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Debt Collection Authorities Under the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996
Proposed rule · Federal Register document 2025-23704
- Published
- 12/23/2025
- Comment period closed
- 02/23/2026
- Pages
- 20
Summary
Notice of proposed rulemaking with request for comment.
The Department of the Treasury ("Treasury"), Bureau of the Fiscal Service ("Fiscal Service"), proposes to revise its existing regulations regarding the Treasury Offset Program ("TOP") for several reasons, including to: restore statutory flexibility that was unnecessarily restricted; implement new authorities; eliminate repetitive and unnecessary language; reword certain provisions for clarity, consistent with the requirements of the Plain Writing Act of 2010 and Executive Order 12866; and better organize the regulations for easier comprehension.
Details
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Agencies
- Treasury Department, Fiscal Service
- Docket
- DOCKET NO. FISCAL-2023-0004
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1530-AA17
- CFR parts
- 31 CFR 5, 31 CFR 256, 31 CFR 285
- Significant under E.O. 12866
- No
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure, Black lung benefits, Child support, Child welfare, Claims, Credit, Disability benefits, Government employees, Income taxes, Loan programs, Privacy, Railroad retirement, Railroad unemployment insurance, Social security, Taxes, Unemployment compensation, Veterans, Wages
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