DEBT COLLECTION.

SEC. 209. DEBT COLLECTION. Title VIII of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1472 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “SEC. 811. DEBT COLLECTION. “(a) Contract Authority.— (1) Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Director of the United States Information Agency 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 United States Information Agency and is delinquent by more than 90 days. “(2) Each contract entered into under this section shall provide that the person with whom the Director of the United States Information Agency enters into such contract shall submit to the Director at least once every 180 days a status report on the success of the person in collecting debts. Section 3718 of title 31, United States Code, shall apply to any such contract to the extent that such section is not inconsistent with this subsection. 104 STAT. 54 “(b) Disclosure of Delinquent Debt to Credit Reporting Agencies.— The Director of the United States Information Agency shall, to the extent otherwise allowed by law, disclose to those credit reporting agencies to which the Director 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 United States Information Agency and is delinquent by more than 31 days.”.