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B-202175 1 (1981-03-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabjzl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: '7 * 9.- COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON D.C. 20548(~ The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: By letter of February 2, 1981, you regujed ourLviews on H.R. 1243J 97th Congress, 1st Session--A bill to amend title 5 of the n'ited States Code to increase the efficiency of Govern- ment-wide efforts to collect debts owed the United States, to require the Office of Management and Budget to establish regu- lations for reporting on debts owed the United States, and to provide additional procedures for the collection of debts of the United States. House bill 1243 is similar to Senate bill 3160 that was introduced by Senator Percy in the 96th Congress. We testified on November 19 and 20, 1980, before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs in support of that proposed legislation. We continue to support the purposes of that legislation as repeated and expanded on in H.R. 1243. House bill 1243 would remove an obstacle to the Government's use of the coimaercial practice of reporting an individual's delinquent financial obligations to credit bureaus. The bill also provides for making agencies more accountable for their collection activities. Reporting Delinquent Debts to Credit Bureaus As a result of our comparison and analysis of the debt collection practices of the public and private sectors, 1/ we initiated an April 1979 revision to the Federal Claims Col- lection Standards 2/ to require that ag.encies establish procedures for reporting delinquent debts to commercial credit bureaus. These Government-wide regulations are issued l/The Government Can Be More Productive in Collecting Its Debts by Following Commercial Practices, (FGMSD-78-59, Feb. 23, 1979.) 2/4 CFR 101-105

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