§ 17.159 - Application of offset funds: Federal payment is insufficient to cover amount of debt.  


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  • If an offset of a Federal payment is insufficient to satisfy a debt, the Secretary will continue the certification to the Department of the Treasury to collect further on the debt. If, in the following year, the debt has become legally unenforceable because of the lapse of the statute of limitations, the debt will be reported to the IRS as a cancelled debt in accordance with §17.150(d).

    [67 FR 47435, July 18, 2002]