# Commerce Debt Collection
> **US Department of Commerce** · Final rule. · Published 2016-03-11 · Effective 2016-04-11 · 81 FR 12810
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-05341
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Commerce
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 12810
- **CFR reference:** 15 CFR 19
- **Publication date:** 2016-03-11
- **Effective date:** 2016-04-11
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. 150902806-5806-01
## Abstract

The Department of Commerce (Commerce Department) hereby revises its debt collection regulations as a result of, and to conform to, an amendment made by the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (DATA Act). Specifically, the law, as amended by the DATA Act, requires Commerce Department to refer to the Secretary of the Treasury all past due, legally enforceable nontax debt that are over 120 days delinquent, including nontax debt administered by a third party acting as an agent for the Federal Government, for purposes of administrative offset. These revised debt collection regulations also provide updated references to the Bureau of the Fiscal Service as the agency within the Department of the Treasury to which Commerce Department refers delinquent debts to reflect a reorganization made by the Department of the Treasury.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/03/11/2016-05341/commerce-debt-collection)
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