---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 256.20"
title: "31"
number: "256.20"
heading: "How does an agency indicate that a debt is to be offset from a Judgment Fund payment?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/256.20"
---

# §256.20. How does an agency indicate that a debt is to be offset from a Judgment Fund payment?


The submitting agency must identify on the appropriate Judgment Fund form any known debt owed to the United States that Fiscal Service is expected to collect by setoff against the award. Such a debt will be offset pursuant to the provisions of [31 U.S.C. 3728](/usc/31/3728.md).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 1304, 3728; 41 U.S.C. 612; 5 U.S.C. 2301 note.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 60849, Oct. 17, 2006, unless otherwise noted.