The correct answer is C.
Since it is a Government issued Act, thetone of this excerpt is <em>formal</em>.
We know this because:
- It containts complex and longer sentences to elaborate the addressed subject.
- It is objective, since it does not show any judgement or opinion; it only states the information.
- It written in its entirety with full words: there are no contractions and the abbbreviations, such as SSN, are spelt out in full when first used
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- It is written, as all formal texts and documents, in the third person.
