[Federal Register: June 30, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 126)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Fiscal Service
Renegotiation Board Interest Rate; Prompt Payment Interest Rate;
Contract Disputes Act
AGENCY: Bureau of the Public Debt, Fiscal Service, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: For the period beginning July 1, 2006, and ending on December
31, 2006, the prompt payment interest rate is 5\3/4\ per centum per
annum.
ADDRESS: Comments or inquiries may be mailed to Trina R. Cook, Team
Leader, Borrowings Accounting Team, Division of Accounting Operations,
Office of Public Debt Accounting, Bureau of the Public Debt,
Parkersburg, West Virginia, 26106-1328. A copy of this Notice will be
available to download from http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov.
DATES: This notice announces the applicable interest rate for the July
1, 2006, to December 31, 2006, period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Brown, Director, Division of
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Accounting Operations, Office of Public Debt Account, Bureau of the
Publicly Debt, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 26106-1328, (304) 480-5181;
Trina R. Cook, Team Leader, Borrowings Account Team, Division of
Accounting Operations, Office of Public Debt Accounting, Bureau of the
Public Debt, Parkersburg, West Virginia 26106-1328, (304) 480-5166;
Edward Gronseth, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Chief Counsel,
Bureau of the Public Debt, (304) 480-8692; or Brenda L. Hoffman,
Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Chief Counsel, Bureau of the Pubic
Debt, (202) 504-3706.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Although the Renegotiation Board is no
longer in existence, other Federal Agencies are required to use
interest rates computed under the criteria established by the
Renegotiation Act of 1971 Sec. 2, Public Law 92-41, 85 Stat. 97. For
example, the Contract Disputes Act of 1978, Sec. 12, Public Law 95-563,
92 Stat. 2389, and, indirectly, the Prompt Payment Act of 1982, 31
U.S.C. 3902(a), provide for the calculation of interest due on claims
at a rate established by the Secretary of the Treasury for the
Renegotiation board under Public Law 92-41.
Therefore, notice is given that the Secretary of the Treasury has
determined that the rate of interest applicable, for the period
beginning July 1, 2006, and ending on December 31, 2006, is 5\3/4\ per
centum per annum. This rate is determined pursuant to the above-
mentioned sections for the purpose of said sections.
Dated: June 27, 2006.
Donald V. Hammond,
Fiscal Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06-5933 Filed 6-29-06; 8:45 am]
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