---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 89.1"
title: "49"
number: "89.1"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/89.1"
---

# §89.1. Purpose.


This part implements the Federal Claims Collection Act of 1966, [31 U.S.C. 3701-3720](/usc/31/3701-3720.md) A, as amended primarily by the Debt Collection Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-365, 96 Stat. 1749) and the Debt Collection Amendments of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-578, 100 Stat. 3305). It supplements the Federal Claims Collection Standards (FCCS), [4 CFR parts 101-105](/cfr/4/part101-105.md), issued jointly by the Comptroller General of the United States and the Attorney General of the United States under [31 U.S.C. 3711(e)(2)](/usc/31/3711.md?p=e-2). Pursuant to the Federal Claims Collection Act, as amended, and the FCCS, this part sets forth procedures by which the Department of Transportation (DOT) and its operating elements (see [49 CFR 1.3](/cfr/49/1.3.md)) through designated officials:

- (a) Collect claims owed to the United States arising from activities under its jurisdiction;
- (b) Determine and collect interest and other charges on those claims;
- (c) Compromise claims; and
- (d) **Refer unpaid claims for litigation.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 89-508; Pub. L. 89-365, secs. 3, 10, 11, 13(b), 31 U.S.C. 3701-3720A; Pub. L. 98-167; Pub. L. 98-369; Pub. L. 99-578; Pub. L. 101-552, 31 U.S.C. 3711(a)(2).

### Source

Source: 53 FR 51238, Dec. 21, 1988, unless otherwise noted.