&gt; Who should I be going to in order to have legislation drafted, sponsored, and co-sponsored in the US to prohibit the pursuit of debt that is time-barred (and enforce penalties for attempting to do so)?<p>Your members of Congress (in both Houses) would probably be the most natural place, but note that the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act goes pretty far in this regard already, in that collection contact activity must stop once the consumer notifies the collector that they refuse to pay the debt [0], and if the statute of limitations has expired, the collector has no further remedies available at that point. Further, the FDCPA prohibits mischaracterizing &quot;the character, amount, <i>or legal status</i> of any debt&quot; and a variety of other false representations or implications; I can&#x27;t imagine that collection of a legally-unenforceable debt is generally attempted without prohibited false representations and&#x2F;or implications as to consequences of non-payment. [1]<p>[0] FDCPA Sec. 805(c), 15 USC Sec. 1692c(c), <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ftc.gov&#x2F;system&#x2F;files&#x2F;documents&#x2F;plain-language&#x2F;fair-debt-collection-practices-act.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ftc.gov&#x2F;system&#x2F;files&#x2F;documents&#x2F;plain-language&#x2F;fa...</a><p>[1] FDCPA Sec. 807, 15 USC Sec. 1692e, generally. Same link as above.