delinquent amount
(5) (A) With respect to any delinquent amount, the Commissioner of Social Security may use the collection practices described in sections 3711(f), 3716, 3717, and 3718 of title 31 and in section 5514 of title 5 , all as in effect immediately after April 26, 1996 . (B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “delinquent amount” means an amount— (i) in excess of the correct amount of payment under this subchapter; (ii) paid to a person after such person has attained 18 years of age; and (iii) determined by the Commissioner of Social Security, under regulations, to be otherwise unrecoverable under this section after such person ceases to be a beneficiary under this subchapter.
Source
42 USC § 1383(b)(5)
Scoping language
None identified, default scope is assumed to be the parent (part B) of this section.