Veteran Debt Relief During COVID–19 Act of 2020
United States116th CongressS-3887Senate
Updated: Jun 3, 2020
Summary
Veteran Debt Relief During COVID-19 Act of 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.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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