7 CFR § 1717.1203 - Relationship between RUS and Department of Justice.

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title: "7 CFR § 1717.1203 - Relationship between RUS and Department of Justice."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "1717.1203"
section_name: "Relationship between RUS and Department of Justice."
chapter_name: "RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "1717"
part_name: "POST-LOAN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES COMMON TO INSURED AND GUARANTEED ELECTRIC LOANS"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 901  1921  6941"
regulatory_source: "55 FR 38646, Sept. 19, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1717.1203 Relationship between RUS and Department of Justice.

(a) The Attorney General will be notified by the Administrator whenever the Administrator intends to use his or her authority under section 331(b)of the Con Act to settle a debt or claim.

(b) If an outstanding claim has been referred in writing to the Attorney General, the Administrator will not use his or her own authority to settle the claim without the approval of the Attorney General.

(c) If an application for additional debt relief is received from a borrower whose debt has been settled in the past under the authority of the Attorney General, the Administrator will promptly notify the Attorney General before proceeding to consider the application.