United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2547 (117th)
Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act
Introduced
15 April 2021
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Status
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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Summary
Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act This bill generally provides additional financial protections for consumers and places restrictions on debt collection activities. Regarding additional consumer protections, the bill expands certain protections currently applicable to federally backed student loans to private student loans, including by requiring the discharge of a private student loan in the event of the borrower's death or total and permanent disability; prohibits a consumer reporting agency from adding any information related to a debt arising from a medically necessary procedure to a consumer credit report and places restrictions on the reporting of other types of medical debt; and applies certain consumer protections regarding debt collection to debt owed to a federal agency, states, debt buyers, and businesses engaged in nonjudicial foreclosures. It also prohibits certain loan conditions that limit a borrower's opportunity to be heard in court in the event of default. Additionally, the bill restricts debt collectors and debt collection practices by prohibiting a debt collector from representing to a service member that failure to cooperate with a debt collector will result in a reduction of rank or similar action, and limiting a debt collector's electronic communications with a debtor without the debtor's permission.
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11 official files
Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate (text)
Referred in Senate · EN · 17 May 2021
Referred in Senate (PDF)
Referred in Senate · EN · 17 May 2021
Engrossed in House (text)
Engrossed in House · EN · 13 May 2021
Engrossed in House (PDF)
Engrossed in House · EN · 13 May 2021
Passed House
summary · EN · 13 May 2021
Reported in House (text)
Reported in House · EN · 30 April 2021
Reported in House (PDF)
Reported in House · EN · 30 April 2021
Reported to House
summary · EN · 30 April 2021
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 15 April 2021
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 15 April 2021
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 15 April 2021
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2547
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/2547