[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR11.32]

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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
             CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
 
PART 11--CLAIMS--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart C--Collection of Debts by the Government Under the Debt 
                         Collection Act of 1982
 
Sec. 11.32  Subdivision and joining of debts.

    (a) A debtor's liability arising from a particular transaction or 
contract shall be considered as a single debt in determining whether the 
debt is one not exceeding $100,000 or such higher limit prescribed by 
the Attorney General in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3711(a)(2) exclusive 
of interest for the purpose of compromise or termination of collection 
action. Such a debt may not be subdivided to avoid the monetary ceiling 
established by the Act.
    (b) Joining of two or more single debts in a demand upon a 
particular debtor for payment totaling more than $100,000 or such higher 
limit prescribed by the Attorney General in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 
3711(a)(2) does not preclude compromise or termination of collection 
action with respect to any one of such debts that do not exceed $100,000 
or such higher limit prescribed by the Attorney General in accordance 
with 31 U.S.C. 3711(a)(2) exclusive of interest.

[49 FR 38267, Sept. 28, 1984, as amended at 57 FR 54714, Nov. 20, 1992]