do they cover? |
§ 5.3 - Do these regulations adopt the Federal Claims Collection Standards (FCCS)? |
Subpart B - Procedures To Collect Treasury Debts |
§ 5.4 - What notice will Treasury entities send to a debtor when collecting a Treasury debt? |
§ 5.5 - How will Treasury entities add interest, penalty charges, and administrative costs to a Treasury debt? |
§ 5.6 - When will Treasury entities allow a debtor to pay a Treasury debt in installments instead of one lump sum? |
§ 5.7 - When will Treasury entities compromise a Treasury debt? |
§ 5.8 - When will Treasury entities suspend or terminate debt collection on a Treasury debt? |
§ 5.9 - When will Treasury entities transfer a Treasury debt to the Treasury Department's Financial Management Service for collection? |
§ 5.10 - How will Treasury entities use administrative offset (offset of non-tax Federal payments) to collect a Treasury debt? |
§ 5.11 - How will Treasury entities use tax refund offset to collect a Treasury debt? |
§ 5.12 - How will Treasury entities offset a Federal employee's salary to collect a Treasury debt? |
§ 5.13 - How will Treasury entities use administrative wage garnishment to collect a Treasury debt from a debtor's wages? |
§ 5.14 - How will Treasury entities report Treasury debts to credit bureaus? |
§ 5.15 - How will Treasury entities refer Treasury debts to private collection agencies? |
§ 5.16 - When will Treasury entities refer Treasury debts to the Department of Justice? |
§ 5.17 - Will a debtor who owes a Treasury debt be ineligible for Federal loan assistance or Federal licenses, permits or privileges? |
§ 5.18 - How does a debtor request a special review based on a change in circumstances such as catastrophic illness, divorce, death, or disability? |
§ 5.19 - Will Treasury entities issue a refund if money is erroneously collected on a debt? |
§ 5.22 - Non-waiver of rights by payments. |
Subpart C - Procedures for Offset of Treasury Department Payments To Collect Debts Owed to Other Federal Agencies |
§ 5.20 - How do other Federal agencies use the offset process to collect debts from payments issued by a Treasury entity? |
§ 5.21 - What does a Treasury entity do upon receipt of a request to offset the salary of a Treasury entity employee to collect a debt owed by the employee to another Federal agency? |
§ 5.23 - Applicability and scope. |
§ 5.24 - Designation. |
§ 5.25 - Definitions. |
§ 5.26 - Preconditions for Department participation. |
§ 5.27 - Procedures. |
§ 5.28 - Referral of debts for offset. |
§ 5.29 - Notice requirements before offset. |
Subpart D - Administrative Offset |
§ 5.30 - Scope of regulations. |
§ 5.31 - Designation. |
§ 5.32 - Definitions. |
§ 5.33 - General. |
§ 5.34 - Notification procedures. |
§ 5.35 - Agency review. |
§ 5.36 - Written agreement for repayment. |
§ 5.37 - Administrative offset. |
§ 5.38 - Jeopardy procedure. |
Appendix A to Part 5 - Treasury Directive 34-01 - Waiving Claims Against Treasury Employees for Erroneous Payments |