---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 205.21"
title: "31"
number: "205.21"
heading: "When may clearance patterns be used?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/205.21"
---

# §205.21. When may clearance patterns be used?

- (a) A State may develop a clearance pattern for:
  - (1) An individual Federal assistance program;
  - (2) A logical group of Federal assistance programs that have the same disbursement method and type of payee;
  - (3) A bank account;
  - (4) A specific type of payment, such as payroll or vendor payments; or
  - (5) **Anything that is agreed upon by us and a State.** If a clearance pattern is used for multiple Federal assistance programs, a State must apply the clearance pattern separately to each Federal assistance program when scheduling funds transfers or calculating interest.
- (b) As set forth in [§ 205.9](/cfr/31/205.9.md), a Treasury-State agreement must include the method a State uses to develop and maintain clearance patterns.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321, 3332, 3335, 6501, 6503.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 31885, May 10, 2002, unless otherwise noted.