[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR89.1]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 89_IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FEDERAL CLAIMS COLLECTION ACT--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec.  89.1  Purpose.


    This part implements the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966, 31 
U.S.C. 3701-3720 A, as amended primarily by the Debt Collection Act of 
1982 (Pub. L. 97-365, 96 Stat. 1749) and the Debt Collection Amendments 
of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-578, 100 Stat. 3305). It supplements the Federal 
Claims Collection Standards (FCCS), 4 CFR parts 101-105, issued jointly 
by the Comptroller General of the United States and the Attorney General 
of the United States under 31 U.S.C. 3711(e)(2). Pursuant to the Federal 
Claims Collection Act, as amended, and the FCCS, this part sets forth 
procedures by which the Department of Transportation (DOT) and its 
operating elements (see 49 CFR 1.3) through designated officials:
    (a) Collect claims owed to the United States arising from activities 
under its jurisdiction;

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    (b) Determine and collect interest and other charges on those 
claims;
    (c) Compromise claims; and
    (d) Refer unpaid claims for litigation.