3.0.0 2884 2023-01-11T13:42:30Z 2023-01-11T13:42:30Z Senate S 2018-05-17 115 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-05-17T20:58:24Z Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2017 115 3705 HR 2017-11-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Related bill CRS 2018-05-17 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-05-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000463 Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] Deb Fischer R NE N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2018-05-17 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2018-05-17 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2018-05-17 True H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2018-05-17 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2018-05-17 True P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2018-06-11 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2018-06-14 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-08-15 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2018-10-10 False Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Debt collection Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Postal service Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Veterans' organizations and recognition Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-05-17 Introduced in Senate 2018-11-28T22:43:02Z Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2018

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to collaborate with veterans service organizations to write a standard letter to be provided to individuals who owe debts to the VA. Such letter shall be written in plain language and shall include a notice of the debt and a clear explanation of: (1) why the individual owes such money, and (2) available options.

The VA shall develop a method by which individuals may elect to receive debt notification letters by electronic means and shall ensure that the letter is delivered: (1) by both standard mail and electronic means to individuals who have made such election, and (2) only by standard mail to individuals who have not made such election.

]]> Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2018 Display Title Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop a standard letter format to be provided to individuals who are indebted to the United States by virtue of their participation in benefits programs administered by the Secretary, to provide notice of debt by electronic means to such individuals when so elected, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Veterans Fair Debt Notice Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2884is/xml/BILLS-115s2884is.xml 2018-05-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.