3.0.0 1671 2023-01-11T13:48:24Z 2023-01-11T13:48:24Z House HR 2021-03-09 117 [Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 9, 2021)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. BONAMICI:H.R. 1671.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3--Commerce Clause[Page H1189]]]> hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2021-03-09T15:06:30Z 2021-03-09 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2021-03-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-03-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001278 Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] Suzanne Bonamici D OR 1 N F000454 Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] Bill Foster D IL 11 2021-03-09 True C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 2021-03-09 True C001080 Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] Judy Chu D CA 27 2021-03-09 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2021-03-09 True L000562 Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] Stephen Lynch D MA F. 8 2021-03-09 True M000312 Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] JAMES MCGOVERN D MA P. 2 2021-03-09 True Finance and Financial Sector Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Civil actions and liability Debt collection Finance and Financial Sector 00 2021-03-09 Introduced in House 2021-06-04T17:37:07Z Securing Consumers Against Misrepresented Debt Act of 2021 or the SCAM Debt Act

This bill provides additional requirements for debt collectors when taking legal action to collect a debt. Among other requirements, debt collectors must provide advance notice to the consumer of the intent to take legal action, and provide in the initial pleading certain evidence regarding the debt and a sworn affidavit stating that the statute of limitations has not expired.

The bill also sets forth additional information a debt collector must provide to a consumer regarding the debt.

]]> SCAM Debt Act Display Title SCAM Debt Act Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced SCAM Debt Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Securing Consumers Against Misrepresented Debt Act of 2021 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr1671ih/xml/BILLS-117hr1671ih.xml 2021-03-09 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. 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.