---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 3.19"
title: "7"
number: "3.19"
heading: "Standards for the compromise of claims and debt settlement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/3.19"
---

# §3.19. Standards for the compromise of claims and debt settlement.

- (a) An agency will follow the standards specified in [31 CFR part 902](/cfr/31/part902.md) for the compromise of debts pursuant to [31 U.S.C. 3711](/usc/31/3711.md) arising out of the activities of, or referred or transferred for collection services to, that agency, except where otherwise authorized or required by law.
- (b) For FSA FLP debts, the first instance of debt cancellation is exempt from the monetary limits established in [31 CFR 902.1](/cfr/31/902.1.md).
- (c) For CCC debts, CCC will, in exercising its authority pursuant to section 4 of the CCC Charter Act ([15 U.S.C. 714b](/usc/15/714b.md)) to make final and conclusive settlement and adjustment of any CCC claims, follow the standards specified in 31 CFR [902.2](/cfr/31/902.2.md), [902.3](/cfr/31/902.3.md), [902.4](/cfr/31/902.4.md), [902.6](/cfr/31/902.6.md), and [902.7](/cfr/31/902.7.md), for the compromise of debts owed to CCC, to the maximum extent practicable. In addition to the bases for the compromise of debts specified in [31 CFR 902.2](/cfr/31/902.2.md), CCC may compromise a debt when the approving official with the authority to compromise the debt has determined that such action is in the interest of CCC.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 1506, 1981, 1981a, 1981d, and 2008h; 15 U.S.C. 714b; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, 3716-18, and 3720B; and 31 CFR parts 285 and 901-904.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 36672, June 17, 2020, unless otherwise noted.