31 CFR § 205.21 - When may clearance patterns be used?

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title: "31 CFR § 205.21 - When may clearance patterns be used?"
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "205.21"
section_name: "When may clearance patterns be used?"
chapter_name: "FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
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subchapter_name: "BUREAU OF THE FISCAL SERVICE"
part_number: "205"
part_name: "RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR EFFICIENT FEDERAL-STATE FUNDS TRANSFERS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321, 3332, 3335, 6501, 6503."
regulatory_source: "67 FR 31885, May 10, 2002, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "205"
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# 205.21 When may clearance patterns be used?

(a) A State may develop a clearance pattern for:

(1) An individual Federal assistance program;

(2) A logical group of Federal assistance programs that have the same disbursement method and type of payee;

(3) A bank account;

(4) A specific type of payment, such as payroll or vendor payments; or

(5) Anything that is agreed upon by us and a State. If a clearance pattern is used for multiple Federal assistance programs, a State must apply the clearance pattern separately to each Federal assistance program when scheduling funds transfers or calculating interest.

(b) As set forth in § 205.9, a Treasury-State agreement must include the method a State uses to develop and maintain clearance patterns.