[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1471 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1471

  To ensure the compliance of Department of Defense regulations with 
      Federal consumer protection laws on the collection of debt.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 28, 2017

  Ms. Warren introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To ensure the compliance of Department of Defense regulations with 
      Federal consumer protection laws on the collection of debt.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Servicemember Debt Collection Reform 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW AND UPDATE OF REGULATIONS GOVERNING DEBT COLLECTORS 
              INTERACTIONS WITH UNIT COMMANDERS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
              FORCES.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall review and update Department of 
Defense Directive 1344.09 and any associated regulations to ensure that 
such regulations comply with Federal consumer protection laws with 
respect to the collection of debt.
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