[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 138 (Thursday, July 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38813-38814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15613]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
Prompt Payment Interest Rate; Contract Disputes Act
AGENCY: Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of prompt payment interest rate; Contract Disputes Act.
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SUMMARY: For the period beginning July 1, 2021, and ending on December
31, 2021, the prompt payment interest rate is 1\1/8\ per centum per
annum.
DATES: Effective July 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments or inquiries may be mailed to: E-Commerce
Division, Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 401 14th Street SW, Room 306F,
Washington, DC 20227. Comments or inquiries may also be emailed to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas M. Burnum, E-Commerce Division,
(202) 874-6430; or Thomas Kearns, Senior Counsel, Office of the Chief
Counsel, (202) 874-7036.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An agency that has acquired property or
service from a business concern and has failed to pay for the complete
delivery of property or service by the required payment date shall pay
the business concern an interest penalty. 31 U.S.C. 3902(a). The
Contract Disputes Act of 1978, Sec. 12, Public Law 95-563, 92 Stat.
2389, and the Prompt Payment Act, 31 U.S.C. 3902(a), provide for the
calculation of interest due on claims at the rate established by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
The Secretary of the Treasury has the authority to specify the rate
by which the interest shall be computed for interest payments under
section 12 of the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 and
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under the Prompt Payment Act. Under the Prompt Payment Act, if an
interest penalty is owed to a business concern, the penalty shall be
paid regardless of whether the business concern requested payment of
such penalty. 31 U.S.C. 3902(c)(1). Agencies must pay the interest
penalty calculated with the interest rate, which is in effect at the
time the agency accrues the obligation to pay a late payment interest
penalty. 31 U.S.C. 3902(a). ``The interest penalty shall be paid for
the period beginning on the day after the required payment date and
ending on the date on which payment is made.'' 31 U.S.C. 3902(b).
Therefore, notice is given that the Secretary of the Treasury has
determined that the rate of interest applicable for the period
beginning July 1, 2021, and ending on December 31, 2021, is 1\1/8\ per
centum per annum.
Matthew J. Miller,
Acting Commissioner, Bureau of the Fiscal Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-15613 Filed 7-21-21; 8:45 am]
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