[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1639.3]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD
 
PART 1639--CLAIMS COLLECTION--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart A--Administrative Collection, Compromise, Termination, and 
                           Referral of Claims
 
Sec. 1639.3  Application to other statutes.

    (a) The Executive Director may exercise his or her compromise 
authority for those debts not exceeding $100,000, excluding interest, in 
conformity with the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966, the Federal 
Claims Collection Standards issued thereunder, and this part, except 
where standards are established by other statutes or authorized 
regulations issued pursuant to them.
    (b) The authority of the Executive Director of the Board to remit or 
mitigate a fine, penalty, or forfeiture will be exercised in accordance 
with the standards for remission or mitigation established in the 
governing statute. In the absence of such standards, the Federal Claims 
Collection Standards will be followed to the extent applicable.