97 STAT. 1104 PUBLIC LAW 98-167—NOV. 29, 1983 Public Law 98-167 98th Congress An Act Nov. 29, 1983 ^o amend the Debt Collection Act of 1982 to eliminate the requirement that contracts [S. 376] 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Debt Collection United States of America in Congress assembled. That subsection (c) amendment °^ Section 3718 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "This limitation does not apply in the case of a contract that authorizes a person to collect a fee as provided in subsection (b) of this section.". Approved November 29, 1983. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 376: HOUSE REPORT No. 98-482 (Comm. on the* Judiciary). SENATE REPORT No. 98 -75 (Comm. on Governmental Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): May 20, considered and passed Senate. Nov. 14, considered and passed House.
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