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45 CFR § 1150.13 - How will the Endowment contract for collection services? 

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s1150.13"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 1150.13 - How will the Endowment contract for collection services?"
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "1150.13"
section_name: "How will the Endowment contract for collection services?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS"
part_number: "1150"
part_name: "COLLECTION OF CLAIMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 3711, 3716-3718, 3720A; 5 U.S.C. 5514."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 37486, June 15, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1150"
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# 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); with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692-1692o) 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.