---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 1150.13"
title: "45"
number: "1150.13"
heading: "How will the Endowment contract for collection services?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/1150.13"
---

# §1150.13. How will the Endowment contract for collection services?


The Endowment will use the services of a private collection contractor where it determines that such use is in the best interest of the Endowment. When the Endowment determines that there is a need to contract for collection services, it will:

- (a) **Retain sole authority to—**
  - (1) Resolve any dispute with the debtor regarding the validity of the debt;
  - (2) Compromise the debt;
  - (3) Suspend or terminate collection action;
  - (4) Refer the debt to the DOJ for litigation; and
  - (5) Take any other action under this part which does not result in full collection of the debt;
- (b) Require the contractor to comply with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, to the extent specified in [5 U.S.C. 552a(m)](/usc/5/552a.md?p=m); with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ([15 U.S.C. 1692-1692o](/usc/15/1692-1692o.md)) and other applicable Federal and State laws pertaining to debt collection practices; and with the applicable regulations of the Endowment in this chapter;
- (c) Require the contractor to account accurately and fully for all amounts collected; and
- (d) Require the contractor to provide to the Endowment, upon request, all data and reports contained in its files related to its collection actions on a debt.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3711, 3716-3718, 3720A; 5 U.S.C. 5514.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 37486, June 15, 2000, unless otherwise noted.