[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 14]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1956.105]

[Page 256]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER XVIII--RURAL HOUSING SERVICE, RURAL BUSINESS--COOPERATIVE 
SERVICE, RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, AND FARM SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF 
                         AGRICULTURE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1956--DEBT SETTLEMENT--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart C--Debt Settlement--Community and Business Programs
 
Sec. 1956.105  Definitions.

    (a) Settlement. The compromise, adjustment, cancellation, or 
chargeoff of a debt owed to FmHA or its successor agency under Public 
Law 103-354. The term ``settlement'' is used for convenience in 
referring to compromise, adjustment, cancellation, or chargeoff actions, 
individually or collectively.
    (b) Compromise. The satisfaction of a debt, including a release of 
liability, by the acceptance of a lump-sum payment of less than the 
total amount owed on the debt.
    (c) Adjustment. The satisfaction of a debt, including a release of 
liability, when acceptance is conditioned upon completion of payment of 
the adjusted amount at a specific future time or times, with or without 
the payment of any consideration when the adjustment offer is approved. 
An adjustment is not a final settlement until all payments under the 
adjustment agreement have been made.
    (d) Cancellation. The final discharge of a debt with a release of 
liability.
    (e) Chargeoff. To write off a debt and terminate all servicing 
activity without a release of liability. This is not a final discharge 
of the debt, but rather a decision upon the part of the agency to remove 
the debt from agency receivables.
    (f) Debtor. The borrower of loan funds under any of the FmHA or its 
successor agency under Public Law 103-354 programs specified in 
Sec. 1956.101 of this subpart.
    (g) Security. All that serves as collateral for the FmHA or its 
successor agency under Public Law 103-354 loan(s), including, but not 
limited to, revenues, tax levies, municipal bonds, and real and chattel 
property.
    (h) Servicing official. The FmHA or its successor agency under 
Public Law 103-354 official who is primarily responsible for servicing 
the account.
    (i) United States Attorney. An attorney for the United States 
Department of Justice.
    (j) Independent Qualified Fee Appraiser. An individual who is a 
designated member of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, 
Society of Real Estate Appraisers, or an equivalent organization, 
requiring appraisal education, testing, and experience.

[53 FR 13100, Apr. 21, 1988, as amended at 54 FR 47510, Nov. 15, 1989; 
66 FR 1569, Jan. 9, 2001]