49 CFR § 1018.5 - Monetary limitation on Board authority.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s1018.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 1018.5 - Monetary limitation on Board authority."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "1018.5"
section_name: "Monetary limitation on Board authority."
chapter_name: "SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1018"
part_name: "DEBT COLLECTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 3701, 31 U.S.C. 3711 49 U.S.C. 1321, 31 CFR parts 900-904."
regulatory_source: "58 FR 7749, Feb. 9, 1993, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1018"
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# 1018.5 Monetary limitation on Board authority.
The Board's authority to compromise a claim or to terminate or suspend collection action on a claim covered by these procedures is limited by 31 U.S.C. 3711(a) to claims that:
(a) Have not been referred to another Federal agency, including the GAO, for further collection action; and
(b) Do not exceed $100,000, exclusive of interest, penalties, and administrative costs (the monetary limitation).