---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 313.2"
title: "12"
number: "313.2"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/313.2"
---

# §313.2. Purpose.

- (a) The purpose of this part is to implement Federal statutes and regulatory standards authorizing the FDIC to collect debts owed to the United States. This part is consistent with the following Federal statutes and regulations:
  - (1) DCIA at [31 U.S.C. 3711](/usc/31/3711.md) (collection and compromise of claims); [section 3716](/cfr/12/3716.md) (administrative offset), [section 3717](/cfr/12/3717.md) (interest and penalty on claims), and [section 3718](/cfr/12/3718.md) (contracts for collection services);
  - (2) [5 U.S.C. 5514](/usc/5/5514.md) (salary offset);
  - (3) [5 U.S.C. 5584](/usc/5/5584.md) (waiver of claims for overpayment);
  - (4) [31 CFR chapter IX](/cfr/31/chIX.md) (Federal Claims Collection Standards);
  - (5) [5 CFR part 550](/cfr/5/part550.md), [subpart K](/cfr/12/subpartK.md) (salary offset);
  - (6) 31 U.S.C. [3720D](/usc/31/3720D.md) and [31](/usc/31/31.md) CFR 285.11 (administrative wage garnishment);
  - (7) 26 U.S.C. [6402(d)](/usc/26/6402.md?p=d), [31](/usc/26/31.md) U.S.C. 3720A, and [31 CFR 285.2](/cfr/31/285.2.md) (tax refund offset); and
  - (8) [5 CFR 831.1801 through 1808](/cfr/5/831.1801..1808.md) (U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) offset).
- (b) Collectively, the statutes and regulations in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section prescribe the manner in which Federal agencies should proceed to establish the existence and validity of debts owed to the Federal Government and describe the remedies available to agencies to offset valid debts.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 86 FR 1742, Jan. 11, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5514; 12 U.S.C. 1818(i), 1819(a); Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321 (31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, 3716).

### Source

Source: 67 FR 48527, July 25, 2002, unless otherwise noted.