31 CFR 256.21 : Money And Finance: Treasury (§ 0.101 To Parts 1061-1099) — (Parts 200-201 To Parts 414-499) — Regulations Relating To Money And Finance (Continued) (Parts 200-201 To Parts 414-499) — Fiscal Service, Department Of The Treasury (Parts 200-201 To Subchapter B) — Bureau Of The Fiscal Service (Parts 200-201 To Parts 392-399) — Obtaining Payments From The Judgment Fund And Under Private Relief Bills (§ 256.0 To § 256.60) — Debt Collection (§ 256.20 To § 256.22) — Are Judgment Fund payments offset to collect administrative debts?

Yes, separate and apart from its role as administrator of the Judgment Fund, Fiscal Service, in its capacity as disbursing official for the executive branch, offsets Judgment Fund payments to collect delinquent, nontax Federal debts through the Treasury Offset Program (TOP). This rule applies only to the setoff of Judgment Fund payments prior to payment certification, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3728, and not to disbursing official offsets pursuant to other authorities. (See 31 CFR 285.5 for requirements for disbursing official offset of past-due delinquent, nontax debts pursuant to the authority set forth in 31 U.S.C. 3716.)