# Transfer of Debts to Treasury for Collection
> **Fiscal Service** · Interim rule with request for comments. · Published 1998-04-02 · Effective 1998-04-02 · 63 FR 16354
## Document
- **Document number:** 98-8453
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** Fiscal Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 63 FR 16354
- **CFR reference:** 31 CFR 285
- **Publication date:** 1998-04-02
- **Effective date:** 1998-04-02
## Abstract

The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (DCIA) requires Federal agencies to transfer any nontax debt which is over 180 days delinquent to the Department of the Treasury for debt collection action; this is known as ``cross-servicing.'' This rule establishes the procedures and criteria for transferring delinquent debt to the Department of the Treasury, explains the statutory exceptions to this requirement, and establishes standards under which the Secretary of the Treasury will make a determination whether or not to grant exemptions. This rule also mandates that agencies refer debts to private collection contractors and to debt collection centers in accordance with procedures established by the Financial Management Service.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1998/04/02/98-8453/transfer-of-debts-to-treasury-for-collection)
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