Senate
May 13, 2026A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (Regulation F); Time-Barred Debt".
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This bill uses a special Congress power to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from canceling a rule about old debts. The rule protects people by stopping debt collectors from lying or scaring them into paying debts too old to sue for (called time-barred debts). Key impacts: People with old debts win protection from tricky collection calls. Debt...
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Introduced(3/17/26)
Committee
Passed
House
Passed
Senate
President
Law
Sponsor
AK
Mr. Kim
Senate (D) New Jersey
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Latest Action
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2269)
May 13, 2026
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