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CFR /  Title 45  /  Part 79  /  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.