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Introduced
05/25/2017
05/25/2017
In Committee
03/21/2018
03/21/2018
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018
12/31/2018
Introduced Session
115th Congress
Bill Summary
Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2018 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to limit, and establish a dispute process and verification procedures with respect to, the inclusion of a veteran's medical debt in a consumer credit report.
AI Summary
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to limit the inclusion of veterans' medical debt in consumer credit reports. It defines "veterans medical debt" as debt owed to non-VA healthcare providers for authorized services that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) either failed to pay or incorrectly charged the veteran. The bill requires the VA to establish a database to allow credit reporting agencies to verify whether a debt is considered veterans medical debt, and instructs credit reporting agencies to remove such debt from a veteran's credit report upon receiving appropriate documentation. The amendments made by this bill will take effect one year after the date of enactment.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry
Sponsors (35)
John Delaney (D)*,
Jodey Arrington (R),
Andy Barr (R),
Sanford Bishop (D),
Matt Cartwright (D),
Mike Coffman (R),
Joe Courtney (D),
Charlie Crist (D),
Peter DeFazio (D),
Debbie Dingell (D),
Vicente Gonzalez (D),
Josh Gottheimer (D),
Alcee Hastings (D),
Jim Himes (D),
Randy Hultgren (R),
Walter Jones (R),
Thomas MacArthur (R),
Carolyn Maloney (D),
Luke Messer (R),
Beto O'Rourke (D),
Bruce Poliquin (R),
Jared Polis (D),
David Rouzer (R),
Raul Ruiz (D),
Dutch Ruppersberger (D),
Bobby Rush (D),
Carol Shea-Porter (D),
Brad Sherman (D),
Kyrsten Sinema (I),
Elise Stefanik (R),
Steve Stivers (R),
Claudia Tenney (R),
Jackie Walorski (R),
Roger Williams (R),
Don Young (R),
Last Action
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 802. (on 11/14/2018)
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