[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3836 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3836

  To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exempt from the 
  requirements of the Act government agencies, attorneys, and private 
child support enforcement agencies who are engaged in the collection of 
     child support due under a court order, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 1994

  Mr. Santorum (for himself, Mr. Camp, Mr. Grandy, and Mr. Sundquist) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exempt from the 
  requirements of the Act government agencies, attorneys, and private 
child support enforcement agencies who are engaged in the collection of 
     child support due under a court order, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Fair Debt Collection Practices 
Amendments of 1994''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN ENTITIES ENGAGED IN COLLECTION OF CHILD 
              SUPPORT PAYMENTS.

    Section 803(6) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 
1692a(6)) (defining debt collector) is amended--
            (1) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (F) 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(G) any government agency, attorney, or private 
                child support enforcement agency while enforcing or 
                attempting to enforce the collection of child support 
                owed, due, or asserted to be owed or due another to the 
                extent such activity complies with all State child 
                support collection regulations.''.

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