[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3533 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3533

    To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to clarify the 
  relationship between such Act and rules of civil procedure, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 19, 2001

 Mrs. Biggert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to clarify the 
  relationship between such Act and rules of civil procedure, 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 
Technical Amendment Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO REMEDY THE CONFLICT BETWEEN FEDERAL LAW 
              AND JUDICIAL RULES.

    Section 803(2) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 
1692a(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) The term `communication'--
                    ``(A) means the conveying of information regarding 
                a debt directly or indirectly to any person through any 
                medium; and
                    ``(B) does not include actions taken pursuant to 
                the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or, in the case of 
                a proceeding in a State court, the rules of civil 
                procedure applicable in the courts of such State.''.
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