House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act
Sponsor: Rep. Madeleine Dean D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 8, 2019
- Committee actionNov 14, 2019
- Passed HouseMar 2, 2020 · 355–0
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 3, 2020 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5003.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5003, Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act” on March 4, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As passed by the House of Representatives on March 2, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 4, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56225
- CBO publication date
- March 4, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5003, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5003
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 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 Ms. DEAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 179, November 8, 2019, Page H8740):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 8, 2019 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5003, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5003
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 28, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c64a48280e19013d6c5c935647bf82ac7a8e6596a36f75a2aa5375f27ad0ea44
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of May 28, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 5003, last updated May 28, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 20, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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. Madeleine Dean.
- H.R. 4300 (116th) Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act of 2019
- H.R. 4712 (116th) Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act
- H.R. 6934 (116th) Uniform Treatment of NRSROs Act
- H.R. 4545 (116th) Private Loan Disability Discharge Act of 2019
- H.R. 8366 (116th) Protecting Homeowners in Bankruptcy Act of 2020
- H.R. 869 (116th) Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act
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.