SCAM Debt Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8196 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8196 To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to safeguard access to information for consumers and to stop abusive debt litigation, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 1, 2024 Ms. Bonamici (for herself, Mr. Foster, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Chu, Mr. McGovern, and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to safeguard access to information for consumers and to stop abusive debt litigation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Securing Consumers Against Misrepresented Debt Act of 2024'' or the ``SCAM Debt Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. Section 803 of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 169…