To defer action regarding certain debts arising from benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for a period of time including the COVID-19 emergency period.
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, Veterans' Affairs Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
This bill defers certain debts arising from benefits under laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) during the covered period, which is the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period plus the 60 days following the end of such period. Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from doing the following during the covered period: collecting or recording certain debts, issuing notice of certain debts to a person or consumer reporting agency, allowing any interest to accrue on certain debts, or applying any administrative fee to certain debts. The VA may collect a payment from a person who elects to make such payment during the covered period.
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthConsumer creditDebt collectionEmergency medical services and trauma careInfectious and parasitic diseasesInterest, dividends, interest ratesUser charges and feesVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programsVeterans' medical careVeterans' pensions and compensation
To defer action regarding certain debts arising from benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for a period of time including the COVID-19 emergency period.
USA116th CongressHR-6590| House
| Updated: 9/30/2020
This bill defers certain debts arising from benefits under laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) during the covered period, which is the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period plus the 60 days following the end of such period. Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from doing the following during the covered period: collecting or recording certain debts, issuing notice of certain debts to a person or consumer reporting agency, allowing any interest to accrue on certain debts, or applying any administrative fee to certain debts. The VA may collect a payment from a person who elects to make such payment during the covered period.
Cardiovascular and respiratory healthConsumer creditDebt collectionEmergency medical services and trauma careInfectious and parasitic diseasesInterest, dividends, interest ratesUser charges and feesVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programsVeterans' medical careVeterans' pensions and compensation