Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017
Latest action · Oct 17, 2017 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-132.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 28, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to exclude from consumer report information: (1) a veteran's medical debt if the hospital care or medical services relating to the debt antedates the credit report by less than one year; and (2) a fully paid or settled veteran's medical debt that had been characterized as delinquent, charged off, or in collection.
The bill defines a "veteran's medical debt" as debt from health care provided in a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility under the laws administered by the VA, including medical debt that the VA has wrongfully charged a veteran.
A dispute process for veterans medical debt is established whereby:
- a veteran may submit a notice along with proof of VA liability for the debt or documentation that the VA is in the process of paying for authorized medical services to a consumer reporting agency or a reseller in order to dispute such debt's inclusion in the consumer report;
- the VA shall submit to a veteran a notice it has assumed liability for part or all of the veteran's medical debt; and
- if such notice and proof of liability or documentation is received, the consumer reporting agency shall delete all information relating to the veteran's medical debt from the file of the consumer and notify the furnisher and the consumer of such deletion.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 28, 2017 to Nov 6, 2017; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Original | Mar 28, 2017 |
| R-GA | David Perdue | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Apr 25, 2017 | |
| R-LA | John Kennedy | Sep 18, 2017 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Nov 6, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 28, 2017Hearings Oct 17, 2017 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 17, 2017Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-132.
- Mar 28, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Mar 28, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-838 | IMPACT OF TARIFFS ON THE U.S. AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY178 pages | Finance Committee | Sep 26, 2018 |
| Serial No. 115-40 | AGRICULTURAL GUESTWORKERS: MEETING THE GROWING NEEDS OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE29 pages | Judiciary Committee | Jul 19, 2017 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45139 | Unauthorized Childhood Arrivals: Legislative Activity in the 115th Congress Archived | Report | Mar 22, 2018 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2683 | Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2018 | Identical bill | Nov 14, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2017Introduced in Senate
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