{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-256.20","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 256.20","heading":"How does an agency indicate that a debt is to be offset from a Judgment Fund payment?","body":"The submitting agency must identify on the appropriate Judgment Fund form any known debt owed to the United States that Fiscal Service is expected to collect by setoff against the award. Such a debt will be offset pursuant to the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 3728.","path":["Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Money and Finance","CHAPTER II—FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","SUBCHAPTER A—BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE","PART 256—OBTAINING PAYMENTS FROM THE JUDGMENT FUND AND UNDER PRIVATE RELIEF BILLS","Subpart C—Debt Collection"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-31.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:25Z","sha256":"f1ef4255d98a3422eeefd5903926d6b596db13bb74f238ee088dda5ba5bddc65","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-256.14","next":"us/31-cfr-256.21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}