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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 2547 (Referred in Senate) — To expand and enhance consumer, student, servicemember, and small business protections with respect to debt collectio... · Sec. 1202

Sec. 1202. Prohibition on collecting time-barred debt

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The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1692 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 811 the following: A debt collector may not collect, or attempt to collect, any debt of a consumer with respect to which the statute of limitations has expired. . The table of contents for the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 811 the following: 811A. Prohibition on collecting time-barred debt. .
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