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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Bureau of the Fiscal Service</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of the Treasury</NAME>
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<p>The Department of the Treasury Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) is amending its regulation governing the centralized offset of Federal payments to collect nontax debts owed to the United States. The amendment clarifies the meaning of Federal payment for purposes of offset under 31 U.S.C. 3716. Fiscal Service is clarifying that any payment certified to a Federal disbursing official is a Federal payment for purposes of the rule.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Info./Admin./Other</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Not subject to, not significant</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
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            <CFR>31 CFR 285.5</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>31 U.S.C. 3716</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2018</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Thomas</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Dungan</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Financial Program Specialist, Debt Management Service</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1500</CODE>
                    <NAME>Department of the Treasury</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>TREAS</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 874-6810</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 874-7494</FAX>
                <EMAIL>tom.dungan@fiscal.treasury.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>401 14th Street SW.,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20227</ZIP>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Michelle</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Cordeiro</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Senior Counsel</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1530</CODE>
                    <NAME>Bureau of the Fiscal Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FISCAL</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 874-6680</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>michelle.cordeiro@fiscal.treasury.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>401 14th Street SW.,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20227</ZIP>
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