House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act of 2019
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 19, 2019
- Committee actionNov 14, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 15, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 538.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4403.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-654 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on December 15, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 15, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/654
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4403, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4403
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CLEAVER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 151, September 19, 2019, Page H7836):Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 19, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4403, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/4403
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
e5ef34c91bdfd7d49d38efd617593ed5400cb5a5a987900b07a4f042e2062f1a
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.
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- H.R. 2514 (116th) Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform Act of 2019
- H.R. 1122 (116th) Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019
- H.R. 3699 (116th) Pipeline Security Act
- H.R. 3778 (116th) Cady Housh and Gemesha Thomas Student Suicide Prevention Act of 2019
- H.R. 1953 (116th) Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.