20 CFR § 618.836 - Recovery of debts due the United States or to others by Trade Adjustment Assistance offset.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s618.836"
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title: "20 CFR § 618.836 - Recovery of debts due the United States or to others by Trade Adjustment Assistance offset."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "618.836"
section_name: "Recovery of debts due the United States or to others by Trade Adjustment Assistance offset."
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "618"
part_name: "TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE UNDER THE TRADE ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "19 U.S.C. 2320; Secretary's Order No. 6-2010, 75 FR 66267 (Oct. 27, 2010)."
regulatory_source: "85 FR 51972, Aug. 21, 2020, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "618"
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# 618.836 Recovery of debts due the United States or to others by Trade Adjustment Assistance offset.

(a) *Debt due the United States.* Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the State must apply TAA benefits, payable under this part to a person (as described in § 618.832(g)), for the recovery by offset of any debt due the United States from the person.

(b) *Debt due to others.* The State must not apply TAA Program benefits for the payment of any debt of any person to any State or any other entity or person, except for TRA and RTAA benefits as required by Federal UI law.