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Title 31—MONEY AND FINANCE > SUBTITLE III—FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT > CHAPTER 37—CLAIMS > SUBCHAPTER II—CLAIMS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

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written notice of the type and amount of the claim, the intention of the head of the agency to collect the claim by administrative offset, and an explanation of the rights of the debtor under this section;

(Added Pub. L. 97–452, § 1(16)(A) , Jan. 12, 1983 , 96 Stat. 2471 ; amended Pub. L. 104–134, title III, § 31001(c)(1) , (d)(2), (e), (f), Apr. 26, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1321–359 , 1321–362; Pub. L. 106–169, title II, § 251(b)(10) , Dec. 14, 1999 , 113 Stat. 1856 ; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b) , July 7, 2004 , 118 Stat. 814 ; Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14219(a) , May 22, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1482 ; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a) , title XIV, § 14219(a), June 18, 2008 , 122 Stat. 1664 , 2244; Pub. L. 110–275, title I, § 189(b) , July 15, 2008 , 122 Stat. 2590 ; Pub. L. 113–101, § 5 , May 9, 2014 , 128 Stat. 1153 .)

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