31 CFR § 902.3 - Enforcement policy.

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title: "31 CFR § 902.3 - Enforcement policy."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "902.3"
section_name: "Enforcement policy."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL CLAIMS COLLECTION STANDARDS (DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE)"
part_number: "902"
part_name: "STANDARDS FOR THE COMPROMISE OF CLAIMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "31 U.S.C. 3711."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 70402, Nov. 22, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "902"
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# 902.3 Enforcement policy.

Pursuant to this part, agencies may compromise statutory penalties, forfeitures, or claims established as an aid to enforcement and to compel compliance, if the agency's enforcement policy in terms of deterrence and securing compliance, present and future, will be adequately served by the agency's acceptance of the sum to be agreed upon.