---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 111.50"
title: "11"
number: "111.50"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/111.50"
---

# §111.50. Purpose and scope.


[Subpart C](/cfr/11/subpartC.md) prescribes standards and procedures under which the Commission will collect and dispose of certain debts owed to the United States, as described in [11 CFR 111.51](/cfr/11/111.51.md). The regulations in this subpart implement the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, 31 U.S.C. [3701](/usc/31/3701.md), [3711](/usc/31/3711.md), and [3716-3720A](/usc/31/3716-3720A.md), as amended; and the Federal Claims Collection Standards, [31 CFR parts 900-904](/cfr/31/part900-904.md). The activities covered include: The collection of claims of any amount; compromising claims; suspending or terminating the collection of claims; and referring debts to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for collection action.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 75 FR 19876, Apr. 16, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30102(i), 30109, 30107(a), 30111(a)(8); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, 3716-3719, and 3720A, as amended; 31 CFR parts 285 and 900-904.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 15120, Mar. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted.