31 U.S.C. § 3718
Contracts for collection services
United States · Title 31 — MONEY AND FINANCE · Status: effective
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- 31 U.S.C. § 3718, Contracts for collection services, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/467708
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Under conditions the head of an executive, judicial, or legislative agency considers appropriate, the head of the agency may enter into a contract with a person for collection service to recover indebtedness owed, or to locate or recover assets of, the United States Government. The head of an agency may not enter into a contract under the preceding sentence to locate or recover assets of the United States held by a State government or financial institution unless that agency has established procedures approved by the Secretary of the Treasury to identify and recover such assets. The contract shall provide that—
the person is subject to—
Each agency shall use its best efforts to assure that not less than 10 percent of the amounts of all claims referred to private counsel by that agency under paragraph (2) are referred to law firms owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and law firms that are qualified HUBZone small business concerns. For purposes of this paragraph—
A contract made with a private counsel under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include—
The Attorney General shall transmit to the Congress an annual report on the activities of the Department of Justice to recover indebtedness owed the United States which was referred to the Department of Justice for collection. Each such report shall include a list, by agency, of—
the total number and amount of those claims referred for legal services to private counsel under subsection (b)—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- A bill to codify without substantive change recent laws related to money and finance and to improve the United States Code.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend the Debt Collection Act of 1982 to eliminate the requirement that contracts for collection services to recover indebtedness owed the United States be effective only to the extent and in the amount provided in advance appropriation Acts.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Tax Reform Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Federal Debt Recovery Act of 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Cash Management Improvement Act Amendments of 1992House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws, related to transportation, as subtitles II, III, and V-X of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation", and to make other technical improvements in the Code.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996
- Small Business Reauthorization Act of 1997House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004House: 382–43Senate: no recorded tally
- To enact certain laws relating to public contracts as title 41, United States Code, "Public Contracts".House: 385–0Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018