United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2020_register executive 2020-05-01 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7b7a592 D09002ee1c7b7a6a2 United States Department of the Treasury originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Fiscal Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Department of the Treasury (Treasury), Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service or "we"), is adopting the changes proposed in its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for its regulation that requires electronic delivery of all Federal payments aside from tax payments. The final rule eliminates obsolete references in the regulation, including references to the Electronic Transfer Account (ETA\SM\). In addition, the final rule provides for the disbursement of non-benefit payments, including tax payments, through Treasury- sponsored accounts, such as the U.S. Debit Card. The final rule does not mandate the electronic delivery of tax payments or affect the Direct Express[supreg] program, which will continue to be available to recipients of benefit payments. 85 FR 25287 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2020-05-01/2020-08058 2020-08058 fr01my20-4 RIN 1510-AB26 P Docket No.: FISCAL-2018-0001 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2020-05-01/2020-08058 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-01/html/2020-08058.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-01/pdf/2020-08058.pdf Banks Banking Debit Card Disbursement Electronic Funds Transfer Federal Payment Treasury-Sponsored Account 7 p. 25287 25293 85 FR 25287 Title 31 Part 208 31 CFR Part 208 RIN 1510-AB26 Management of Federal Agency Disbursements; Federal Register Vol. 85, Issue RULE 2020-08058 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Fiscal Service 2020-06-01 Docket No.: FISCAL-2018-0001 P 2020-08058 Final rule.

The Department of the Treasury (Treasury), Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service or "we"), is adopting the changes proposed in its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for its regulation that requires electronic delivery of all Federal payments aside from tax payments. The final rule eliminates obsolete references in the regulation, including references to the Electronic Transfer Account (ETA\SM\). In addition, the final rule provides for the disbursement of non-benefit payments, including tax payments, through Treasury- sponsored accounts, such as the U.S. Debit Card. The final rule does not mandate the electronic delivery of tax payments or affect the Direct Express[supreg] program, which will continue to be available to recipients of benefit payments.

Effective June 1, 2020. Brett Smith, Director, EFT Strategy Division, at (202) 874-6666 or brett.smith@fiscal.treasury.gov; Natalie H. Diana, Senior Counsel, at (202) 874-6680 or natalie.diana@fiscal.treasury.gov; or Caitlin Gehring, Attorney Advisor, at (202) 874-5710 or caitlin.gehring@fiscal.treasury.gov. Banks Banking Debit Card Disbursement Electronic Funds Transfer Federal Payment Treasury-Sponsored Account brett.smith@fiscal.treasury.gov caitlin.gehring@fiscal.treasury.gov natalie.diana@fiscal.treasury.gov https://fiscal.treasury.gov/fsservices/gov/pmt/eft/regulations.htm Vol. 85, no. 85 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2020-05-01 continuing daily deposited born digital 1046 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2020-05-01 P0b002ee1a6ddd835 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr01my20 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2020-05-01 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-01/pdf/FR-2020-05-01.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-01/xml/FR-2020-05-01.xml fdlp 25281 26318 DGPO 2020-05-01 2024-05-30 FR-2020-05-01 machine generated eng FR FR-2020-05-01 85 85