US Congress Senate Bill 3887 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on June 3 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Pending: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Defers certain debts arising from benefits under laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) during the covered period, which is the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period plus the 60 days following the end of such period. Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from doing the following during the covered period: collecting or recording certain debts, issuing notice of certain debts to a person or consumer reporting agency, allowing any interest to accrue on certain debts, or applying any administrative fee to certain debts. The VA may collect a payment from a person who elects to make such payment during the covered period.

Veteran Debt Relief During COVID–19 Act of 2020

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-03	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

HB6590 (Related) 2020-09-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
HB6800 (Related) 2020-07-23 - Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3887/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3887/BILLS-116s3887is.pdf