Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996

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The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 is a U.S. federal law that strengthened the government’s ability to collect delinquent non-tax debts by standardizing collection practices, expanding administrative offset, and promoting the use of centralized debt management systems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
public law ⓘ
affects federal benefit payments subject to offset ⓘ
federal contractors and vendors with delinquent debts ⓘ
individuals and entities owing delinquent non-tax debts to the United States ⓘ
aimsTo improve efficiency of federal debt collection ⓘ
promote fiscal responsibility in federal programs ⓘ
reduce losses from uncollected federal debts ⓘ
appliesTo delinquent non-tax debts owed to the United States ⓘ
federal agencies ⓘ
authorizes Treasury to collect delinquent nontax debts owed to federal agencies ⓘ
administrative wage garnishment for certain federal debts ⓘ
cross-servicing of debts among federal agencies ⓘ
use of private collection agencies for federal debt collection ⓘ
consequence increased use of offsets against federal payments to collect debts ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
designates U.S. Department of the Treasury as lead agency for federal debt collection ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
encourages timely referral of delinquent debts to Treasury ⓘ
use of automated and centralized debt collection systems ⓘ
establishes a centralized government-wide debt collection program ⓘ
expands Treasury’s role in collecting delinquent debts ⓘ
administrative offset authority ⓘ
goal maximize collection of delinquent federal nontax debts ⓘ
standardize and centralize federal debt collection activities ⓘ
implementedBy Bureau of the Fiscal Service ⓘ
U.S. Department of the Treasury ⓘ
federal executive agencies ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legalArea administrative law ⓘ
public finance law ⓘ
policyType federal debt management policy ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment Bill Clinton ⓘ
purpose to increase the collection of nontax debts owed to the United States ⓘ
to strengthen the federal government’s ability to collect delinquent non-tax debts ⓘ
relatedTo Federal Claims Collection Standards ⓘ
Treasury Offset Program ⓘ
federal financial management reform ⓘ
requires referral of eligible delinquent debts to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for collection ⓘ
standardization of federal debt collection practices ⓘ
use of administrative offset to collect delinquent debts ⓘ
use of centralized debt management systems ⓘ
signedBy Bill Clinton ⓘ
subjectMatter Treasury debt collection ⓘ
administrative offset ⓘ
debt collection ⓘ
federal financial management ⓘ
yearEnacted 1996 ⓘ

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Debt Management Services → implements → Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 ⓘ
Cross‑Servicing Program → legalBasis → Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 ⓘ
Treasury Offset Program → legalAuthority → Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 ⓘ
Federal Claims Collection Standards → legalBasis → Debt Collection Act of 1982 ⓘ
linked to: Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996