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<title>Fair Debt Collections Practices Clarification Act of 2018</title>
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<action-date>2018-04-12</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Fair Debt Collections Practices Clarification Act of 2018 </b></p> <p>This bill amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to provide that, in an action brought under that&nbsp;Act, costs may be awarded to a defendant only if the action was brought in bad faith. </p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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