13 CFR § 140.1 - What does this part cover?

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title: "13 CFR § 140.1 - What does this part cover?"
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "140.1"
section_name: "What does this part cover?"
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "140"
part_name: "DEBT COLLECTION"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 5514; 15 U.S.C. 634(b)(6); 31 U.S.C. 3711, 3716, 3720, 3720A and 3720D."
regulatory_source: "60 FR 62191, Dec. 5, 1995, unless otherwise noted."
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# 140.1 What does this part cover?

This part establishes procedures which SBA may use in the collection, through offset or administrative wage garnishment, of delinquent debts owed to the United States. SBA's failure to comply with any provision of the regulations in this part is not available to any debtor as a defense against collection of the debt through judicial process or otherwise.

[70 FR 17587, Apr. 7, 2005]