[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1427 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1427

    To amend title 31, United States Code, to eliminate the 10-year 
              limitation on the collection of nontax debt.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 2005

  Mr. Platts introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 31, United States Code, to eliminate the 10-year 
              limitation on the collection of nontax debt.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF 10-YEAR LIMITATION ON COLLECTION OF NONTAX 
              DEBT BY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFSET.

    Section 3716(e) of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(e) This section--
            ``(1) applies to a claim under this subchapter regardless 
        of the period it has been outstanding; and
            ``(2) does not apply when a statute explicitly prohibits 
        using administrative offset or setoff to collect the claim or 
        type of claim involved.''.
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