Title 38 — Veterans’ Benefits
Part IV · Chapter 53 — Special Provisions Relating to Benefits
§ 5320. Threshold for reporting debts to consumer reporting agencies
Statutory text
The Secretary shall prescribe regulations that establish the minimum amount of a claim or debt, arising from a benefit administered by the Under Secretary for Benefits or Under Secretary for Health, that the Secretary will report to a consumer reporting agency under section 3711 of title 31.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020
Pub. L. 116–315 title II § 2007(a) · 134 Stat. 4932
Enacted · 38 U.S.C. § 5320
(Added Pub. L. 116–315, title II, § 2007(a), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4977.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 116–315, title II, § 2007(a), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4977.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) In General.— Chapter 53 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 5319 the following new section: “§ 5320. Threshold for reporting debts to consumer reporting agencies “The Secretary shall prescribe regulations that establish the minimum amount of a claim or debt, arising from a benefit administered by the Under Secretary for Benefits or Under Secretary for Health, that the Secretary will report to a consumer reporting agency under section 3711 of title 31.” .
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Deadline
Pub. L. 116–315, title II, § 2007(c), , 134 Stat. 4977, provided that: “The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall prescribe regulations under section 5320 of such title [title 38], as added by subsection (a), not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [].”
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 116–315, title II, § 2007(a), , 134 Stat. 4977.)