22 CFR § 34.5 - Other procedures or actions.

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title: "22 CFR § 34.5 - Other procedures or actions."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "34.5"
section_name: "Other procedures or actions."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
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subchapter_name: "CLAIMS AND STOLEN PROPERTY"
part_number: "34"
part_name: "DEBT COLLECTION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "31 U.S.C. 3701-3719; 5 U.S.C. 5514; 31 CFR part 285; 31 CFR parts 900-904; 5 CFR part 550, subpart K."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 16482, Apr. 3, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
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# 34.5 Other procedures or actions.

(a) Nothing contained in this regulation is intended to require STATE to duplicate administrative proceedings required by contract or other laws or regulations.

(b) Nothing in this regulation is intended to preclude utilization of informal administrative actions or remedies which may be available.

(c) Nothing contained in this regulation is intended to deter STATE from demanding the return of specific property or from demanding the return of the property or the payment of its value.

(d) The failure of STATE to comply with any provision in this regulation shall not serve as defense to the debt.