Source: http://codes.findlaw.com/us/title-31-money-and-finance/31-usc-sect-3716.html
Timestamp: 2017-11-25 00:15:44
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31 U.S.C. § 3716 - U.S. Code Title 31. Money and Finance § 3716 | FindLaw
31 U.S.C. § 3716 - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 31. Money and Finance § 3716. Administrative offset
After trying to collect a claim from a person under section 3711(a) of this title, the head of an executive, judicial, or legislative agency may collect the claim by administrative offset. The head of the agency may collect by administrative offset only after giving the debtor--
Before collecting a claim by administrative offset, the head of an executive, judicial, or legislative agency must either--
An agency that designates disbursing officials pursuant to section 3321(c) of this title is not required to certify claims arising out of its operations to the Secretary of the Treasury before such agency's disbursing officials offset such claims.
Neither the disbursing official nor the payment certifying agency shall be liable--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including sections 207 and 1631(d)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 407 and 1383(d)(1) ), section 413(b) of Public Law 91-173 ( 30 U.S.C. 923(b) ), and section 14 of the Act of August 29, 1935 ( 45 U.S.C. 231m )), except as provided in clause (ii), all payments due to an individual under--
An amount of $9,000 which a debtor may receive under Federal benefit programs cited under clause (i) within a 12-month period shall be exempt from offset under this subsection. In applying the $9,000 exemption, the disbursing official shall--
The Secretary of the Treasury shall exempt from administrative offset under this subsection payments under means-tested programs when requested by the head of the respective agency. The Secretary may exempt other payments from administrative offset under this subsection upon the written request of the head of a payment certifying agency. A written request for exemption of other payments must provide justification for the exemption under standards prescribed by the Secretary. Such standards shall give due consideration to whether administrative offset would tend to interfere substantially with or defeat the purposes of the payment certifying agency's program. The Secretary shall report to the Congress annually on exemptions granted under this section.
The disbursing official conducting an administrative offset with respect to a payment to a payee shall notify the payee in writing of--
The Data Integrity Board of the Department of the Treasury established under 552a(u) of title 5 shall review and include in reports under paragraph (3)(D) of that section a description of any matching activities conducted under this section. If the Secretary has granted a waiver under subsection (f) of this section, no other Data Integrity Board is required to take any action under section 552a(u) of title 5 .
The Secretary may, in the discretion of the Secretary, apply subsection (a) with respect to any past-due, legally-enforceable debt owed to a State if--
a reciprocal agreement with the State is in effect which contains, at a minimum--
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