Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1995

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Introduced

4 August 1995

Last action

2 October 1995 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

Summary

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Debt Collection Initiatives Title II: Justice Debt Management Title III: IRS Levy Authority Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1995 - Title I: General Debt Collection Initiatives - Amends Federal claims and civil service law, revising general administrative, salary, and tax refund offset authorities, and making changes as well under the Debt Collection Act of 1982, Social Security Domestic Employment Reform Act of 1994, and other specified Acts. Includes among such revisions and changes: (1) making the House of Representatives a legislative agency for purposes relating to claims of or against the Federal Government; (2) providing agencies with the authority to require the taxpayer identification numbers of the persons doing business with them; (3) expanding various specified collection and offset authorities and Governmentwide cross- servicing; (4) barring delinquent Federal debtors from obtaining Federal loans or loan guarantees; (5) adjusting Federal civil monetary penalties for inflation; and (6) establishing in the Treasury the Debt Collection Improvement Account to reimburse agencies for expenditures for the improvement of tax administration and agency debt collection and debt recovery activities. (Sec. 203) Amends the Privacy Act of 1974 to exempt from computer matching requirements matches for administrative offset or claims collection or any other payment intercept or offset program authorized by statute. (Sec. 1001) Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) establish guidelines to assist agencies in the performance and monitoring of debt collection activities; and (2) consolidate all reports concerning debt collection into one annual report. Requires the Secretary to: (1) report to the Congress on debt collection services; and (2) prescribe regulations requiring certain agency reports on loans and accounts receivable managed by the head of the agency. Title II: Justice Debt Management - Repeals specified provisions of Federal law to provide for expanded use of private attorneys in Federal debt collection efforts. (Sec. 1201) Amends the Federal judicial code to provide for nonjudicial foreclosure of mortgages. Title III: IRS Levy Authority - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for a continuing levy on non-means tested Federal payments, modify the levy exemption under such Code, and provide for the disclosure of return information to the Financial Management Service in levies with respect to any applicable government payment.

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4 August 1995
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and House Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
4 August 1995
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and House Oversight, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
4 August 1995
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 August 1995
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
10 August 1995
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
10 August 1995
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.
Source: Committee
8 September 1995
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
19 September 1995
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Source: Committee
19 September 1995
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
2 October 1995
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Source: Committee

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