What are NARAs procedures for collecting debts by tax refund offset?
Subpart A — Introduction §1201.1 Why is NARA issuing these regulations? (a) NARA is issuing these regulations to inform the public of procedures that may be used by NARA for the collection of debt. (b) These regulations provide that NARA will attempt to collect debts owed to it or other Government agencies either directly, or by other means including salary, administrative, tax refund offsets, or administrative wage garnishment. (c) These regulations also provide that NARA may enter a cross-servicing agreement with the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) under which the Treasury will take authorized action to collect amounts owed to NARA. §1201.2 Under what authority does NARA issue these regulations? (a) NARA is issuing the regulations in this part under the authority of 31 U.S.C. Chapter 37, 3701- 3720A and 3720D. These sections implement the requirements of the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966, as amended by the Debt Collection Act of 1982 and the Debt Collection Improv