---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 20.51"
title: "29"
number: "20.51"
heading: "Exemptions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/20.51"
---

# §20.51. Exemptions.

- (a) The provisions of [31 U.S.C. 3717](/usc/31/3717.md) do not apply:
  - (1) To debts owed by any State or local government;
  - (2) To debts arising under contracts which were executed prior to, and were in effect on (i.e., were not completed as of), October 25, 1982;
  - (3) To debts where an applicable statute, regulation required by statute, loan agreement, or contract either prohibits such charges or explicitly fixes the charges that apply to the debts involved; or
  - (4) To debts arising under the Social Security Act, the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or the tariff laws of the United States.
- (b) Agencies are authorized to assess interest and related charges on debts which are not subject to [31 U.S.C. 3717](/usc/31/3717.md) to the extent authorized under the common law or other applicable statutory authority.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.; Subpart D is also issued under 5 U.S.C. 5514; Subpart E is also issued under 31 U.S.C. 3720A; Subpart F is also issued under 31 U.S.C. 3720D.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 5202, Feb. 6, 1985, unless otherwise noted.