(a) NEH procedures for reporting delinquent debts to credit bureaus and other automated databases will comply with the Bankruptcy Code and the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, as amended. The provisions of the Privacy Act do not apply to credit bureaus.

(b) NEH procedures for reporting delinquent consumer debts to credit bureaus will be consistent with the due process and other requirements contained in 31 U.S.C. 3711(e). When an agency has given a debtor any of the required notice and review opportunities with respect to a particular debt, NEH need not duplicate such notice and review opportunities before reporting that delinquent consumer debt to credit bureaus.

(c) NEH will report delinquent debts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Credit Alert Interactive Voice Response System (CAIVRS). NEH will contact the Director of Information Resources Management Policy and Management Division, Office of Information Technology, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20410 for information about the CAIVRS program.