Search Results for keywords:"fair debt collection practices act"

Search Results: keywords:"fair debt collection practices act"

H. R. 10509 — To expand and enhance consumer, student, servicemember, and small business protections with respect to debt collection practices, and for other purposes.
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December 18, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:6,895
H. R. 10509, known as the “Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act,” aims to strengthen protections for consumers, students, servicemembers, and small businesses against abusive debt collection practices. The bill includes various titles targeting different aspects of debt collection,...
Simple Explanation
H. R. 10509 is a bill that tries to make the rules for collecting money from people who owe it, like students and small businesses, more fair and clear, and it also wants to study how these rules affect everyone involved.
H. R. 7947 — To protect State and Federal courts’ primary and inherent authority to regulate and oversee the legal profession by prohibiting Federal agencies from regulating licensed attorneys and law firms engaged in litigation activities, prohibiting opposing parties in legal actions from bringing private rights of action against such attorneys and law firms for their litigation activities, and for other purposes.
April 11, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:2,282
H.R. 7947 is designed to uphold the authority of state and federal courts over the legal profession by preventing federal agencies from regulating attorneys and law firms involved in litigation activities. The bill stipulates that these attorneys and law firms should only be...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 7947 is a bill that wants to make sure only special state courts, and not other parts of the government, can tell lawyers what to do when they go to court. It also says people can't sue the other side's lawyer for what they do in court.
H. R. 8196 — To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to safeguard access to information for consumers and to stop abusive debt litigation, and for other purposes.
May 01, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:1,119
H.R. 8196 is designed to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to protect consumers by enhancing their access to information about their debts and preventing abusive debt-related lawsuits. The bill introduces detailed requirements for debt collectors, including the...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 8196 is like a new rule that helps people know more about their debts and stops mean tricks when someone sues them over money. It makes sure debt collectors have to tell people what's happening and give proof they really owe the money before taking them to court.
H. R. 7971 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide timely equitable relief to an individual who suffers a loss based on an administrative error by the Secretary, and for other purposes.
April 12, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:357
H. R. 7971 aims to amend title 38 of the United States Code to ensure that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides timely relief to individuals affected by administrative errors. The bill requires that the Secretary must, within 120 days of identifying an error, provide...
Simple Explanation
H. R. 7971 is a bill that wants to make sure if the people in charge of helping veterans make a mistake, they fix it quickly and do not make veterans pay for something that wasn't their fault.

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