Preventing the EPA from Garnishing Wages Act of 2014

Preventing the EPA from Garnishing Wages Act of 2014 - Eliminates the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to garnish wages for a debt owed under programs it administers.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5356 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5356

  To amend section 3720D of title 31, United States Code, to prohibit 
        wage garnishment by the Environmental Protection Agency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2014

Mr. McAllister introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 3720D of title 31, United States Code, to prohibit 
        wage garnishment by the Environmental Protection Agency.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing the EPA from Garnishing 
Wages Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON WAGE GARNISHMENT BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
              AGENCY.

    Section 3720D of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(i) This section shall not apply to a debt owed pursuant to a 
program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency.''.
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