Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act

FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013 COVID-19 Consumer Debt Collection Moratoria Legislation (H.R. 6800, H.R. 6423, H.R. 6379, S. 3565, House amendment to the Senate amendments to H.R. 925) * lobbying in opposition to consumer debt moratoria proposals that prevent collection of community association assessments that fund essential services * exempting community associations from the definition of creditor in above referenced legislation

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)

Issues related the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rulemaking Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint database Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Request for Information process Issues related to medical debt Issues related to student lending S.187 CFPB-IG Act - To require Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. H.R.969 - Bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriation process, and for other purposes H.R.969 - TABS Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S.453 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. H.R. 3198 - Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act - To amend the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 to ensure that Federal financial regulators perform a comprehensive review of regulations to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on covered persons, and for other purposes. H.R. 3490 - the Small Business Lending Fairness Act - To amend TILA to prohibit anyone from extending credit pursuant to a confession of judgement provision, warrant of attorney, or any other waiver of right to be heard in a lawsuit to collect the debt. H.R. 3948 - the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act - To amend the FDCPA to extend the provisions of that Act to cover a debt collector who is collecting debt owed to a State or local government, to index award amounts under such Act for inflation, to provide for civil injunctive relief for violations of such Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 4403 - the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to debt buyers and to collectors of debt owed by a consumer to a federal agency that is 180 days or more past due; to limit fees a collector can collect for such debt to fees that are "reasonable in relation to the actual cost of collection;" that are authorized by the collector's contract wit the federal agency to collect that debt; and are not greater than 10% of the debt to be collected. H.R. 4664 - Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Practices Act - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to prohibit the CFPB from issuing rules pursuant to the FDCPA that would allow a debt collector to send unlimited email and text messages to a consumer. H.R. 5001 - Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act - To amend the definition of debt collector under the FDCPA to include any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the enforcement of security interests. H.R. 5003 - Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from communicating with the commanding officer or officer in charge of any servicemember regarding an outstanding debt or the location of the servicemember; and to prohibit debt collectors from stating to a servicemember that failure to cooperate will result in prosecution on the Uniform Code of Military Justice. H.R. 5013 - Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to the collection of "small business debts" meaning non-equity obligations less than $5 million. H.R. 5021 - Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019 - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit the CFPB from issuing a final rule on debt collection that allows unlimited electronic communications, including email or texts, from debt collectors to consumers; to prohibit collectors from contacting consumers via email or text message after a consumer has withdrawn their consent from receiving communications through these mediums or contacting them via email or text more frequently than as agreed to by the consumer; and to require collectors to send a consumer a notice of debt within five days after the initial communication with the consumer in connection with collecting a debt, even if the statutorily-required information was included in the initial communication. To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must require collectors to obtain a consumers prior consent to contact them in any method other than via postal mail or telephone; to prohibits rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA from waiving compliance with the ESIGN Act; and to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must allow consumers to opt-out of any method of communication and to withdraw prior consent to modes of communication. H.R. 5034 - Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from collecting, or attempting to collect, on a debt of a consumer with respect to which the statute of limitations has expired, and for other purposes. H.R. 5287 - Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practice Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from attempt to collect a federal student loan debt (meaning a loan made, insured or guaranteed under Title IV) during the period when the borrower would not be required to make a payment under an income-drive repayment plan. H.R. 5330 - Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act - To amend the FDCPA and FCRA to require a debt collector and furnishers to CRAs to provide written notices to consumers about restrictions on reporting medical debt, to refrain from reporting medical debt for over 1 year and to never report certain medical debt, and imposing a 2-year waiting period to colloect certain medical debt. S.3508 - A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act - to provide for disaster protection for workers' credit. H.R. 6321- Financial Protections and Assistance for Americas Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act during the COVID-19 emergency and to recover from the emergency S. 3565 - A bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) during a major disaster or emergency-such as the current COVID-19 pandemic HR 748 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. S.3548 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. H.R.6800 - The Heroes Act S. 1624 - HEALS Act S. 4186 - Driving for Opportunities Act of 2020

H.R. 3948 Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act H.R. 4403 Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act H.R. 5021 Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019 Authority of CFPB Financial Technology ("Fintech") Funding of CFPB HR 1500 -- Consumers First Act Reg BI SEC fiduciary rule Small Business Lending Discrimination Protecting Innocent Consumers Affected by Shutdown Act HR 3618 Free Credit Scores for Consumers Act HR 3621 Student Borrower Credit Improvement Act HR 3622 Restoring Unfairly Impaired Credit and Protecting Consumers Act HR 3642 Improving Credit Reporting for All Consumers Act HR 3629 Clarity in Credit Score Formation Act HR 1423 Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act HR 4254 Overdraft Protection Act of 2019 HR 758 - the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act S3565 - Small Business and Consumer Debt Collection Emergency Relief Act of 2020 S3560 - Small Business and Consumer Emergency Credit Act S.3509 - A bill to provide borrowers the right to request forbearance on mortgage loan payments... HR 3621, the Comprehensive Credit Reporting Enhancement, Disclosure, Innovation, and Transparency Act of 2020 HR 6470 bil on medical debt relief (K.Porter) HR 5934 SCAM Debt Act Heroes Act (COVID PACKAGE) HJ Res 90 - CRA of Congressional Review Act HR 5332 Protecting your Credit Score Act Senior Investor Pandemic and Fraud Protection Act HR 8252 adding veterans preference question to URLA HR6735 establishing consumer and investor fraud working group

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Issues related to banking regulatory reform: -Implementation of S. 2155 (from 115th Congress) -HR 1500 - Consumers First Act -Issues related to Current Expected Credit Loss -HR 3182 - CECL Consumer Impact and Study Bill of 2019 -HR 6800 - The Heroes Act -Issues related to BSA/AML -S.2563 ILLICIT CASH Act -HR 1018 - Improving Corporate Governance Through Diversity Act -HR 3278 - Diversity in Corporate Leadership Act -Issues related to arbitration -HR 327 - Ending Forced Arbitration for Victims of Data Breaches Act of 2019 -Issues related to interest rate caps -HR 5050 Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act -S 3548 - CARES Act -HR 6216 - Emergency Assistance for Student Borrowers Act -S. 3502 - The Community Bank Regulatory Relief Act -HR 6395 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021(issues related to banking) -HR 5332 - Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2020 -S. 375 - Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 -HR 3621 - Comprehensive CREDIT Act of 2020 -S. 2961 - Data Care Act of 2019 -HR 3948 - Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act -HR 4813 - Keep Big Tech Out Of Finance Act -S 2685 - Consumer Credit Control Act of 2019 -HR 1602 - TRACED ACT -S. 819 - Federal Communications Commission Reporting Modernization Act of 2019 -Issues related to unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices -Issues related to financial innovation -Issues related to financial literacy -Issues related to the Community Reinvestment Act -Issues related to brokered deposits -Issues related to debt collection -Issues related to artificial intelligence -Issues related to interest rate exportation -Issues related to small business data collection -Issues related to modernized disclosures -Issues related to privacy -Issues related to Covid-19 Relief

Client expense: $600,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Issues related the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rulemaking Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint database Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Request for Information process Issues related to medical debt Issues related to student lending S.187 CFPB-IG Act - To require Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. H.R.969 - Bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriation process, and for other purposes H.R.969 - TABS Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S.453 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. H.R. 3198 - Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act - To amend the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 to ensure that Federal financial regulators perform a comprehensive review of regulations to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on covered persons, and for other purposes. H.R. 3490 - the Small Business Lending Fairness Act - To amend TILA to prohibit anyone from extending credit pursuant to a confession of judgement provision, warrant of attorney, or any other waiver of right to be heard in a lawsuit to collect the debt. H.R. 3948 - the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act - To amend the FDCPA to extend the provisions of that Act to cover a debt collector who is collecting debt owed to a State or local government, to index award amounts under such Act for inflation, to provide for civil injunctive relief for violations of such Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 4403 - the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to debt buyers and to collectors of debt owed by a consumer to a federal agency that is 180 days or more past due; to limit fees a collector can collect for such debt to fees that are "reasonable in relation to the actual cost of collection;" that are authorized by the collector's contract wit the federal agency to collect that debt; and are not greater than 10% of the debt to be collected. H.R. 4664 - Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Practices Act - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to prohibit the CFPB from issuing rules pursuant to the FDCPA that would allow a debt collector to send unlimited email and text messages to a consumer. H.R. 5001 - Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act - To amend the definition of debt collector under the FDCPA to include any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the enforcement of security interests. H.R. 5003 - Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from communicating with the commanding officer or officer in charge of any servicemember regarding an outstanding debt or the location of the servicemember; and to prohibit debt collectors from stating to a servicemember that failure to cooperate will result in prosecution on the Uniform Code of Military Justice. H.R. 5013 - Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to the collection of "small business debts" meaning non-equity obligations less than $5 million. H.R. 5021 - Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019 - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit the CFPB from issuing a final rule on debt collection that allows unlimited electronic communications, including email or texts, from debt collectors to consumers; to prohibit collectors from contacting consumers via email or text message after a consumer has withdrawn their consent from receiving communications through these mediums or contacting them via email or text more frequently than as agreed to by the consumer; and to require collectors to send a consumer a notice of debt within five days after the initial communication with the consumer in connection with collecting a debt, even if the statutorily-required information was included in the initial communication. To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must require collectors to obtain a consumers prior consent to contact them in any method other than via postal mail or telephone; to prohibits rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA from waiving compliance with the ESIGN Act; and to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must allow consumers to opt-out of any method of communication and to withdraw prior consent to modes of communication. H.R. 5034 - Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from collecting, or attempting to collect, on a debt of a consumer with respect to which the statute of limitations has expired, and for other purposes. H.R. 5287 - Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practice Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from attempt to collect a federal student loan debt (meaning a loan made, insured or guaranteed under Title IV) during the period when the borrower would not be required to make a payment under an income-drive repayment plan. H.R. 5330 - Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act - To amend the FDCPA and FCRA to require a debt collector and furnishers to CRAs to provide written notices to consumers about restrictions on reporting medical debt, to refrain from reporting medical debt for over 1 year and to never report certain medical debt, and imposing a 2-year waiting period to colloect certain medical debt. S.3508 - A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act - to provide for disaster protection for workers' credit. H.R. 6321- Financial Protections and Assistance for Americas Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act during the COVID-19 emergency and to recover from the emergency S. 3565 - A bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) during a major disaster or emergency-such as the current COVID-19 pandemic HR 748 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. S.3548 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. H.R.6800 - The Heroes Act S. 1624 - HEALS Act

FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013 COVID-19 Consumer Debt Collection Moratoria Legislation (H.R. 6800, H.R. 6423, H.R. 6379, S. 3565, House amendment to the Senate amendments to H.R. 925) * lobbying in opposition to consumer debt moratoria proposals that prevent collection of community association assessments that fund essential services * exempting community associations from the definition of creditor in above referenced legislation

Client expense: $36,150 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)

FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013 COVID-19 Consumer Debt Collection Moratoria Legislation (H.R. 6800, H.R. 6423, H.R. 6379, S. 3565, House amendment to the Senate amendments to H.R. 925) * lobbying in opposition to consumer debt moratoria proposals that prevent collection of community association assessments that fund essential services * exempting community associations from the definition of creditor in above referenced legislation

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)

Issues related the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rulemaking Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint database Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Request for Information process Issues related to medical debt Issues related to student lending S.187 CFPB-IG Act - To require Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. H.R.969 - Bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriation process, and for other purposes H.R.969 - TABS Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S.453 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. H.R. 3198 - Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act - To amend the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 to ensure that Federal financial regulators perform a comprehensive review of regulations to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on covered persons, and for other purposes. H.R. 3490 - the Small Business Lending Fairness Act - To amend TILA to prohibit anyone from extending credit pursuant to a confession of judgement provision, warrant of attorney, or any other waiver of right to be heard in a lawsuit to collect the debt. H.R. 3948 - the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act - To amend the FDCPA to extend the provisions of that Act to cover a debt collector who is collecting debt owed to a State or local government, to index award amounts under such Act for inflation, to provide for civil injunctive relief for violations of such Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 4403 - the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to debt buyers and to collectors of debt owed by a consumer to a federal agency that is 180 days or more past due; to limit fees a collector can collect for such debt to fees that are "reasonable in relation to the actual cost of collection;" that are authorized by the collector's contract wit the federal agency to collect that debt; and are not greater than 10% of the debt to be collected. H.R. 4664 - Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Practices Act - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to prohibit the CFPB from issuing rules pursuant to the FDCPA that would allow a debt collector to send unlimited email and text messages to a consumer. H.R. 5001 - Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act - To amend the definition of debt collector under the FDCPA to include any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the enforcement of security interests. H.R. 5003 - Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from communicating with the commanding officer or officer in charge of any servicemember regarding an outstanding debt or the location of the servicemember; and to prohibit debt collectors from stating to a servicemember that failure to cooperate will result in prosecution on the Uniform Code of Military Justice. H.R. 5013 - Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to the collection of "small business debts" meaning non-equity obligations less than $5 million. H.R. 5021 - Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019 - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit the CFPB from issuing a final rule on debt collection that allows unlimited electronic communications, including email or texts, from debt collectors to consumers; to prohibit collectors from contacting consumers via email or text message after a consumer has withdrawn their consent from receiving communications through these mediums or contacting them via email or text more frequently than as agreed to by the consumer; and to require collectors to send a consumer a notice of debt within five days after the initial communication with the consumer in connection with collecting a debt, even if the statutorily-required information was included in the initial communication. To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must require collectors to obtain a consumers prior consent to contact them in any method other than via postal mail or telephone; to prohibits rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA from waiving compliance with the ESIGN Act; and to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must allow consumers to opt-out of any method of communication and to withdraw prior consent to modes of communication. H.R. 5034 - Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from collecting, or attempting to collect, on a debt of a consumer with respect to which the statute of limitations has expired, and for other purposes. H.R. 5287 - Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practice Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from attempt to collect a federal student loan debt (meaning a loan made, insured or guaranteed under Title IV) during the period when the borrower would not be required to make a payment under an income-drive repayment plan. H.R. 5330 - Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act - To amend the FDCPA and FCRA to require a debt collector and furnishers to CRAs to provide written notices to consumers about restrictions on reporting medical debt, to refrain from reporting medical debt for over 1 year and to never report certain medical debt, and imposing a 2-year waiting period to colloect certain medical debt. S.3508 - A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act - to provide for disaster protection for workers' credit. H.R. 6321- Financial Protections and Assistance for Americas Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act during the COVID-19 emergency and to recover from the emergency S. 3565 - A bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) during a major disaster or emergency-such as the current COVID-19 pandemic HR 748 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. S.3548 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. H.R.6800 - The Heroes Act

FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013 COVID-19 Consumer Debt Collection Moratoria Legislation (H.R. 6800, H.R. 6423, H.R. 6379, S. 3565) * lobbying in opposition to consumer debt moratoria proposals that prevent collection of community association assessments that fund essential services * exempting community associations from the definition of creditor in above referenced legislation

Client expense: $36,150 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)

FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013 COVID-19 Consumer Debt Collection Moratoria Legislation (H.R. 6800, H.R. 6423, H.R. 6379, S. 3565) * lobbying in opposition to consumer debt moratoria proposals that prevent collection of community association assessments that fund essential services * exempting community associations from the definition of creditor in above referenced legislation

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)

HR 149, The Housing Fairness Act of 2019, To authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of nationwide testing, to increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program, and for other purposes H. R. 5934 - 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. HR 5931 - Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020 - This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to report on barriers to making Federal Housing Administration (FHA) single-family mortgage insurance available for mortgages under $70,000. Specifically, HUD must report H.R.6379 - Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act S.3566 - Stop Overdraft Profiteering during COVID-19 Emergency Act of 2020 - to prohibit depository institutions from assessing overdraft and non-sufficient fund fees during the novel coronavirus crisis and other disasters, and for other purposes. S.3565 - Small Business and Consumer Debt Collection Emergency Relief Act of 2020 - To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to provide additional protections for consumers and small business owners from debt collection during a major disaster or emergency. S.3560 - Small Business and Consumer Emergency Credit Act - To amend the Truth in Lending Act to extend the consumer credit protections provided to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents under title 10, United States Code, to all consumers. S 3548 - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. S.3509 - A bill to provide borrowers the right to request forbearance on mortgage loan payments due to a declared disaster, and for other purposes. H.R.6321 - To provide financial protections and assistance for America's consumers, States, businesses, and vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 emergency and to recover from the emergency. H.R.6363 - Student Debt Emergency Relief Act HR 3182 - To require the Securities and Exchange Commission and certain Federal agencies to carry out a study relating to accounting standards, and for other purposes. HR 748/Public Law No: 116-136 (03/27/2020) Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or the CARES Act - This bill responds to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak and its impact on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for FY2021 H.R. 3674 the College Affordability Act, a bill to lower the costs of college for students and improve the quality of education H.J.Res.76, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability" HR 5050 / s 2833, To amend the Truth in Lending Act to extend the consumer credit protections provided to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents under title 10, United States Code, to all consumers H.R. XXX, amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R. 2750, Justice for Servicemembers Act, To amend title 9 of the United States Code to prohibit predispute arbitration agreements that force arbitration of certain disputes arising from claims of service members and veterans. H.R. XXXX, Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act (This bill amends the Revised Statutes, the Home Owners' Loan Act, the Federal Credit Union Act, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to state that bank loans that are valid when made as to their maximum rate of interest in accordance with federal law shall remain valid with respect to that rate regardless of whether a bank has subsequently sold or assigned the loan to a third party.) H.R. XXXX, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act (This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%.) HR 5050 / s 2833, To amend the Truth in Lending Act to extend the consumer credit protections provided to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents under title 10, United States Code, to all consumers H. R. 166, To establish an Office of Fair Lending Testing to test for compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, to strengthen the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and to provide for criminal penalties for violating such Act, and for other purposes H.R. 5330, Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act, a bill which would provide relief to those struggling with health problems and medical debt by preventing collection of medical debt for two years from the date of the medical billing. H.R. 5021, The Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019, a bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) to prohibit a debt collector from contacting a consumer by email or text message without a consumers consent to be contacted electronically, and prohibits the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from issuing any rules implementing the FDCPA that allow a debt collector to send unlimited email and text messages to a consumer. H.R. 5013, The Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act, a bill that expands the FDCPAs protections to cover small business loans H.R. 5003, The Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act, a bill by that amends the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from threatening servicemembers or their families to have a servicemembers rank reduced, have their security clearance revoked, have them prosecuted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or communicating with a servicemembers chain of command to locate a servicemember. H.R. 5001, The Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act, a bill that reverses the recent Supreme Court decision in Obduskey versus McCarthy and Holthus LLP by amending the FDCPA to clarify that entities in non-judicial foreclosure proceedings are covered by the law H.R. 4403, The Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act, a bill that extends the FDCPAs protections as it relates to debt owed to a federal agency, limits the fees debt collectors can charge, and clarifies that debt buyers are subject to FDCPA H.R. 3948, The Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act, a bill that clarifies that private debt collectors who pursue debts such as municipal utility bills, tolls, traffic tickets, and court debts are subject to the FDCPA H.R. 3490,The Small Business Lending Fairness Act, a bill that would amend the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to restrict the use of predatory small business loan contract clauses called confessions of judgment.

Issues related the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rulemaking Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint database Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Request for Information process Issues related to medical debt S.187 CFPB-IG Act - To require Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. H.R.969 - Bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriation process, and for other purposes H.R.969 - TABS Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S.453 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. H.R. 3198 - Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act - To amend the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 to ensure that Federal financial regulators perform a comprehensive review of regulations to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on covered persons, and for other purposes. H.R. 3490 - the Small Business Lending Fairness Act - To amend TILA to prohibit anyone from extending credit pursuant to a confession of judgement provision, warrant of attorney, or any other waiver of right to be heard in a lawsuit to collect the debt. H.R. 3948 - the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act - To amend the FDCPA to extend the provisions of that Act to cover a debt collector who is collecting debt owed to a State or local government, to index award amounts under such Act for inflation, to provide for civil injunctive relief for violations of such Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 4403 - the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to debt buyers and to collectors of debt owed by a consumer to a federal agency that is 180 days or more past due; to limit fees a collector can collect for such debt to fees that are "reasonable in relation to the actual cost of collection;" that are authorized by the collector's contract wit the federal agency to collect that debt; and are not greater than 10% of the debt to be collected. H.R. 4664 - Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Practices Act - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to prohibit the CFPB from issuing rules pursuant to the FDCPA that would allow a debt collector to send unlimited email and text messages to a consumer. H.R. 5001 - Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act - To amend the definition of debt collector under the FDCPA to include any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the enforcement of security interests. H.R. 5003 - Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from communicating with the commanding officer or officer in charge of any servicemember regarding an outstanding debt or the location of the servicemember; and to prohibit debt collectors from stating to a servicemember that failure to cooperate will result in prosecution on the Uniform Code of Military Justice. H.R. 5013 - Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to the collection of "small business debts" meaning non-equity obligations less than $5 million. H.R. 5021 - Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019 - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit the CFPB from issuing a final rule on debt collection that allows unlimited electronic communications, including email or texts, from debt collectors to consumers; to prohibit collectors from contacting consumers via email or text message after a consumer has withdrawn their consent from receiving communications through these mediums or contacting them via email or text more frequently than as agreed to by the consumer; and to require collectors to send a consumer a notice of debt within five days after the initial communication with the consumer in connection with collecting a debt, even if the statutorily-required information was included in the initial communication. To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must require collectors to obtain a consumers prior consent to contact them in any method other than via postal mail or telephone; to prohibits rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA from waiving compliance with the ESIGN Act; and to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must allow consumers to opt-out of any method of communication and to withdraw prior consent to modes of communication. H.R. 5034 - Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from collecting, or attempting to collect, on a debt of a consumer with respect to which the statute of limitations has expired, and for other purposes. H.R. 5287 - Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practice Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from attempt to collect a federal student loan debt (meaning a loan made, insured or guaranteed under Title IV) during the period when the borrower would not be required to make a payment under an income-drive repayment plan. H.R. 5330 - Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act - To amend the FDCPA and FCRA to require a debt collector and furnishers to CRAs to provide written notices to consumers about restrictions on reporting medical debt, to refrain from reporting medical debt for over 1 year and to never report certain medical debt, and imposing a 2-year waiting period to colloect certain medical debt. S.3508 - A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act - to provide for disaster protection for workers' credit. H.R. 6321- Financial Protections and Assistance for Americas Consumers, States, Businesses, and Vulnerable Populations Act during the COVID-19 emergency and to recover from the emergency S. 3565 - A bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) during a major disaster or emergency-such as the current COVID-19 pandemic HR 748 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. S.3548 - CARES Act - To provide emergency assistance and health care response for individuals, families, and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.

FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013 COVID-19 Consumer Debt Collection Moratoria Legislation (H.R. 6423, H.R. 6379, S. 3565) * lobbying in opposition to consumer debt moratoria proposals that prevent collection of community association assessments that fund essential services

Client expense: $36,150 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)

FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013 COVID-19 Consumer Debt Collection Moratoria Legislation (H.R. 6423, H.R. 6379, S. 3565) * lobbying in opposition to consumer debt moratoria proposals that prevent collection of community association assessments that fund essential services

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA)

Support a comment letter drafted by Senator Brown urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to continue to collect all Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data points added in the CFPBs 2015 final rule, including the data points that are enumerated in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and those added through the CFPBs discretionary authority. Also, urge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to maintain the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data elements that the CFPB added and enhanced pursuant to statutory directives and discretionary authority under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Support HR 5050 / S 2833, the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act which would put a 36% interest rate cap on all small dollar loans. Support the following principles be included in any GSE reform: Establish capital levels consistent with what the GSEs are charging the market currently, consistent with statute and the unique risk characteristics of the GSEs. Maintain lines of business that enable the cross-subsidization of lending within all markets and communities, benefiting all borrowers. Retain FHFAs role as a strong independent regulator, with full oversight and approval of operations, capital requirements, fees, charges, and prudential standards. Ensure full and equal access for all lenders, regardless of size, including a prohibition on volume discounts with respect to guarantee fees, buy up and buy down fees, cash pricing, loan level price adjustments, and risk-sharing pricing. Serve all markets, including underserved, rural, and urban areas, equally. Expand access to all creditworthy borrowers and affordable housing through pooling of risk, more level pricing, and equitable distribution of the cost of catastrophic capital to protect against another market failure like the Great Recession; strengthening and ensuring compliance with affordable housing goals; enforcement of duty to serve obligations; compliance with fair housing and lending laws; and full funding of the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund. We believe that chartering additional guarantors would be overly disruptive and would not foster competition in the secondary market, instead creating a race-to-the-bottom environment for loan purchases and a potential competitive advantage that comes from vertical integration. Continue the credit risk transfer program by the GSEs to reduce their overall risk consistent with an economic benefit, with prohibitions on market structures/actions that create an unlevel playing field for loan origination. Charge a fair ongoing fee for maintenance of the existing Treasury line of credit or any explicit federal guarantee. Continue moving forward with administrative recapitalization plans to permit the GSEs to exit conservatorship into a utility-type system, including regulation of pricing and rates of return, to provide investors a fair return and to further the GSEs public mission. While we believe critical GSE reforms have already been accomplished through HERA and FHFA administrative actions, any additional reforms should achieve and conform to the above principles. HMDA data should still be disaggregated by race, gender, income and census tract category Support strong consumer protections (including no overdraft fees, the creation of a user lability, and equality directory, fraud prevention, and accessibility, availability and equality as the federal reserve builds out its FedNow real time payment system Support HR 3948, the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act; HR 4403, the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act; HR 5021, the Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act; HR 5003, The Fair Debt Collection Protection for Servicemembers Act; and HR 5001, the Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act. Together, these bills extend debt collection protections to government debts, prohibit threatening servicemembers, clarify that non-judicial foreclosures are covered by FDCPA to fix Obduskey, adjust fees for inflation, require consent before text and email communications from debt collectors, and much more Support H.R. 5322 , the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019 Oppose the FDIC proposed rulemaking which makes changes to, and weakens, the Community Reinvestment Act Support providing greater clarity to lenders on how FHA will address potential loan defects Support H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, which would restore the power to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB was first created in 2008 to protect all Americans from schemes designed to strip wealth from unsuspecting consumers and to protect people who may be targeted because of their race, ethnicity, gender, age, station in life, or other distinguishing characteristic. Many of the initiatives undertaken by the CFPB were good starts towards protecting our people as they worked to build wealth, or in too many cases, just make ends meet. H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, would restore crucial economic protections to help protect American consumers from predatory lenders.

Support a comment letter drafted by Senator Brown urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to continue to collect all Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data points added in the CFPBs 2015 final rule, including the data points that are enumerated in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and those added through the CFPBs discretionary authority. Also, urge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to maintain the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data elements that the CFPB added and enhanced pursuant to statutory directives and discretionary authority under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Oppose FDIC and OCC filing an amicus brief supporting a predatory small business lender that used a rent-a-bank scheme to charge 120% on a $550,000 loan to a Colorado business. Colorado only permits 45% for these business loans. Support HR 5050 / S 2833, the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act which would put a 36% interest rate cap on all small dollar loans. Support the following principles be included in any GSE reform: Establish capital levels consistent with what the GSEs are charging the market currently, consistent with statute and the unique risk characteristics of the GSEs. Maintain lines of business that enable the cross-subsidization of lending within all markets and communities, benefiting all borrowers. Retain FHFAs role as a strong independent regulator, with full oversight and approval of operations, capital requirements, fees, charges, and prudential standards. Ensure full and equal access for all lenders, regardless of size, including a prohibition on volume discounts with respect to guarantee fees, buy up and buy down fees, cash pricing, loan level price adjustments, and risk-sharing pricing. Serve all markets, including underserved, rural, and urban areas, equally. Expand access to all creditworthy borrowers and affordable housing through pooling of risk, more level pricing, and equitable distribution of the cost of catastrophic capital to protect against another market failure like the Great Recession; strengthening and ensuring compliance with affordable housing goals; enforcement of duty to serve obligations; compliance with fair housing and lending laws; and full funding of the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund. We believe that chartering additional guarantors would be overly disruptive and would not foster competition in the secondary market, instead creating a race-to-the-bottom environment for loan purchases and a potential competitive advantage that comes from vertical integration. Continue the credit risk transfer program by the GSEs to reduce their overall risk consistent with an economic benefit, with prohibitions on market structures/actions that create an unlevel playing field for loan origination. Charge a fair ongoing fee for maintenance of the existing Treasury line of credit or any explicit federal guarantee. Continue moving forward with administrative recapitalization plans to permit the GSEs to exit conservatorship into a utility-type system, including regulation of pricing and rates of return, to provide investors a fair return and to further the GSEs public mission. While we believe critical GSE reforms have already been accomplished through HERA and FHFA administrative actions, any additional reforms should achieve and conform to the above principles Support strong consumer protections (including no overdraft fees, the creation of a user lability, and equality directory, fraud prevention, and accessibility, availability and equality as the federal reserve builds out its FedNow real time payment system. Support HR 3948, the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act; HR 4403, the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act; HR 5021, the Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act; HR 5003, The Fair Debt Collection Protection for Servicemembers Act; and HR 5001, the Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act. Together, these bills extend debt collection protections to government debts, prohibit threatening servicemembers, clarify that non-judicial foreclosures are covered by FDCPA to fix Obduskey, adjust fees for inflation, require consent before text and email communications from debt collectors, and much more Support H.R. 5322 , the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019 Oppose the FDIC proposed rulemaking which makes changes to, and weakens, the Community Reinvestment Act Support providing greater clarity to lenders on how FHA will address potential loan defects Support H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, which would restore the power to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB was first created in 2008 to protect all Americans from schemes designed to strip wealth from unsuspecting consumers and to protect people who may be targeted because of their race, ethnicity, gender, age, station in life, or other distinguishing characteristic. Many of the initiatives undertaken by the CFPB were good starts towards protecting our people as they worked to build wealth, or in too many cases, just make ends meet. H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, would restore crucial economic protections to help protect American consumers from predatory lenders.

Support a comment letter drafted by Senator Brown urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to continue to collect all Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data points added in the CFPBs 2015 final rule, including the data points that are enumerated in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and those added through the CFPBs discretionary authority. Also, urge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to maintain the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data elements that the CFPB added and enhanced pursuant to statutory directives and discretionary authority under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Support S. 2685, the Consumer Credit Control Act, which would require that credit reports be frozen by default with respect to credit and insurance. The bill also requires that consumers give consent before being included on prescreening lists (i.e. lists of consumers that lenders use to make "firm offers of credit" which are usually little better than junk mail). Support strong consumer protections (including no overdraft fees, the creation of a user lability, and equality directory, fraud prevention, and accessibility, availability and equality as the federal reserve builds out its FedNow real time payment system. Support HR 3490, the Small Business Lending Fairness Act. This bill bans confessions of judgment for small businesses and consumers. Support HR 3948, the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act; HR 4403, the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act; HR 5021, the Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act; HR 5003, The Fair Debt Collection Protection for Servicemembers Act; and HR 5001, the Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act. Together, these bills extend debt collection protections to government debts, prohibit threatening servicemembers, clarify that non-judicial foreclosures are covered by FDCPA to fix Obduskey, adjust fees for inflation, require consent before text and email communications from debt collectors, and much more Oppose forced arbitration rule proposed by Amtrak for all its passengers Support H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, which would restore the power to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB was first created in 2008 to protect all Americans from schemes designed to strip wealth from unsuspecting consumers and to protect people who may be targeted because of their race, ethnicity, gender, age, station in life, or other distinguishing characteristic. Many of the initiatives undertaken by the CFPB were good starts towards protecting our people as they worked to build wealth, or in too many cases, just make ends meet. H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, would restore crucial economic protections to help protect American consumers from predatory lenders Support HR 1423,the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal or FAIR Act which would protect the legal rights of all Americans to access the courts when they have been harmed. HR 1423 would prevent companies from forcing harmed consumers, workers, and other individuals into private, rigged arbitration systems to resolve disputes. The FAIR Act would also prohibit class action lawsuit waivers, sometimes known as collective action waivers, which are commonly included in most forced arbitration contracts

HR 4783 LEP Data Acquisition in Mortgage Lending Act H.R. 3948 Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act H.R. 4403 Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act H.R. 5021 Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019 HR 5003 Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act H.R. 5001 Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act Authority of CFPB Financial Technology ("Fintech") Funding of CFPB HR 1 - For the People Act Reg BI SEC fiduciary rule Small Business Lending Discrimination HR 3618 Free Credit Scores for Consumers Act HR 4254 Overdraft Protection Act of 2019 Facebook' Libra cryptocurrency S.2685 Consumer Credit Control Act

Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Bills in the Senate: S. XXXX Jumpstart GSE Reform Act (provides reforms in the GSEs and also requires congressional approval before specified administrative changes to GSEs can be implemented.) S.331: Home Loan Quality Transparency Act of 2019 (This bill amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to modify the exemptions from certain disclosure requirements.) S. 630: Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act (This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute.) S. 635: Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act (This bill amends the Federal Arbitration Act to invalidate arbitration agreements between parties in certain commercial contracts or transactions if they require arbitration of a claim for damages or injunctive relief brought by an individual or small business arising from the alleged violation of a federal or state statute, the U.S. Constitution, or a state constitution, unless the written agreement to arbitrate is entered into by both parties after the claim has arisen and pertains solely to an existing claim.) S. 608: Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act (This bill makes procedures for the enforcement of arbitration agreements inapplicable to an enrollment agreement between a student and an institution of higher education (IHE).) S. 672: Debt Free College Act, This bill establishes State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes. S. 720: the CFPB Student Loan Integrity Act, This bill requires the student loan ombudsman of the Department of Education to provide student loan data to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. S.867: PROTECT Students Act of 2019 ; To protect students of institutions of higher education and the taxpayer investment in institutions of higher education by improving oversight and accountability of institutions of higher education, particularly for-profit colleges, improving protections for students and borrowers, and ensuring the integrity of postsecondary education programs, and for other purposes S. 1074: the REAL Act, this bill reinstates Federal Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions, and for other purposes. S. 1230, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act (This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%.) S. 1354: the Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights, this bill requires certain protections for student loan borrowers, and for other purposes. S. 1414: the Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act, To provide bankruptcy relief for student borrowers. S. XXXX: the Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act, to prevent unnecessary private student loan debt and improve transparency S XXXX: Higher Education Act Reauthorization, a bill to reauthorize the higher education act S. XXXX: Unnamed bill to limit interest on consumer loans to 36% Bills in the House: H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act, To authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens, and for other purposes. H.R. 963, amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to modify the exemptions from certain disclosure requirements H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, This bill revises provisions related to the administration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), including establishing requirements for staffing levels, political appointees, and the publication of consumer complaints regarding consumer financial products or services. H.R. 1571, the Debt Free College Act, To establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes. H.R.2648 - Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2019, To provide bankruptcy relief for student borrowers. H.R. XXX, amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R. 2750, Justice for Servicemembers Act, To amend title 9 of the United States Code to prohibit predispute arbitration agreements that force arbitration of certain disputes arising from claims of service members and veterans. H.R. 3027, Student Loan Borrower Bill or Rights, To require certain protections for student loan borrowers, and for other purposes. H.R. 3163, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 3351 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 3375, Stop Bad Robocalls Act, To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify the prohibitions on making robocalls, and for other purposes. H.R. 3512, PROTECT Students Act of 2019, To protect students of institutions of higher education and the taxpayer investment in institutions of higher education by improving oversight and accountability of institutions of higher education, particularly for-profit colleges, improving H.R. 6543, the Aim Higher Act, to amend and strengthen the Higher Education Act of 1965 so that every student has a path to a quality, debt-free degree or credential that leads to a rewarding career. H.R. XXXX, Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act (This bill amends the Revised Statutes, the Home Owners' Loan Act, the Federal Credit Union Act, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to state that bank loans that are valid when made as to their maximum rate of interest in accordance with federal law shall remain valid with respect to that rate regardless of whether a bank has subsequently sold or assigned the loan to a third party.) H.R. XXXX, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act (This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%.) H.R. 3674 the College Affordability Act, a bill to lower the costs of college for students and improve the quality of education H. R. 4724, To amend the definition of institution of higher education under the Higher Education Act of 1965 to exclude proprietary institutions of higher education, and for other purposes. H. R. 5294, To amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish a postsecondary education loan borrower bill of rights and to require certain creditors to obtain private loan certifications from institutions of higher education, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to issue rules to establish standards for reporting information related to student loans to consumer reporting agencies, and for other purposes. H. R. 4545, To provide for the discharge of a private education loan in the case of death or total and permanent disability of a student obligor, and for other purposes. H.J.Res.76, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability" H. R. 5287 , To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to prohibit debt collectors from collecting on certain Federal student loan debt when the borrower would not be required to make payments under an income-driven repayment plan, and for other purposes. HR 5050 / s 2833, To amend the Truth in Lending Act to extend the consumer credit protections provided to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents under title 10, United States Code, to all consumers HR 5363/HR 2486/ HR 5368/ Public law No. 116-91, This bill permanently authorizes funding for minority-serving institutions of higher education and increases the authorization of appropriations for Pell Grants. H. R. 166, To establish an Office of Fair Lending Testing to test for compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, to strengthen the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and to provide for criminal penalties for violating such Act, and for other purposes H.R. 4674, To amend and strengthen the Higher Education Act to help students H.R. 5330, Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act, a bill which would provide relief to those struggling with health problems and medical debt by preventing collection of medical debt for two years from the date of the medical billing. H.R. 5287, Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practices Act, a bill that would amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to prohibit debt collectors from collecting on certain Federal student loan debt when the borrower would not be required to make payments under an income-driven repayment plan. H.R. 5021, The Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019, a bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) to prohibit a debt collector from contacting a consumer by email or text message without a consumers consent to be contacted electronically, and prohibits the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from issuing any rules implementing the FDCPA that allow a debt collector to send unlimited email and text messages to a consumer. H.R. 5013, The Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act, a bill that expands the FDCPAs protections to cover small business loans H.R. 5003, The Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act, a bill by that amends the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from threatening servicemembers or their families to have a servicemembers rank reduced, have their security clearance revoked, have them prosecuted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or communicating with a servicemembers chain of command to locate a servicemember. H.R. 5001, The Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act, a bill that reverses the recent Supreme Court decision in Obduskey versus McCarthy and Holthus LLP by amending the FDCPA to clarify that entities in non-judicial foreclosure proceedings are covered by the law H.R. 4403, The Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act, a bill that extends the FDCPAs protections as it relates to debt owed to a federal agency, limits the fees debt collectors can charge, and clarifies that debt buyers are subject to FDCPA H.R. 3948, The Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act, a bill that clarifies that private debt collectors who pursue debts such as municipal utility bills, tolls, traffic tickets, and court debts are subject to the FDCPA H.R. 3490,The Small Business Lending Fairness Act, a bill that would amend the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to restrict the use of predatory small business loan contract clauses called confessions of judgment.

CFPB Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Regulatory Update * Developed and submitted comments on behalf of CAI in response to CFPB rulemaking FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013

Client expense: $36,150 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE

CFPB Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Regulatory Update * Developed and submitted comments on behalf of CAI in response to CFPB rulemaking FDCPA Legislation * monitor H.R. 3948, H.R. 4403, H.R. 5021, H.R. 5003, H.R. 5001, H.R. 5013

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE

Issues related the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rulemaking Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint database Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Request for Information process Issues related to medical debt S.187 CFPB-IG Act - To require Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. H.R.969 - Bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriation process, and for other purposes H.R.969 - TABS Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S.453 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. H.R. 3198 - Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act - To amend the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 to ensure that Federal financial regulators perform a comprehensive review of regulations to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on covered persons, and for other purposes. H.R. 3490 - the Small Business Lending Fairness Act - To amend TILA to prohibit anyone from extending credit pursuant to a confession of judgement provision, warrant of attorney, or any other waiver of right to be heard in a lawsuit to collect the debt. H.R. 3948 - the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act - To amend the FDCPA to extend the provisions of that Act to cover a debt collector who is collecting debt owed to a State or local government, to index award amounts under such Act for inflation, to provide for civil injunctive relief for violations of such Act, and for other purposes. H.R. 4403 - the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to debt buyers and to collectors of debt owed by a consumer to a federal agency that is 180 days or more past due; to limit fees a collector can collect for such debt to fees that are "reasonable in relation to the actual cost of collection;" that are authorized by the collector's contract wit the federal agency to collect that debt; and are not greater than 10% of the debt to be collected. H.R. 4664 - Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Practices Act - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to prohibit the CFPB from issuing rules pursuant to the FDCPA that would allow a debt collector to send unlimited email and text messages to a consumer. H.R. 5001 - Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act - To amend the definition of debt collector under the FDCPA to include any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the enforcement of security interests. H.R. 5003 - Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from communicating with the commanding officer or officer in charge of any servicemember regarding an outstanding debt or the location of the servicemember; and to prohibit debt collectors from stating to a servicemember that failure to cooperate will result in prosecution on the Uniform Code of Military Justice. H.R. 5013 - Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act - To amend the FDCPA to apply to the collection of "small business debts" meaning non-equity obligations less than $5 million. H.R. 5021 - Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019 - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit the CFPB from issuing a final rule on debt collection that allows unlimited electronic communications, including email or texts, from debt collectors to consumers; to prohibit collectors from contacting consumers via email or text message after a consumer has withdrawn their consent from receiving communications through these mediums or contacting them via email or text more frequently than as agreed to by the consumer; and to require collectors to send a consumer a notice of debt within five days after the initial communication with the consumer in connection with collecting a debt, even if the statutorily-required information was included in the initial communication. To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must require collectors to obtain a consumers prior consent to contact them in any method other than via postal mail or telephone; to prohibits rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA from waiving compliance with the ESIGN Act; and to require rules issued by the CFPB pursuant to the FDCPA must allow consumers to opt-out of any method of communication and to withdraw prior consent to modes of communication. H.R. 5034 - Fair Debt Collection Improvement Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from collecting, or attempting to collect, on a debt of a consumer with respect to which the statute of limitations has expired, and for other purposes. H.R. 5287 - Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practice Act - To amend the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from attempt to collect a federal student loan debt (meaning a loan made, insured or guaranteed under Title IV) during the period when the borrower would not be required to make a payment under an income-drive repayment plan. H.R. 5330 - Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act - To amend the FDCPA and FCRA to require a debt collector and furnishers to CRAs to provide written notices to consumers about restrictions on reporting medical debt, to refrain from reporting medical debt for over 1 year and to never report certain medical debt, and imposing a 2-year waiting period to colloect certain medical debt.

Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Oppose the proposed rescission of the commonsense ability-to-repay requirements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau)s 2017 payday and vehicle title loan rule Support HR 3948, the The Debt Collection Harmonization Act which expands consumer protection laws to include debts owed to the US government and ensures that civil damages awarded for abusive practices are adjusted for inflation. Finally, the bill also bars private debt collectors from going after debts related to natural disasters. Oppose the debt collection rule as proposed by the CFPB as it does far more to protect abusive debt collectors than consumers. The proposal opens consumers up to harassment, abuse and violations of their privacy by telephone, email, text and other means; obscures information about consumers rights; and protects debt collectors and collection attorneys who pursue debts after the legal deadline or with false, deceptive or misleading representations. CFPB must strengthen the rule to fulfill the Bureaus obligation to faithfully implement the Fair Debt Collection Practices Acts (FDCPA)

Client expense: $72,500 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Economic Development Administration, Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office

Issues related the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rulemaking Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau complaint database Issues related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Request for Information process Issues related to medical debt S.187 CFPB-IG Act - To require Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. H.R.969 - Bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriation process, and for other purposes H.R.969 - TABS Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to bring the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. S.453 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Accountability Act of 2019 - To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to subject the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes. H.R. 3198 - Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act - To amend the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 to ensure that Federal financial regulators perform a comprehensive review of regulations to identify outdated or otherwise unnecessary regulatory requirements imposed on covered persons, and for other purposes. H.R. 3490 - the Small Business Lending Fairness Act H.R. 3948 - the Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act H.R. 4403 - the Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act

Client expense: $240,000 · Firm income: Not reported