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TREAS/FMS RIN: 1510-AB24 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Federal Government Participation in the Automated Clearing House 
Abstract: The Department of the Treasury, Financial Management Service (FMS), is amending its regulation governing the use of the Automated Clearing House (ACH) system by Federal agencies. The amendments adopt, with some exceptions, the ACH Rules developed by NACHA--The Electronic Payments Association (NACHA), as the rules governing the use of the ACH Network by Federal agencies. FMS is issuing this rule to address changes that NACHA has made to the ACH Rules since the publication of NACHA's 2007 ACH Rules book. These changes include new requirements to identify all international payment transactions using a new Standard Entry Class Code and to include certain information in the ACH record sufficient to allow the receiving financial institution to identity the parties to the transaction and to allow for screening transactions for compliance with Office of Foreign Assets Control requirements. In addition, the amendments (1) streamline the process for reclaiming post-death benefit payments from financial institutions; (2) require financial institutions to provide limited account-related customer information related to the reclamation of post-death benefit payments as permitted under the Payment Transactions Integrity Act of 2008; and (3) modify previous FMS guidance regarding the requirement that non-vendor payments be delivered to a deposit account in the name of the recipient. 
Agency: Department of the Treasury(TREAS)  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 210   
Legal Authority: 5 USC 5525    12 USC 391    31 USC 321    31 USC 3301 and 3302    31 USC 3321    31 USC 3332    31 USC 3335    31 USC 3720   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/14/2010  75 FR 27239   
NPRM Comment Period End  07/13/2010    
Interim Final Rule  12/22/2010  75 FR 80335   
Interim Final Rule Effective  01/21/2011    
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  04/25/2011    
Final Action  06/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Bill Brushwood
Financial Program Specialist
Department of the Treasury
Financial Management Service
Room 426, 401 14th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20227
Phone:202 874-1251
Email: bill.brushwood@fms.treas.gov

Thomas Kearns
Senior Attorney
401 14th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20227
Phone:202 874-6680
Fax:202 874-6627
Email: thomas.kearns@fiscal.treasury.gov