,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ab1       
#bjai,mr4 ,cohen 7for himself1 ,ms4     
,ocasio-,cortez1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mrs4  
,watson ,coleman1 ,ms4 ,wild1 ,ms4      
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of  
,illinois1 and ,ms4 ,norton7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,financial         
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the     
,fair ,debt ,collection ,practices ,act 
to prohibit debt collectors from        
collecting1 or attempting to collect1 on
 a debt of a consumer with respect to   
which the statute of limitations has    
expired1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,fair ,debt ,collection ,improvement
 ,act4  #b4 ,prohibition on collecting  
time-barred debt  7a7 ,in general ,the  
,fair ,debt ,collection ,practices ,act 
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #afib et seq47 is amended
 by inserting after section #haa the    
following3  #haa;,a4 ,prohibition on    

collecting time-barred debt ,a debt     
collector may not collect1 or attempt to
 collect1 any debt of a consumer with   
respect to which the statute of         
limitations has expired4  4  7b7        
,clerical amendment ,the table of       
contents for the ,fair ,debt ,collection
 ,practices ,act is amended by inserting
 after the item relating to section #haa
 the following3  #haa;,a4 ,prohibition  
on collecting time-barred debt4  4