§ 2716. — Debt collection.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2716]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2716. Debt collection
(a) Contract authority
(1) Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of
State shall enter into contracts for collection services to recover
indebtedness owed by a person, other than a foreign country, to the
United States which arises out of activities of the Department of State
and is delinquent by more than 90 days.
(2) Each contract entered into under this section shall provide that
the person with whom the Secretary enters into such contract shall
submit to the Secretary at least once every 180 days a status report on
the success of the person in collecting debts. Section 3718 of title 31
shall apply to any such contract to the extent that such section is not
inconsistent with this subsection.
(b) Disclosure of delinquent debt to credit reporting agencies
The Secretary of State shall, to the extent otherwise allowed by
law, disclose to those credit reporting agencies to which the Secretary
reports loan activity information concerning any debt of more than $100
owed by a person, other than a foreign country, to the United States
which arises out of activities of the Department of State and is
delinquent by more than 31 days.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, Sec. 44, as added Pub. L. 101-246,
title I, Sec. 117(2), Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 25.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 44 of act Aug. 1, 1956, was renumbered section 45 by
section 117(1) of Pub. L. 101-246, and subsequently renumbered, and set
out as a Short Title of 1956 Amendment note under section 2651 of this
title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-138, title I, Sec. 111(1), Oct.
28, 1991, 105 Stat. 654.
