DATA MATCHING.

SEC. 606. DATA MATCHING. Part G of title IV of the Act is further amended by inserting immediately following section 489 the following new section: “data matching “Sec. 489A. (a) (1) The Secretary is authorized to obtain information from the files and records maintained by any of the departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the United States concerning the most recent address of an individual obligated on a loan held by the Secretary or a loan made in accordance with part B of this title held by a guaranty agency, or an individual owing a refund of an overpayment of a grant awarded under this title, and the name and address of such individual’s employer, if the Secretary determines that such information is needed to enforce the loan or collect the overpayment. “(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide the information described in paragraph (1) to a guaranty agency holding a loan made under part B of this title on which such individual is obligated. 105 STAT. 1069 “(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the head of any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States receives a request from the Secretary for information authorized under this section, such individual or his designee shall promptly cause a search to be made of the records of the agency to determine whether the information requested is contained in those records. “(2) (A) If such information is found, the individual shall, in conformance with the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, immediately transmit such information to the Secretary, except that if disclosure of this information would contravene national policy or security interests of the United States, or the confidentiality of census data, the individual shall immediately so notify the Secretary and shall not transmit the information. “(B) If no such information is found, the individual shall immediately so notify the Secretary. “(3) (A) The reasonable costs incurred by any such agency of the United States in providing any such information to the Secretary shall be reimbursed by the Secretary, and retained by the agency. “(B) Whenever such information is furnished to a guaranty agency, that agency shall be charged a fee to be used to reimburse the Secretary for the expense of providing such information.”.