[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 31, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 31CFR225.3]

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                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
         CHAPTER II--FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 225_ACCEPTANCE OF BONDS SECURED BY GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS IN LIEU OF 
 
Sec.  225.3  Pledge of Government obligations in lieu of a bond with surety or 

sureties.

    (a) General. An obligor required by Federal law or regulation to 
furnish a bond with surety or sureties may give in lieu thereof to a 
bond official any security acceptable under 31 U.S.C. 9301, as amended. 
The Secretary will designate classes of Government obligations 
acceptable under this part.
    (b) Bond. The bond, at a minimum, shall irrevocably authorize the 
bond official to collect, sell, assign, or transfer such Government 
obligations and any interest retained therefrom in the event of the 
obligor's default in performing any of the terms, conditions, or 
stipulations of such bond. Unless otherwise provided by law, the bond 
shall authorize the bond official to apply the proceeds from the sale, 
assignment, or transfer of such Government obligations, in whole or in 
part, to satisfy any costs incurred by the United States related to the 
default, and to apply any excess proceeds to satisfy any other claim of 
the United States against the obligor. The bond shall not include any 
obligations on custodians which are inconsistent with, or in addition 
to, the obligations in this part. The bond will provide that the bond 
official may retain any interest accruing upon any Government 
obligations, or direct that such interest be retained by the custodian.
    (c) Amount of Government obligations. The obligor shall pledge to 
the bond official Government obligations valued as required by 31 U.S.C. 
9303, as amended.
    (d) Avoiding frequent substitutions. To avoid the frequent 
substitution of Government obligations, the bond official may reject 
Government obligations which mature, or are redeemable, within one year 
from the date they are pledged to the bond official.
    (e) Acceptable Government obligations. Types and valuations of 
acceptable collateral security are addressed in 31 CFR part 380. For a 
current list of acceptable classes of securities and instruments 
described in 31 CFR part 380 and their valuations, see the Bureau of

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the Public Debt's web site at www.publicdebt.treas.gov.

[64 FR 4763, Jan. 29, 1999, as amended at 65 FR 55430, Sept. 13, 2000]