[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR422.317]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
               CHAPTER III--SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 422_ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart D_Claims Collection
 
Sec. 422.317  Review of the debt.

    (a) Notification and presentation of evidence by the debtor. A 
debtor who receives a notice described in Sec. 422.305(b), Sec. 
422.306(b), or Sec. 422.310(c) has a right to have us review the debt. 
To exercise this right, within 60 calendar days from the date of our 
notice, the debtor must notify us and give us evidence that he or she 
does not owe all or part of the debt or that we do not have the right to 
collect it. If the debtor does not notify us and give us this evidence 
within the 60 calendar-day period, we may take the action described in 
our notice.
    (b) Review of the evidence. If the debtor notifies us and presents 
evidence within the 60 calendar-day period described in paragraph (a) of 
this section, we will not take the action described in our notice unless 
and until we consider all of the evidence and send the debtor our 
findings that all or part of the debt is overdue and legally 
enforceable.

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    (c) Findings by SSA. Following our review of all of the evidence 
presented, we will issue written findings, including the supporting 
rationale for the findings. Issuance of these findings will be the final 
Agency action on the debtor's request for review. If we find that the 
debt is not overdue or we do not have the right to collect it, we will 
not send information about the debt to consumer or other credit 
reporting agencies or refer the debt to the Department of the Treasury 
for administrative offset.