119-hr2704

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Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act

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Introduced:
Apr 8, 2025
Policy Area:
Finance and Financial Sector

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Apr 8, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Apr 8, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Apr 8, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Apr 8, 2025

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Finance and Financial Sector (Policy Area)

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Introduced in House

Apr 8, 2025

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Length: 1,823 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Apr 8, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025 6:24 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2704 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2704

To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to prohibit debt
collectors from collecting, or attempting to collect, on a debt of a
consumer with respect to which the statute of limitations has expired,
and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 8, 2025

Mr. Cohen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to prohibit debt
collectors from collecting, or attempting to collect, on a debt of a
consumer with respect to which the statute of limitations has expired,
and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.

This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Debt Collection Improvement
Act''.
SEC. 2.

(a) In General.--The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C.
1692 et seq.) is amended by inserting after
section 811 the following: ``
``
Sec. 811A.
``A debt collector may not collect, or attempt to collect, any debt
of a consumer with respect to which the governing statute of
limitations has expired.''.

(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Fair Debt
Collection Practices Act is amended by inserting after the item
relating to
section 811 the following: ``811A.

``811A. Prohibition on collecting time-barred debt.''.
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