[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR79.44]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 79_PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  79.44  Right to administrative offset.



    The amount of any penalty or assessment which has become final, or 

for which a judgment has been entered under Sec.  79.42 or Sec.  79.43, 

or any amount agreed upon in a compromise or settlement under Sec.  

79.46, may be collected by administrative offset under 31 U.S.C. 3716, 

except that an administrative offset may not be made under this 

subsection against a refund of an overpayment of Federal taxes, then or 

later owing by the United States to the defendant.