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Jul 24, 2019viewing Reported in House Mr. Meeks introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services See what changed
Jul 24, 2019 Introduced in House Mr. Meeks introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

H.R. 3948 — what changed

Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act

From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.

4. Prohibition on the referral of emergency individual assistance debt

Chapter 3 of title 31, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

in subchapter II, by adding at the end the following:

“334. Prohibition on the referral of emergency individual assistance debt

changed “With respect to any assistance provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to an individual or household pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122 et seq.), if the Secretary of the Treasury seeks to recoup any amount of such assistance because of an overpayment, the Secretary may not contract with any debt collector or other private party to collect such ~~amounts.”~~amounts, unless the overpayment occurred because of fraud or deceit and the recipient of such assistance knew or should have known about such fraud or deceit.”

(2)

in the table of contents for such chapter, by inserting after the item relating to section 333 the following:

H.R. 3948 — what changed

4. Prohibition on the referral of emergency individual assistance debt

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