MATCHING AGREEMENTS

Below is a listing of all DoD matching agreements and their corresponding Federal Register Notices. The Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, Pub. L. No. 100-503, 102 Stat. 2507 (1988), amended the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, to include provisions governing computer matching activities. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 552a(o), "no record which is contained in a system of records may be disclosed to a recipient agency or non-Federal agency for use in a computer matching program except pursuant to a written agreement between the source agency and the recipient agency or non-Federal agency," subject to other delineated exceptions.

Agencies use matching agreements to conduct many government functions, including establishing or verifying eligibility for Federal benefit programs, or identifying payments/debts owned to government Agencies. A matching agreement is a written contract that establishes the conditions, safeguards, and procedures under which Federal Agencies agree to disclose data where there is a computerized comparison of two or more automated systems of records.

DoD Matching Agreements

Title of Match: Disclosure of Enrollment and Eligibility Information for Military Health System Beneficiaries Who are Medicare Eligible (CMA #12) Federal Register Citation: January 11, 2024, 89 FR 1910 Effective: 02/12/24 – 08/11/25; may be renewed through 08/11/26 Source Agency: Health and Human Services (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Recipient Agency: Department of Defense (Defense Manpower Data Center)
Title of Match: Federal Pell Grant (CMA #14) Federal Register Citation: August 3, 2023, 88 FR 51306 Effective: 09/02/23 – 09/30/24 Source Agency: Department of Defense (Defense Manpower Data Center) Recipient Agency: Department of Education
Title of Match: Montgomery GI Bill and Post 9/11 GI Bill (CMA #17) Federal Register Citation: July 7, 2023, 88 FR 43422 Effective: 08/07/23 – 02/06/25; may be renewed through 02/06/26 Source Agency: Department of Defense (Defense Manpower Data Center) Recipient Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Benefits Administration)
Title of Match: Verification of Eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Through a Department of Defense Health Benefits Plan (CMA #18) Federal Register Citation: November 1, 2023, 88 FR 74998 Effective: 12/01/23 – 05/31/25; may be renewed through 05/31/26 Source Agency: Department of Defense (Defense Manpower Data Center) Recipient Agency: Health and Human Services (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
Title of Match: Benefit Eligibility for Imminent Danger Pay (IDP) or Hostile Fire Pay (HFP) (CMA #19) Federal Register Citation: April 4, 2023, 88 FR 19941 Effective: 05/04/23 – 11/03/24; may be renewed through 11/03/25 Source Agency: Department of Defense (Defense Manpower Data Center) Recipient Agency: Department of Education (Federal Student Aid)
Title of Match: Verification of Continued Eligibility for Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS) (CMA #86) Federal Register Citation: September 2, 2021, 86 FR 49333 Renewal: April 4, 2023 Effective: 10/04/21 – 04/03/23; renewed through 04/03/24 Source Agency: Department of Defense (Defense Manpower Data Center) Facilitating Agency: Health and Human Services (Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation) Non-Federal Agency: State Public Assistance Agencies
Title of Match: Verification of Disability Compensation and Pension (CMA #87) Federal Register Citation: December 9, 2021, 86 FR 70162 Renewal: July 10, 2023 Effective: 01/10/22 – 07/09/23; renewed through 07/09/24 Source Agency: Department of Defense (Defense Manpower Data Center) Recipient Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Benefits Administration)
Title of Match: Verification of Eligibility of SSI/SVB (CMA #88) Federal Register Citation: April 25, 2024, 89 FR 31789 Effective: 05/29/24 – 11/28/25; may be renewed through 11/28/26 Source Agency: Department of Defense (Defense Manpower Data Center) Recipient Agency: Social Security Administration
Title of Match: Reserve Pay Reconciliation (CMA #89) Federal Register Citation: May 7, 2021, 86 FR 24695 Renewal: December 7, 2022 Effective: 06/07/21 – 12/06/22; renewed through 12/06/23 Source Agency: Department of Defense (Defense Manpower Data Center) Recipient Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Benefits Administration)