To apply the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to small businesses to the same extent as such Act applies to consumers, to require the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to define "small business" for purposes of such Act, and for other purposes.
Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act
This bill applies consumer debt collection protections to small businesses, including protections regarding debt collection methods and third-party debt collection.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 23.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-656.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-656.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 540.
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