{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-29.519","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 29.519","heading":"Referral to a collection agency.","body":"(a) The Department retains the responsibility for resolving disputes, compromising debts, referring overpayment debts for litigation, and suspending or terminating collection action.\n(b) The Department may not refer overpayment debts to commercial collection agencies until all procedures required by or requested under §§ 29.511 through 29.514 have been completed.","path":["Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury","Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Treasury","PART 29—FEDERAL BENEFIT PAYMENTS UNDER CERTAIN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT PROGRAMS","Subpart E—Debt Collection and Waivers of 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":"63c45de4ccc998197e80cdc226b31722d8b6cf1a29d158859405b0abe9168454","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-29.518","next":"us/31-cfr-29.520"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}