[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2002)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 65856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27007]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

31 CFR Part 5

RIN 1505-AA90


Treasury Debt Collection

AGENCY: Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking by cross-reference to interim 
regulations.

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SUMMARY: This proposed rule proposes to revise Treasury's debt 
collection regulations. Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 
Register, the Department of the Treasury is issuing an interim rule 
revising the Department of the Treasury's debt collection regulations 
to conform with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, the 
revised Federal Claims Collection Standards, and other laws applicable 
to the collection of nontax debts owed to Treasury. The interim rule 
revises Treasury's regulations governing the offset of Treasury-issued 
payments to collect debts owed to other Federal agencies. The interim 
rule also serves as the text of this notice of proposed rulemaking.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 27, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Cathy Thomas, Office of the Deputy Chief 
Financial Officer, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW, Attention: Metropolitan Square, Room 6228, Washington, DC 
20220. Comments also may be submitted by electronic mail 
to[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cathy Thomas, Office of the Deputy 
Chief Financial Officer, at (202) 622-0817, Department of the Treasury, 
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20220. This document is 
available for downloading from the Department of the Treasury's 
Financial Management Service web site at the following address:http://www.fms.treas.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The interim rule in this issue of the 
Federal Register revises 31 CFR part 5. For the text of the interim 
rule, see Treasury Debt Collection, published elsewhere in this issue 
of the Federal Register.

Regulatory Analyses

    This proposed rule is not a significant regulatory action as 
defined in Executive Order 12866. It is hereby certified that this 
proposed rule will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities. The rule will only affect persons 
who owe delinquent nontax debts to the Treasury Department and other 
Federal agencies. Accordingly, a regulatory flexibility analysis is not 
required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).

List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 5

    Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, Debts, Garnishment 
of wages, Government employee, Hearing and appeal procedures, Pay 
administration, Salaries, Wages.

    Dated: September 26, 2002.
Edward R. Kingman, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 02-27007 Filed 10-25-02; 8:45 am]
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