---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 8.1"
title: "11"
number: "8.1"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/8.1"
---

# §8.1. Purpose and scope.


This part 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 8.2](/cfr/11/8.2.md). The regulations in this part 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; referring debts to the U.S. Department of the Treasury for collection action; and referring debts under this part 8 of more than $100,000 (exclusive of any interest and charges) to the Department of Justice for litigation.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, and 3716-3720A, as amended; 52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.; 31 CFR parts 285 and 900-904.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 19875, Apr. 16, 2010, unless otherwise noted.