{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-342.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 342.1","heading":"Definition of words and terms used in this part.","body":"(a) Payroll savings plan refers to a voluntary program maintained by an employer whereby its participating officers and employees authorize regular withholdings from their salaries or wages for the purchase of savings bonds.\n(b) Quarter refers to a 3-month period of a year, as follows: January-February-March, April-May-June, July-August-September, or October-November-December.","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 342—OFFERING OF UNITED STATES SAVINGS NOTES"],"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":"5663d636983d16361a8986073ca332bf82980575c06b10f270970792b38e9029","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-342.0","next":"us/31-cfr-342.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}