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[CITE: 10USC2780]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                PART IV--SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROCUREMENT
 
             CHAPTER 165--ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
 
Sec. 2780. Debt collection

    (a)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense shall 
enter into one or more contracts with a person for collection services 
to recover indebtedness owed to the United States (arising out of 
activities related to Department of Defense) that is delinquent by more 
than three months.
    (2) The authority of the Secretary to enter into a contract under 
this section for any fiscal year is subject to the availability of 
appropriations.
    (3) Any such contract shall provide that the person submit to the 
Secretary a status report on the person's success in collecting such 
debts at least once each six months. Section 3718 of title 31 shall 
apply to any such contract, to the extent not inconsistent with this 
subsection.
    (b) The Secretary shall disclose to consumer reporting agencies, in 
accordance with paragraph (1) of section 3711(e) of title 31, 
information concerning any debt described in subsection (a) of more than 
$100 that is delinquent by more than 31 days.

(Added Pub. L. 99-661, div. A, title XIII, Sec. 1309(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 
100 Stat. 3982; amended Pub. L. 104-316, title I, Sec. 115(g)(2)(C), 
Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3835.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-316 substituted ``section 3711(e)'' 
for ``section 3711(f)''.


                 Contracts for Recovery of Indebtedness

    Pub. L. 101-165, title IX, Sec. 9019, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1133, 
provided that: ``During the current fiscal year and hereafter, the 
Department of Defense may enter into contracts to recover indebtedness 
to the United States pursuant to section 3718 of title 31, United States 
Code.''
