---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 404.23"
title: "12"
number: "404.23"
heading: "Submission of social security and passport numbers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/404.23"
---

# §404.23. Submission of social security and passport numbers.

- (a) **Policy.** Ex-Im Bank recognizes the importance of assessing, to the extent reasonably possible, the risks associated with transactions supported by Ex-Im Bank. It is often difficult to assess risks related to individuals and non-publicly trade entities. Therefore, when an individual or a non-publicly traded entity applies for participation in an Ex-Im Bank program or is proposed as a guarantor for an Ex-Im Bank transaction, Ex-Im Bank may request social security and/or U.S. passport numbers from such individual or from the principals of such entity. Ex-Im Bank shall not require submission of this information, and unwillingness or inability to provide a social security or passport number shall not affect Ex-Im Bank's decision on an application for Ex-Im Bank assistance.
- (b) **Use.** Ex-Im Bank shall use social security and passport numbers to assess the creditworthiness of Ex-Im Bank program participants and as a mechanism for enforcing agreements with Ex-Im Bank. Such information shall not be disclosed, except as warranted by law and regulation.
- (c) **Notice.** Whenever Ex-Im Bank requests a social security or passport number, Ex-Im Bank shall place an appropriate Privacy Act notification on the form used to collect the information.

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 14374, Mar. 25, 1999. Redesignated at 87 FR 41034, July 11, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 635(a)(1); 5 U.S.C. 552, 5 U.S.C. 552(a), 5 U.S.C. 553. Section 404.7 also issued under E.O. 12600, 52 FR 23781, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 235. Section 404.21 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552a note. Subpart C also issued under 5 U.S.C. 301, 12 U.S.C. 635.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 14374, Mar. 25, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 14374, Mar. 25, 1999. Redesignated at 87 FR 41034, July 11, 2022]