38 USC § 5320 - Threshold for reporting debts to consumer reporting agencies

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identifier: "/us/usc/t38/s5320"
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title: "38 USC § 5320 - Threshold for reporting debts to consumer reporting agencies"
title_number: 38
title_name: "VETERANS’ BENEFITS"
section_number: "5320"
section_name: "Threshold for reporting debts to consumer reporting agencies"
chapter_number: 53
chapter_name: "SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO BENEFITS"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 116–315, title II, § 2007(a), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4977.)"
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# § 5320. Threshold for reporting debts to consumer reporting agencies

section 3711 of title 31

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 .

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 116–315, title II, § 2007(a), Jan. 5, 2021, 134 Stat. 4977.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Deadline

> “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 [
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