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[CITE: 42USC3543]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 44--DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 3543. Preventing fraud and abuse in Department of Housing 
        and Urban Development programs
        

(a) Disclosure of social security account number

    As a condition of initial or continuing eligibility for 
participation in any program of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development involving loans, grants, interest or rental assistance of 
any kind, or mortgage or loan insurance, and to ensure that the level of 
benefits provided under such programs is proper, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may require that an applicant or 
participant (including members of the household of an applicant or 
participant) disclose his or her social security account number or 
employer identification number to the Secretary.

(b) Definitions

    For purposes of this section, the terms ``applicant'' and 
``participant'' shall have such meanings as the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development by regulation shall prescribe. Such terms shall not 
include persons whose involvement is only in their official capacity, 
such as State or local government officials or officers of lending 
institutions.

(Pub. L. 100-242, title I, Sec. 165, Feb. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1864.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1987, and not as part of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act which comprises this chapter.