HR 886 · in committee · significant
Beat Bad Bureaucrats Act
- government reform
What this bill does
- The SBA cannot garnish Social Security payments from identity theft victims for fraudulent COVID-19 disaster loans.
- People whose names were used without permission to obtain PPP or disaster loans between 2020-2021 are affected.
- The SBA must provide clear instructions for reporting identity theft before attempting any wage garnishment.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How should the SBA balance recovering fraudulently obtained pandemic loan funds while protecting identity theft victims from debt collection?
- 02
What evidence exists about the scale of identity theft in COVID-19 disaster and PPP loans, and how does it compare to other fraud types?
- 03
Should identity theft victims bear any responsibility for loans taken in their names, or should the financial burden fall entirely on the government?
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Sponsor · R-OH-6
Michael A. Rulli
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Introduced 2025-01-31
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-31 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-31 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-01-31 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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