[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5321 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5321

    To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to clarify that 
judgments in actions brought under the Act are enforceable in any court 
                       of competent jurisdiction.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2000

  Mr. Latham introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Banking and Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to clarify that 
judgments in actions brought under the Act are enforceable in any court 
                       of competent jurisdiction.

    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 Act 
Amendments of 2000''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS.

    Section 811 of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 
1692i) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Enforcement of Judgments.--Subsection (a) shall not be 
construed as applying to any proceeding in a court of competent 
jurisdiction, or any other action taken, to enforce a judgment in an 
action brought in accordance with subsection (a).''.
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