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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 499 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2019 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and 
Entrepreneurship 
AN ACT 
To amend the Small Business Act to clarify the treatment 
of certain surviving spouses under the definition of small 
business concern owned and controlled by service-disabled 
veterans. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Service-Disabled Vet-
erans Small Business Continuation Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT REGARDING TREATMENT 
OF CERTAIN SURVIVING SPOUSES UNDER 
THE DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS CON-
CERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SERV-
ICE-DISABLED VETERANS. 
Effective on the date specified in subsection (e) of 
section 1832 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328; 130 Stat. 
2660), section 3(q)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632(q)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C)(i)(II), by striking 
‘‘rated as 100 percent’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘service-connected disability’’; and 
(2) by amending subparagraph (C)(ii)(III) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(III) the date that— 
‘‘(aa) in the case of a surviving 
spouse of a veteran with a service-con-
nected disability rated as 100 percent 
disabling or who dies as a result of a 
service-connected 
disability, 
is 
years after the date of the death of 
the veteran; or 
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‘‘(bb) in the case of a surviving 
spouse of a veteran with a service-con-
nected disability rated as less than 
100 percent disabling who does not 
die as a result of a service-connected 
disability, is 3 years after the date of 
the death of the veteran.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 
2019. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 49 
To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to report 
to the Congress semiannually on the number of firearms transfers result-
ing from the failure to complete a background check within 3 business 
days, and the procedures followed after it is discovered that a firearm 
transfer has been made to a transferee who is ineligible to receive 
a firearm. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2019 
Ms. JACKSON LEE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
tion to report to the Congress semiannually on the num-
ber of firearms transfers resulting from the failure to 
complete a background check within 3 business days, 
and the procedures followed after it is discovered that 
a firearm transfer has been made to a transferee who 
is ineligible to receive a firearm. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accidental Firearms 
Transfers Reporting Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. FBI REPORT ON FIREARMS TRANSFERS RESULTING 
FROM THE FAILURE TO COMPLETE A BACK-
GROUND CHECK WITHIN 3 BUSINESS DAYS, 
AND THE PROCEDURES FOLLOWED AFTER IT 
IS DISCOVERED THAT A FIREARM TRANSFER 
HAS BEEN MADE TO A TRANSFEREE WHO IS 
INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A FIREARM. 
Within 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act and every 6 months thereafter, the Director of 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall submit to the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
a written report on— 
(1) the number of proposed firearm transfers— 
(A) about which a person licensed under 
chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, con-
tacted the national instant criminal background 
check system established under section 103 of 
the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act; 
(B) with respect to which the system failed 
to respond to the licensee within 3 business 
days; and 
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(C) which were completed in the period 
covered by the report; and 
(2) the procedures followed after it is discovered 
that a firearm transfer has been made to a trans-
feree who is ineligible to receive a firearm. 
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mass casualty event, mass fatality event, 
or mass shooting); 
‘‘(ii) a harrowing circumstance posing 
an extraordinary and significant danger or 
threat to the life of or of serious bodily 
harm to any individual (including such a 
circumstance as a mass casualty event, 
mass fatality event, or mass shooting); or 
‘‘(iii) an act of criminal sexual vio-
lence committed against any individual. 
‘‘(2) PERSONAL INJURY SUSTAINED IN LINE OF 
DUTY.—As determined by the Bureau— 
‘‘(A) post-traumatic stress disorder, acute 
stress disorder, or trauma and stress related 
disorders suffered by a public safety officer and 
diagnosed by a licensed medical or mental 
health professional, shall be presumed to con-
stitute a personal injury within the meaning of 
subsection (a), sustained in the line of duty by 
the officer, if the officer was exposed, while on 
duty, to one or more traumatic events and such 
exposure was a substantial factor in the dis-
order; 
‘‘(B) post-traumatic stress disorder, acute 
stress disorder, or trauma and stress related
SEC. 3. CRITERIA FOR COVERAGE OF STATES AND POLIT-
ICAL SUBDIVISIONS. 
(a) DETERMINATION OF STATES AND POLITICAL SUB-
DIVISIONS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4(a).— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 4(b) of the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10303(b)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) DETERMINATION OF STATES AND POLITICAL SUB-
DIVISIONS SUBJECT TO REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) EXISTENCE OF VOTING RIGHTS VIOLATIONS 
DURING PREVIOUS 25 YEARS.— 
‘‘(A) STATEWIDE APPLICATION.—Subsection 
(a) applies with respect to a State and all polit-
ical subdivisions within the State during a cal-
endar year if— 
‘‘(i) 15 or more voting rights violations 
occurred in the State during the previous 25 
calendar years; or 
‘‘(ii) 10 or more voting rights viola-
tions occurred in the State during the pre-
vious 25 calendar years, at least one of 
which was committed by the State itself (as 
opposed to a political subdivision within 
the State). 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION TO SPECIFIC POLITICAL 
SUBDIVISIONS.—Subsection (a) applies with re-
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(ii) the French Croix de Guerre with 
Silver-Gilt Star, World War II, and 
streamer embroidered with ‘‘POINTE DU 
HOC’’. 
(16) The 3rd Ranger Infantry Battalion— 
(A) participated in the campaigns of— 
(i) Sicily (with arrowhead); 
(ii) Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead); 
(iii) Anzio (with arrowhead); and 
(iv) Rome-Arno; and 
(B) for its contributions, received the Pres-
idential Unit Citation (Army) and streamer em-
broidered with ‘‘SALERNO’’. 
(17) The 4th Ranger Infantry Battalion— 
(A) participated in the campaigns of— 
(i) Sicily (with arrowhead); 
(ii) Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead); 
(iii) Anzio (with arrowhead); and 
(iv) Rome-Arno; and 
(B) for its contributions, received the Pres-
idential Unit Citation (Army) and streamer em-
broidered with ‘‘SALERNO’’. 
(18) The 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion— 
(A) participated in the campaigns of— 
(i) Normandy (with arrowhead); 
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(ii) Northern France; 
(iii) Rhineland; 
(iv) Ardennes-Alsace; and 
(v) Central Europe; and 
(B) for its contributions, received— 
(i) the Presidential Unit Citation 
(Army) and streamer embroidered with 
‘‘NORMANDY BEACHHEAD’’; 
(ii) the Presidential Unit Citation 
(Army) and streamer embroidered with 
‘‘SAAR RIVER AREA’’; and 
(iii) the French Croix de Guerre with 
Silver-Gilt Star, World War II, and 
streamer 
embroidered 
with 
‘‘NOR-
MANDY’’. 
(19) The 6th Ranger Infantry Battalion— 
(A) participated in the campaigns of— 
(i) New Guinea; 
(ii) Leyte (with arrowhead); and 
(iii) Luzon; and 
(B) for its contributions, received— 
(i) the Presidential Unit Citation 
(Army) and streamer embroidered with 
‘‘CABU, LUZON’’; and 
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I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5001 
To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to clarify that the definition 
of a debt collector includes, in all cases, a person in a business the 
principal purpose of which is the enforcement of security interests. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 8, 2019 
Mr. CLAY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to clarify 
that the definition of a debt collector includes, in all 
cases, a person in a business the principal purpose of 
which is the enforcement of security interests. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Non-Judicial Fore-
closure Debt Collection Clarification Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENFORCERS OF SECURITY INTERESTS. 
Section 803(6) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices 
Act (15 U.S.C. 1692a(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘For 
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the purpose of section 808(6), such term also includes any 
person who uses any instrumentality of interstate com-
merce or the mails in any business the principal purpose 
of which is the enforcement of security interests.’’. 
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provided that such statement has been submitted prior to 
the vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 2, 
2020. 
Attest: 
CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 
Clerk. 
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disorders, suffered by a public safety officer 
who has contacted or attempted to contact the 
employee assistance program of the agency or 
entity that the officer serves, a licensed medical 
or mental health professional, suicide preven-
tion services, or another mental health assist-
ance service in order to receive help, treatment, 
or diagnosis for post-traumatic stress disorder 
or acute stress disorder, shall be presumed to 
constitute a personal injury within the meaning 
of subsection (a), sustained in the line of duty 
by the officer, if the officer, was exposed, while 
on duty, to one or more traumatic events and 
such exposure was a substantial factor in the 
disorder; and 
‘‘(C) post-traumatic stress disorder, acute 
stress disorder, or trauma and stress related 
disorders, suffered by a public safety officer 
who was exposed, while on duty, to one or more 
traumatic events shall be presumed to con-
stitute a personal injury within the meaning of 
subsection (a), sustained in the line of duty by 
the officer if such exposure was a substantial 
factor in the disorder.
‘‘(3) PRESUMPTION OF DEATH OR TOTAL DIS-
ABILITY.—A public safety officer shall be presumed 
to have died or become permanently and totally dis-
abled (within the meaning of subsection (a) or (b)) 
as the direct and proximate result of a personal in-
jury sustained in the line of duty, if (as determined 
by the Bureau) the officer either— 
‘‘(A) took an action, which action was in-
tended to bring about the officer’s death and di-
rectly and proximately resulted in such officer’s 
death or permanent and total disability and ex-
posure, while on duty, to one or more traumatic 
events was a substantial factor in the action 
taken by the officer; or 
‘‘(B) took an action within 45 days of the 
end of exposure, while on duty, to a traumatic 
event, which action was intended to bring about 
the officer’s death and directly and proximately 
resulted in such officer’s death or permanent 
and total disability, if such action was not in-
consistent with a psychiatric disorder. 
‘‘(4) APPLICABILITY OF LIMITATIONS ON BENE-
FITS.— 
‘‘(A) 
INTENTIONAL
ACTIONS.—Section 
1202(a)(1) shall not apply to any claim for a
benefit under this part that is payable in ac-
cordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(B) 
SUBSTANCE
USE.—Section 
1202(a)(2) shall not preclude the payment of a 
benefit under this part if the benefit is other-
wise payable in accordance with this sub-
section.’’. 
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section 
shall— 
(A) take effect on the date of enactment of 
this Act; and 
(B) apply to any matter pending, before 
the Bureau of Justice Assistance or otherwise, 
on the date of enactment of this Act, or filed 
(consistent with pre-existing effective dates) or 
accruing after that date. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to any action taken by a 
public safety officer described in paragraph (3) of 
section 1201(o) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Con-
trol and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (as added by this 
Act) that occurred on or after January 1, 2019.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Debt Collection 
Practices for Servicemembers Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ENHANCED PROTECTION AGAINST DEBT COL-
LECTOR 
HARASSMENT 
OF 
SERVICEMEMBERS. 
(a) COMMUNICATION IN CONNECTION WITH DEBT 
COLLECTION.—Section 805 of the Fair Debt Collection 
Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692c) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING SERVICEMEM-
BER DEBTS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘covered member’ means— 
‘‘(A) a covered member or a dependent as 
defined in section 987(i) of title 10, United 
States Code; and 
‘‘(B)(i) an individual who was separated, 
discharged, or released from duty described in 
such section 987(i)(1), but only during the 365- 
day period beginning on the date of separation, 
discharge, or release; or 
‘‘(ii) a person, with respect to an individual 
described in clause (i), described in subpara-
graph (A), (D), (E), or (I) of section 1072(2) 
of title 10, United States Code.
‘‘(2) PROHIBITIONS.—A debt collector may not, 
in connection with the collection of any debt of a 
covered member— 
‘‘(A) threaten to have the covered member 
reduced in rank; 
‘‘(B) threaten to have the covered mem-
ber’s security clearance revoked; or 
‘‘(C) threaten to have the covered member 
prosecuted under chapter 47 of title 10, United 
States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Jus-
tice).’’. 
(b) UNFAIR PRACTICES.—Section 808 of the Fair 
Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692f) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) The representation to any covered member 
(as defined under section 805(e)(1)) that failure to 
cooperate with a debt collector will result in— 
‘‘(A) a reduction in rank of the covered 
member; 
‘‘(B) a revocation of the covered member’s 
security clearance; or 
‘‘(C) prosecution under chapter 47 of title 
10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice).’’.
SEC. 3. GAO STUDY. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study and submit a report to Congress on the 
impact of this Act on— 
(1) the timely delivery of information to a cov-
ered member (as defined in section 805(e) of the 
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, as added by this 
Act); 
(2) military readiness; and 
(3) national security, including the extent to 
which covered members with security clearances 
would be impacted by uncollected debt. 
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 2, 
2020. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5003 
AN ACT 
To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to 
provide enhanced protection against debt col-
lector harassment of members of the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes.
I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5003 
To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to provide enhanced protec-
tion against debt collector harassment of members of the Armed Forces, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 8, 2019 
Ms. DEAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to provide 
enhanced protection against debt collector harassment 
of members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Debt Collection 
Practices for Servicemembers Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ENHANCED PROTECTION AGAINST DEBT COL-
LECTOR HARASSMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) COMMUNICATION IN CONNECTION WITH DEBT 
COLLECTION.—Section 805 of the Fair Debt Collection 
Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692c) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING SERVICEMEM-
BER DEBTS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘covered member’— 
‘‘(A) has the meaning given the term in 
section 987(i)(1) of title 10, United States 
Code; and 
‘‘(B) means an individual who was sepa-
rated, discharged, or released from duty de-
scribed in such section 987(i)(1), but only dur-
ing the 365-day period beginning on the date of 
separation, discharge, or release. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITIONS.—A debt collector may not, 
in connection with the collection of any debt of a 
covered member— 
‘‘(A) communicate with any individual 
above a covered member in the chain of com-
mand, including for the purpose of acquiring lo-
cation information about the covered member; 
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‘‘(B) threaten to have the covered member 
reduced in rank; or 
‘‘(C) threaten to have the covered mem-
ber’s security clearance revoked.’’. 
(b) UNFAIR PRACTICES.—Section 808 of the Fair 
Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692f) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) The representation to any covered member 
(as defined under section 805(e)(1)) that failure to 
cooperate with a debt collector will result in— 
‘‘(A) a reduction in rank of the covered 
member; 
‘‘(B) a revocation of the covered member’s 
security clearance; or 
‘‘(C) prosecution under chapter 47 of title 
10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice).’’. 
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(m) Section 4f(c)(4)(B) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
6f(c)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘1817(a)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘1817(a))’’. 
(n) Section 5 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 7) is amended 
by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as sub-
sections (b) through (d), respectively. 
(o) Section 5b of such Act (7 U.S.C. 7a–1) is amend-
ed by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (j). 
(p) Section 5f(b)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 7b– 
1(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 5f’’ and inserting 
‘‘this section’’. 
(q) Section 6(a) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 8(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘the the’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’. 
(r) Section 8a of such Act (7 U.S.C. 12a) is amended 
in each of paragraphs (2)(E) and (3)(B) by striking ‘‘In-
vestors’’ and inserting ‘‘Investor’’. 
(s) Section 12(b)(4) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 16(b)(4)) 
is amended by moving the provision 2 ems to the left. 
(t) Section 14(a)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 18(a)(2)) 
is amended by moving the margin of the provision 2 ems 
to the left. 
(u) Section 17(b)(9)(D) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
21(b)(9)(D)) is amended by striking the semicolon and in-
serting a period. 
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