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From the Congressional Record, Volume 166 (2020)









H.R. 6470 — A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to institute a 1-year waiting period before medical debt will be reported on a consumer’s credit report and to remove paid-off and settled medical debts from credit reports that have been fully paid or settled, to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to provide a timetable for verification of medical debt and to increase the efficiency of credit markets with more perfect information, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Financial Services.

By Ms. PORTER (for herself, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Clay, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Haaland, Ms. Escobar, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Rush, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Doggett, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Correa, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Soto, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Takano, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cardenas, Ms. Meng, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Omar, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Malinowski, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Adams, Mr. Rouda, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. McEachin, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Kennedy, and Ms. Craig), H1878 [7AP]
Cosponsors added, H1890 [14AP], H2272 [19MY]