# Administrative OffsetCollection of Past-Due Support
> **Fiscal Service** · Final rule; adoption of interim rule with changes. · Published 1998-08-28 · Effective 1998-09-28 · 63 FR 46142
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-23093
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Fiscal Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 46142
- **CFR reference:** 31 CFR 285
- **Publication date:** 1998-08-28
- **Effective date:** 1998-09-28
## Abstract

The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA), enacted on April 26, 1996, authorized the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to collect past-due support by the administrative offset of Federal payments. Executive Order 13019 of September 28, 1996 directed the Secretary to promptly develop and implement procedures necessary for the collection of past-due support debts by administrative offset. The Financial Management Service (FMS), a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, published an interim rule on July 7, 1997. This final rule adopts the interim rule with changes incorporating suggestions provided in comments on the interim rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/08/28/98-23093/administrative-offsetcollection-of-past-due-support)
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