[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR30.1]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 30_CLAIMS COLLECTION--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 30.1  Purpose, authority, and scope.


    (a) Purpose. This part prescribes the standards and procedures for 
the Department's use in the administrative collection, offset, 
compromise, and suspension or termination of collection activity for 
claims for funds or property, as defined by 31 U.S.C. 3701(b) and this 
part. Covered activities include the collection of debts in any amount; 
the compromise and suspension or termination of collection activity of 
debts that do not exceed $100,000, or such higher amount as the Attorney 
General may prescribe, exclusive of interest, penalties, and 
administrative costs; and the referral of debts to the Department of the 
Treasury (Treasury), the Treasury-designated debt collection centers, or 
the Department of Justice (Justice) for collection by further 
administrative action or litigation, as applicable.
    (b) Authority. The Secretary is issuing the regulations in this part 
under the authority contained in 31 U.S.C. 3711(d). The standards and 
procedures prescribed in this part are authorized under the Federal 
Claims Collection Act, as amended, Public Law No. 89-508, 80 Stat. 308 
(July 19, 1966), the Debt Collection Act of 1982, Public Law No. 97-365, 
96 Stat. 1749 (October 25, 1982), the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 
1996, Public Law No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, 1358 (April 26, 1996) and 
the Federal Claims Collection Standards at 31 CFR parts 900 through 904.
    (c) Scope. (1) The standards and procedures prescribed in this part 
apply to

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all officers and employees of the Department, including officers and 
employees of the various Operating Divisions and Regional Offices of the 
Department, charged with the collection and disposition of debts owed to 
the United States.
    (2) The standards and procedures set forth in this part will be 
applied except where specifically excluded herein or where a statute, 
regulation or contract prescribes different standards or procedures.
    (3) Regulations governing the use of certain debt collection 
procedures created under the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, 
including tax refund offset, administrative wage garnishment, and 
Federal salary offset, are contained in parts 31 through 33 of this 
chapter.