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Proposed Rules
Federal Register Vol. 86, No. 38
Monday, March 1, 2021

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains notices to the public of the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
22 CFR Part 213
RIN 0412AA96

ClaimsCollection Regulation U.S. Agency for International Development.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Agency for International Development USAID
seeks public comment on a proposed rule to revise its regulation on claims collection in its entirety to incorporate applicable statutory and regulatory provisions and to make other changes.
Specifically, an amendment made by the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 DATA Act requires USAID to refer to the Secretary of the Treasury all past-due, legally enforceable, non-tax debt that are over 120 days delinquent. The changes will maximize the effectiveness of USAIDs claim-collection procedures.
DATES: Comments must be received no later than March 31, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this proposed rule to Dorothea Malloy, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, United States Agency for International Development, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, USAID
Annex, Room 8.80C, Washington, DC
20523. Submit comments, identified by title of the action and Regulatory Information Number RIN by any of the following methods:
1. Through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http www.regulations.gov by following the instructions for submitting comments.
2. By mail, addressed to USAID, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, USAID
Annex, Room 8.80C, Washington, DC
20523.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dorothea Malloy, Telephone: 202 916
2518; or Email: dmalloy@usaid.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

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A. Instructions All comments must be in writing and submitted through one of the methods specified in the ADDRESSES section above. All submissions must include the title of the action and RIN for this rulemaking. Please include your name, title, organization, postal address, telephone number, and email address in the text of the message.
Please note that USAID recommends sending all comments to the Federal eRulemaking Portal because securityscreening precautions have slowed the delivery and dependability of surface mail to USAID in Washington, DC.
USAID will make comments available at http www.regulations.gov for public review without change, including any personal information provided. We recommend that you do not submit information that you consider Confidential Business Information CBI
or any information otherwise protected from disclosure by statute.
USAID will only address substantive comments on the rule. USAID might not consider comments that are insubstantial or outside the scope of the proposed rule.
B. Request for Comments USAID requests comments on its proposed rule to revise our claimcollection regulations to comply with the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 DATA Act and to update claims-collections definitions and references.
I. Background This rulemaking proposes revisions to part 213 of title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations CFR, USAIDs claim-collection regulation, to conform to a statutory requirement that Federal Departments and Agencies must refer all past-due, legally enforceable, non-tax debt that is delinquent for more than 120 days, including non-tax debt administered by a third party that is acting as an agent for the Federal Government, to the Secretary of the Treasury for the purposes of administrative offset. The proposed rule also updates claims-collection definitions to align with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, and specifies that the Bureau of the Fiscal Service is the Agency within the U.S. Department of the Treasury to which USAID refers delinquent debts.

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The changes will maximize the effectiveness of USAIDs claimcollection procedures.
II. Regulatory Findings Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 13771
USAID has drafted this proposed rule in accordance with Executive Orders E.O.s 12866 and 13563, which direct Federal Departments and Agencies to assess all the costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety effects, distributive impacts, and equality. E.O. 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of promoting flexibility. USAID has reviewed the regulation to ensure its consistency with the regulatory philosophy and principles set forth in E.O.s 12866 and 13563 and finds that the benefits of issuing this rule outweigh any costs, which the Agency assesses to be minimal. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs within the Office of Management and Budget OMB/OIRA
has determined that this rule is not a significant regulatory action as defined in E.O. 12866 and, accordingly, has not reviewed it. OMB/OIRA also has determined that this rule is not an economically significant regulatory action under Section 3f1 of E.O.
12866. This proposed rule is not subject to the requirements of E.O. 13771
because OMB has determined it to be non-significant within the meaning of E.O. 12866.
Regulatory Flexibility Act USAID certifies that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
Consequently, the Agency has not prepared a regulatory-flexibility analysis.
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act This rule is not a major rule as defined by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 Section 8042 of Title 5 of the United States Code U.S.C.. This rule will not result in an annual effect on the U.S. economy of $100 million or more;

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