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H.R. 5003 (116th): Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act

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To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to provide enhanced protection against debt collector harassment of members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

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Sponsor and status

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Madeleine Dean

Sponsor. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Democrat.

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Last Updated: Mar 3, 2020
Length: 5 pages
Introduced
Nov 8, 2019
116th Congress (2019–2021)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on March 2, 2020 but was never passed by the Senate.

Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).

Cosponsors

1 Cosponsor (1 Republican)

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Position statements

What legislators are saying

“The House passes Rep. Dean's Legislation to Protect our Soldiers from Abusive Debt Collectors”
    — Rep. Madeleine Dean [D-PA4] (Sponsor) on Mar 2, 2020

“the daily leader: monday, march 2, 2020”
    — Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD5] on Mar 2, 2020

“the weekly leader: friday, february 28, 2020”
    — Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD5] on Feb 28, 2020

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What stakeholders are saying

R Street Institute SpendingTracker.org estimates new spending due to H.R. 5003 will be negligible.

History

Nov 8, 2019
 
Introduced

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Nov 13, 2019
 
Considered by House Committee on Financial Services

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Nov 14, 2019
 
Ordered Reported

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Mar 2, 2020
 
Passed House (Senate next)

The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next.

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Apr 20, 2021
 
Reintroduced Bill — Passed House (Senate next)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1491.

H.R. 5003 (116th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 5003. This is the one from the 116th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 116th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2019 to Jan 3, 2021. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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