[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 5560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02853]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Interest Rate Paid on Cash Deposited To Secure U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement Immigration Bonds

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: For the period beginning January 1, 2019, and ending on March 
31, 2019, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Immigration Bond 
interest rate is 2.38 per centum per annum.

DATES: Rates are applicable January 1, 2019 to March 31, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Comments or inquiries may be mailed to Will Walcutt, 
Supervisor, Funds Management Branch, Funds Management Division, Fiscal 
Accounting, Bureau of the Fiscal Services, Parkersburg, West Virginia 
26106-1328.
    You can download this notice at the following internet addresses: 
http://www.treasury.gov or http://www.federalregister.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Hanna, Manager, Funds Management 
Branch, Funds Management Division, Fiscal Accounting, Bureau of the 
Fiscal Service, Parkersburg, West Virginia 26106-1328 (304) 480-5120; 
Will Walcutt, Supervisor, Funds Management Branch, Funds Management 
Division, Fiscal Accounting, Bureau of the Fiscal Services, 
Parkersburg, West Virginia 26106-1328, (304) 480-5117.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal law requires that interest payments 
on cash deposited to secure immigration bonds shall be ``at a rate 
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, except that in no case 
shall the interest rate exceed 3 per centum per annum.'' 8 U.S.C. 
1363(a). Related Federal regulations state that ``Interest on cash 
deposited to secure immigration bonds will be at the rate as determined 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, but in no case will exceed 3 per 
centum per annum or be less than zero.'' 8 CFR 293.2. Treasury has 
determined that interest on the bonds will vary quarterly and will 
accrue during each calendar quarter at a rate equal to the lesser of 
the average of the bond equivalent rates on 91-day Treasury bills 
auctioned during the preceding calendar quarter, or 3 per centum per 
annum, but in no case less than zero. [FR Doc. 2015-18545] In addition 
to this Notice, Treasury posts the current quarterly rate in Table 2b--
Interest Rates for Specific Legislation on the TreasuryDirect website.

Gary Grippo,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Finance.
[FR Doc. 2019-02853 Filed 2-20-19; 8:45 am]
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