The funds withheld by the Secretary of the Treasury shall be used to grant productivity bonuses to the officials of the Department of the Treasury; to hire services that support and assist in the collection of bad debts, to defray any expense or carry out any investment related to the efforts to collect bad debts as well as improve its systems or physical facilities, modernize service facilities, digitize processes and documents, implement measures to improve operational and oversight efficiency and effectiveness, evaluate reforms and changes in the tax systems and to defray other expenses, as appropriate, to assure compliance by the Department of the Treasury with its ministerial duties. History —June 8, 2000, No. 95, § 2; Dec. 5, 2013, No. 143, § 3.
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