3.0.0 2328 2023-01-11T13:26:21Z 2023-01-11T13:26:21Z Senate S S 2014-05-13 113 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-05-13T20:45:03Z Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Clarification Act of 2013 113 2892 HR 2013-07-31 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Related bill CRS 2014-05-13 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2014-05-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. N W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. 2014-05-13 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2014-06-10 False Finance and Financial Sector Civil actions and liability Consumer credit Debt collection Financial services and investments Judicial procedure and administration Lawyers and legal services Finance and Financial Sector 00 2014-05-13 Introduced in Senate 2014-05-27T20:40:59Z 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.


]]> Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Clarification Act of 2014 Display Title Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Clarification Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to preclude law firms and licensed attorneys from the definition of a debt collector when taking certain actions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Clarification Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2328is/xml/BILLS-113s2328is.xml 2014-05-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.