Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/3313

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118 STAT. 3283 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 SEC. 642. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no execu tive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease any addi tional facilities, except within or contiguous to existing locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting Federal law enforcement training without the advance approval of the Committees on Appro priations, except that the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center facilities. SEC. 643. Section 653(j) of title 42, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(7) INFORMATION COMPARISONS AND DISCLOSURE TO ASSIST IN FEDERAL DEBT COLLECTION.— ‘‘(A) FURNISHING OF INFORMATION BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall furnish to the Secretary, on such periodic basis as deter mined by the Secretary of the Treasury in consultation with the Secretary, information in the custody of the Sec retary of the Treasury for comparison with information in the National Directory of New Hires, in order to obtain information in such Directory with respect to persons— ‘‘(i) who owe delinquent nontax debt to the United States; and ‘‘(ii) whose debt has been referred to the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3711(g). ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT TO SEEK MINIMUM INFORMATION.— The Secretary of the Treasury shall seek information pursu ant to this section only to the extent necessary to improve collection of the debt described in subparagraph (A). ‘‘(C) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.— ‘‘(i) INFORMATION DISCLOSURE.—The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall compare information in the National Directory of New Hires with information provided by the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to persons described in subparagraph (A) and shall disclose information in such Directory regarding such persons to the Secretary of the Treasury in accordance with this paragraph, for the purposes specified in this paragraph. Such comparison of information shall not be considered a matching program as defined in 5 U.S.C. 552a. ‘‘(ii) CONDITION ON DISCLOSURE.—The Secretary shall make disclosures in accordance with clause (i) only to the extent that the Secretary determines that such disclosures do not interfere with the effective operation of the program under this part. Support collection under section 466(b) of this title shall be given priority over collection of any delinquent Federal nontax debt against the same income. ‘‘(D) USE OF INFORMATION BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.—The Secretary of the Treasury may use information provided under this paragraph only for pur poses of collecting the debt described in subparagraph (A). ‘‘(E) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.— ‘‘(i) PURPOSE OF DISCLOSURE.—The Secretary of the Treasury may make a disclosure under this