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[CITE: 31USC3720E]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                   SUBTITLE III--FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
 
                           CHAPTER 37--CLAIMS
 
          SUBCHAPTER II--CLAIMS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
 
Sec. 3720E. Dissemination of information regarding identity of 
        delinquent debtors
        
    (a) The head of any agency may, with the review of the Secretary of 
the Treasury, for the purpose of collecting any delinquent nontax debt 
owed by any person, publish or otherwise publicly disseminate 
information regarding the identity of the person and the existence of 
the nontax debt.
    (b)(1) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the heads of other 
appropriate Federal agencies, shall issue regulations establishing 
procedures and requirements the Secretary considers appropriate to carry 
out this section.
    (2) Regulations under this subsection shall include--
        (A) standards for disseminating information that maximize 
    collections of delinquent nontax debts, by directing actions under 
    this section toward delinquent debtors that have assets or income 
    sufficient to pay their delinquent nontax debt;
        (B) procedures and requirements that prevent dissemination of 
    information under this section regarding persons who have not had an 
    opportunity to verify, contest, and compromise their nontax debt in 
    accordance with this subchapter; and
        (C) procedures to ensure that persons are not incorrectly 
    identified pursuant to this section.

(Added Pub. L. 104-134, title III, Sec. 31001(r)(1), Apr. 26, 1996, 110 
Stat. 1321-372.)
