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In the United States, while under radar contact (e.g., actively being controlled by ATC), when you receive a handoff to another controller, you should check in with your present altitude and, if it applies, the altitude to which you are either climbing or descending.
For example, "New York Center, American Ten, Three Thousand descending to Two Thousand."