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Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Clarification Act of 2014

Introduced: May 13, 2014 See on congress.gov
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May 13, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
May 13, 2014
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Clarification Act of 2014 - Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exclude from the definition of "debt collector" any law firm or licensed attorney: (1) serving, filing, or conveying formal legal pleadings, discovery requests, or other documents pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure; or (2) communicating in, or at the direction of, a court of law or in depositions or settlement conferences, in connection with a pending legal action to collect a debt on behalf of a client.

Prohibits such amendments from being construed to exempt any law firm or licensed attorney engaged in any activity other than those activities specifically described in the amendments from being subject to any other applicable provision of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.


What's happening now May 13, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1