CFR > Title 31 - Money and Finance: Treasury > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Money and Finance > CHAPTER II—FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (parts 200 to 391) > SUBCHAPTER A—FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE (parts 200 to 285) > PART 205—RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR EFFICIENT FEDERAL-STATE FUNDS TRANSFERS > SUBPART A—Rules Applicable to Federal Assistance Programs Included in a Treasury-State Agreement (§205.3 to §205.31) > 205.21—When may clearance patterns be used?

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.