[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR89.29]

[Page 719]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 89_IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FEDERAL CLAIMS COLLECTION ACT--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_Collection of Claims
 
Sec.  89.29  Disclosure to commercial credit bureaus and consumer reporting 
agencies.

    (a) Data on all delinquent commercial and consumer debts may be 
reported to commercial credit bureaus and consumer reporting agencies 
(see 31 U.S.C. 3701(a)(3)). Sixty days prior to release of information 
to a consumer reporting agency, the debtor shall be notified, in 
writing, of the intent to disclose the existence of the debt to a 
consumer reporting agency. Such notice of intent may be by separate 
correspondence or included in correspondence demanding direct payment. 
The notice shall be in conformance with 31 U.S.C. 3711(f) and the 
Federal Claims Collection Standards.
    (b) The information that may be disclosed is the debtor's name, 
address, social security number or taxpayer identification number, and 
any other information to establish the identity and location of the 
individual, the amount of the claim, status and history of the claim, 
and the program under which the claim arose.