[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR5.234]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 5--GENERAL HUD PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS; WAIVERS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B--Disclosure and Verification of Social Security Numbers and 
    Employer Identification Numbers; Procedures for Obtaining Income 
                               Information
 
Sec. 5.234  Requests for information from SWICAs and Federal agencies; restrictions on use.

    (a) Information available from SWICAs and Federal agencies--to whom 
and what. Income information will generally be obtained through computer 
matching agreements between HUD and a SWICA or Federal agency, or 
between a PHA and a SWICA, as described in paragraph (c) of this 
section. Certification that the applicable assistance applicants and 
participants have signed appropriate consent forms and have received the 
necessary Privacy Act notice is required, as follows:
    (1) When HUD requests the computer match, the processing entity 
shall certify to HUD; and
    (2) When the PHA requests the computer match, the PHA shall certify 
to the SWICA.
    (b) Restrictions on use of information. The restrictions of 42 
U.S.C. 3544(c)(2)(A) apply to the use by HUD or a PHA of income 
information obtained from a SWICA. The restrictions of 42 U.S.C. 
3544(c)(2)(A) and of 26 U.S.C. 6103(l)(7) apply to the use by HUD or a 
PHA of income information obtained from the IRS or SSA.
    (c) Computer matching agreements. Computer matching agreements shall 
specify the purpose and the legal authority for the match, and shall 
include a description of the records to be

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matched, a statement regarding disposition of information generated 
through the match, a description of the administrative and technical 
safeguards to be used in protecting the information obtained through the 
match, a description of the use of records, the restrictions on 
duplication and redisclosure, a certification, and the amount that will 
be charged for processing a request.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
2508-0008)