{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-256.21","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 256.21","heading":"Are Judgment Fund payments offset to collect administrative debts?","body":"Yes, separate and apart from its role as administrator of the Judgment Fund, Fiscal Service, in its capacity as disbursing official for the executive branch, offsets Judgment Fund payments to collect delinquent, nontax Federal debts through the Treasury Offset Program (TOP). This rule applies only to the setoff of Judgment Fund payments prior to payment certification, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3728, and not to disbursing official offsets pursuant to other authorities. (See 31 CFR 285.5 for requirements for disbursing official offset of past-due delinquent, nontax debts pursuant to the authority set forth in 31 U.S.C. 3716.)","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":"af1d4714efdffd70a84e0a942d2e1c8e5efb13a674e4d5e1ff10c604832e3e7c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-256.20","next":"us/31-cfr-256.22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}