House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019
Sponsor: Rep. Ayanna Pressley D-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedNov 8, 2019
- Committee actionNov 14, 2019
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 19, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 337.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5021.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 5021, Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019” on February 19, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on November 14, 2019”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, February 19, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56163
- CBO publication date
- February 19, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5021, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5021
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-418 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Financial Services Committee on March 19, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported March 19, 2020 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/418
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5021, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5021
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8227135f3b1840d2a5bc5770c98fbcb3b06f8bf362be8868f54fef5fa0a1d837
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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. PRESSLEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 179, November 8, 2019, Pages H8740-H8741):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record November 8, 2019 ↗
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- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 65 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5021, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5021
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 15, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
8227135f3b1840d2a5bc5770c98fbcb3b06f8bf362be8868f54fef5fa0a1d837
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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
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Alma Adams (D-NC), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Bill Foster (D-IL), Jesús García (D-IL), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
- H.R. 3621 (116th) Comprehensive Credit Reporting Enhancement, Disclosure, Innovation, and Transparency Act of 2020
- H.Res. 456 (116th) Emphasizing the importance of grassroots investor protection and the investor education missions of State and Federal securities…
- H.Res. 988 (116th) Condemning all acts of police brutality, racial profiling, and the use of excessive and militarized force throughout the country.
- H.Con.Res. 40 (116th) Supporting reproductive health care in the United States.
- H.R. 678 (116th) Fair Compensation for Low-Wage Contractor Employees Act of 2019
- H.R. 4052 (116th) To prohibit the imposition of the death penalty for any violation of Federal law, and for other purposes.
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.