# Commerce Debt Collection
> **US Department of Commerce** · Interim final rule with request for comments. · Published 2007-04-16 · Effective 2007-05-16 · 72 FR 18869
## Document
- **Document number:** E7-6699
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Commerce
- **Federal Register citation:** 72 FR 18869
- **CFR reference:** 15 CFR 19
- **Publication date:** 2007-04-16
- **Effective date:** 2007-05-16
- **Commerce docket:** Docket Number: 070216039-7040-01
## Abstract

This rule revises the Department of Commerce (Commerce Department or Commerce) debt collection regulations to conform to the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, the revised Federal Claims Collection Standards, and other laws applicable to the collection of non-tax debts owed to the Commerce Department. This rule also revises Commerce's regulations governing the offset of Commerce-issued payments to collect debts owed to other Federal agencies.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/04/16/E7-6699/commerce-debt-collection)
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