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electronic payment technology which improves agen-
cy cash management and business practice.’’.
(b) AUTHORITY
TO
ACCEPT
ELECTRONIC
PAY-
MENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to an agreement be-
tween the head of an executive agency and the appli-
cable financial institution or institutions based on
terms acceptable to the Secretary of the Treasury,
the head of such agency may accept an electronic
payment, including debit and credit cards, to satisfy
a nontax debt owed to the agency.
(2) GUIDELINES FOR AGREEMENTS REGARDING
PAYMENT.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall de-
velop guidelines regarding agreements between agen-
cies and financial institutions under paragraph (1).
SEC. 503. DEBT SERVICES ACCOUNT.
(a) TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO DEBT SERVICES AC-
COUNT.—The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer bal-
ances in accounts established before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act pursuant to section of 3711(g)(7) of title
31, United States Code, to the Debt Services Account es-
tablished under subsection (b). All amounts transferred to
the Debt Services Account under this section shall remain
available until expended.
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(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
DEBT
SERVICES
AC-
COUNT.—Subsection (g)(7) of section 3711 of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by striking the second
sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘Any fee charged
pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited into an ac-
count established in the Treasury to be known as the
‘Debt Services Account’ (hereinafter referred to in this
section as the ‘Account’).’’.
(c) REIMBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.—Section 3711(g)
of title 31, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (8);
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (9) and (10)
as paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; and
(3) by amending paragraph (9) (as redesig-
nated by paragraph (2)) to read as follows:
‘‘(9) To carry out the purposes of this sub-
section, including services provided under sections
3716 and 3720A, the Secretary of the Treasury
may—
‘‘(A) prescribe such rules, regulations, and
procedures as the Secretary considers nec-
essary;
‘‘(B) transfer such funds from funds ap-
propriated to the Department of the Treasury
as may be necessary to meet liabilities and obli-
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gations incurred prior to the receipt of fees that
result from debt collection; and
‘‘(C) reimburse any funds from which
funds were transferred under subparagraph (B)
from fees collected pursuant to sections 3711,
3716, and 3720A. Any reimbursement under
this subparagraph shall occur during the period
of availability of the funds transferred under
subparagraph (B) and shall be available to the
same extent and for the same purposes as the
funds originally transferred.’’.
(d) DEPOSIT OF TAX REFUND OFFSET FEES.—The
last sentence of section 3720A(d) of title 31, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘Amounts
paid to the Secretary of the Treasury as fees under this
section shall be deposited into the Debt Services Account
of the Department of the Treasury described in section
3711(g)(7) and shall be collected and accounted for in ac-
cordance with the provisions of that section.’’.
TITLE VI—FEDERAL PROPERTY
SEC. 601. AMENDMENT OF FEDERAL PROPERTY AND AD-
MINISTRATIVE SERVICES ACT OF 1949.
Section 203(p)(1)(B) of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.
484(p)(1)(B)) is amended—
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(1) by striking clause (ii);
(2) by striking ‘‘(i)’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘(I)’’ and inserting ‘‘(i)’’; and
(4) by striking ‘‘(II)’’ and inserting ‘‘(ii)’’.
Passed the House of Representatives August 2,
1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
By MARTHA C. MORRISON,
Deputy Clerk.