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RIN: 1105-AB26

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Standards for the Administrative Collection of Claims
Abstract: The Federal Claims Collection Standards (FCCS) are issued jointly by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General. These regulations prescribe the standards for the administrative collection, compromise, termination of agency collection, and the referral to the Department of Justice for litigation of civil claims by the Federal Government for money or property. This rule revises part 901 of the FCCS, which specifies the order in which a Federal agency is required to apply a partial or installment payment to the various components of a delinquent, non-tax debt owed to the United States. The current rule states that payments are required to be applied first to the penalties, then to the administrative costs, then to interest, and last to principal. The revised rule will require the agencies to apply payments first to administrative costs that are paid out of amounts collected from the debtor (known as "contingency fees") when such costs are added to the debt, second to penalties, third to administrative costs other than contingency fees, fourth to interest, and last to principal. Also the term "administrative charges" used in sections 901.9(f) and 901.9(g) is being replaced with "administrative costs" for consistency and clarity.
Agency: Department of Justice(DOJ)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 31 CFR 901.9(f) 31 CFR 901.9(g)
Legal Authority: 31 USC 3717(e)(1)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule	03/07/2008	73 FR 12272
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End	04/07/2008
Final Action	05/00/2009

Additional Information: The Department of Treasury Regulatory Identifier Number (RIN) for this rulemaking is 1510-AA91.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Local, State, Tribal
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Ruth Harvey Assistant Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division Department of Justice 1100 L Street NW., Washington, DC 20530 Phone:202 307-0388 Email: ruth.harvey@usdoj.gov