source:
  type: regulation
  id: va-38usc-3726
  authority: VA Home Loan Guaranty (38 U.S.C. ch. 37) § 3726 — Withholding of payments, benefits, etc.
  description: 'VA Home Loan Guaranty (38 U.S.C. ch. 37), §3726 Withholding of payments, benefits, etc.. Captured
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    '
obligations:
- id: va-38usc-3726-a
  canonical_id: va-38usc-3726-a
  section: 38 U.S.C. §3726(a)
  description: 'Withholding of payments, benefits, etc. — (a): (a) No officer, employee, department, or agency of
    the United States shall set off against, or otherwise withhold from, any veteran or the surviving spouse of
    any veteran any payments (other than benefit payments under any law administered by the Department of Veterans
    Affairs ) which such veteran o…'
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  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
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  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: VA Home Loan Guaranty (38 U.S.C. ch. 37) § 3726
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/3726
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    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
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    paragraph_quote: (a) No officer, employee, department, or agency of the United States shall set off against,
      or otherwise withhold from, any veteran or the surviving spouse of any veteran any payments (other than benefit
      payments under any law administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs ) which such veteran or surviving
      spouse would otherwise be entitled to receive because of any liability to the Secretary allegedly arising
      out of any loan made to, assumed by, or guaranteed or insured on account of, such veteran or surviving spouse
      under this chapter, unless the Secretary provides such veteran or surviving spouse with notice by certified
      mail with return receipt requested of the authority of the Secretary to waive the payment of indebtedness
      under section 5302(b) of this title .
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 38 U.S.C. §3726 subsection (a) from Cornell LII snapshot ebc5ab3c4777cfe7;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: va-38usc-3726-b
  canonical_id: va-38usc-3726-b
  section: 38 U.S.C. §3726(b)
  description: 'Withholding of payments, benefits, etc. — (b): (b) If the Secretary does not waive the entire amount
    of the liability, the Secretary shall then determine whether the veteran or surviving spouse should be released
    from liability under section 3713(b) of this title .'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
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  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: VA Home Loan Guaranty (38 U.S.C. ch. 37) § 3726
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/3726
    snapshot_id: ebc5ab3c4777cfe7
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
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    paragraph_quote: (b) If the Secretary does not waive the entire amount of the liability, the Secretary shall
      then determine whether the veteran or surviving spouse should be released from liability under section 3713(b)
      of this title .
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 38 U.S.C. §3726 subsection (b) from Cornell LII snapshot ebc5ab3c4777cfe7;
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  judgment: false
- id: va-38usc-3726-c
  canonical_id: va-38usc-3726-c
  section: 38 U.S.C. §3726(c)
  description: 'Withholding of payments, benefits, etc. — (c): (c) If the Secretary determines that the veteran
    or surviving spouse should not be released from liability, the Secretary shall notify the veteran or surviving
    spouse of that determination and provide a notice of the procedure for appealing that determination, unless
    the Secretary has previously mad…'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: VA Home Loan Guaranty (38 U.S.C. ch. 37) § 3726
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/3726
    snapshot_id: ebc5ab3c4777cfe7
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:61c430550b76c0b31dac514d13c73d88953d696eb0375b299b6038b03c4317f9
    paragraph_quote: (c) If the Secretary determines that the veteran or surviving spouse should not be released
      from liability, the Secretary shall notify the veteran or surviving spouse of that determination and provide
      a notice of the procedure for appealing that determination, unless the Secretary has previously made such
      determination and notified the veteran or surviving spouse of the procedure for appealing the determination.
      (Added Pub. L. 89–358, § 5(f)(1) , Mar. 3, 1966 , 80 Stat. 26 , § 1826; amended Pub. L. 94–324, § 7(30) ,
      June 30, 1976 , 90 Stat. 722 ; Pub. L. 97–66, title V, § 504 , Oct. 17, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1033 ; Pub. L. 101–237,
      title III, § 313(b)(1) , (2), Dec. 18, 1989 , 103 Stat. 2077 ; renumbered § 3726, Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a) ,
      Aug. 6, 1991 , 105 Stat. 406 ; Pub. L. 105–33, title VIII, § 8033(a) , Aug. 5, 1997 , 111 Stat. 669 .)
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 38 U.S.C. §3726 subsection (c) from Cornell LII snapshot ebc5ab3c4777cfe7;
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  judgment: false
