House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act
Official title: To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to provide enhanced protection against debt collector harassment of members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Madeleine Dean D-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedAug 3, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Aug 3, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10018.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 126, August 3, 2026, Page H5214):Article I, Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record August 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 20 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10018, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10018
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Madeleine Dean.
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- H.R. 6434 (119th) Freedom to Heal Act of 2025
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- H.R. 2420 (119th) Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 10226 (119th) To prohibit the use of shock gloves by Federal law enforcement officers to enforce the immigration laws, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 6626 (119th) PFAS Accountability Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.R. 5674 (118th) Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers ActCross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.