42 U.S.C. § 1395ccc
Offset of payments to individuals to collect past-due obligations arising from breach of scholarship and loan contract
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 1395ccc, Offset of payments to individuals to collect past-due obligations arising from breach of scholarship and loan contract, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/477372
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The Secretary shall not enter into an agreement with an individual under this section to the extent—
The agreement under this section shall provide that—
if the individual does not provide services, for which payment would otherwise be made under this subchapter, of a sufficient quantity to maintain the offset collection according to the agreed upon formula and schedule—
If the individual refuses to enter into an agreement or breaches any provision of the agreement—
For purposes of this section, a past-due obligation is any amount—
This section shall not preclude the United States from applying other provisions of law otherwise applicable to the collection of obligations owed to the United States, including (but not limited to) the use of tax refund offsets pursuant to section 3720A of title 31 and the application of other procedures provided under chapter 37 of title 31.
Amounts equal to the amounts deducted pursuant to this section shall be transferred from the Trust Fund from which the payment to the individual, provider, or other entity would otherwise have been made, to the general fund in the Treasury, and shall be credited as payment of the past-due obligation of the individual from whom (or with respect to whom) the deduction was made.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Family Support Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally