Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 96 Part 2.djvu/1108

 96 STAT. 2470

Ante, p. 971.

Post, pp. 2471, 2472. Infra; post, pp. 2471-2473.

PUBLIC LAW 97-452—JAN. 12, 1983

"(A) a consumer reporting agency as that term is defined in section 603(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C 1681a(f));or "(B) a person that, for money or on a cooperative basis, regularly— "(i) gets information on consumers to give the information to a consumer reporting agency; or "(ii) serves as a marketing agent under an arrangement allowing a third party to get the information • _ from a consumer reporting agency. "(4) 'executive or legislative agency' means a department, agency, or instrumentality in the executive or legislative branch of the Government. "(5) 'military department' means the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. "(6) 'system of records' has the same meaning given that term in section 552a(a)(5) of title 5. "(7) 'uniformed services' means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service. "(b) In subchapter II of this chapter, 'claim' includes amounts owing on account of loans insured or guaranteed by the Government and other amounts due the Government. "(c) In sections 3716 and 3717 of this title, 'person' does not include an agency of the United States Government, of a State government, or of a unit of general local government. "(d) Sections 3711(f) and 3716-3719 of this title do not apply to a claim or debt under, or to an amount payable under, the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), or the tariff laws of the United States.". (B) Item 3701 in the analysis of chapter 37 is amended to read as follows: "3701. Definitions and application.".
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Ante, p. 970. Ante, p. 971. Clfdms, collection. Information disclosure.

(14) Section 3702(b)(2) is amended by inserting "this" before "subsection". (15) Section 3711 is amended by adding at the end the following: "(f)(1) When trying to collect a claim of the Government under a law except the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), the head of an executive or legislative agency may disclose to a consumer reporting agency information from a system of records that an individual is responsible for a claim if— "(A) notice required by section 552a(e)(4) of title 5 indicates that information in the system may be disclosed to a consumer reporting agency; "(B) the head of the agency has reviewed the claim and decided that the claim is valid and overdue; "(C) the head of the agency has notified the individual in writing— "(i) that payment of the claim is overdue; jn; "(ii) ^jjg^t^ within not less than 60 days after sending the notice, the head of the agency intends to disclose to a w 2 consumer reporting agency that the individual is responsible for the claim;

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