[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6706 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6706

 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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 27, 2012

  Mr. Jones 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 preclude law firms 
  and licensed attorneys from the definition of a debt collector when 
                        taking certain actions.

    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 Correction Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. LEGAL PROCEEDING EXCEPTION.

    Section 803(6) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (12 U.S.C. 
1692a(6)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:
                    ``(F) any law firm or licensed attorney--
                            ``(i) serving, filing, or conveying formal 
                        legal pleadings, discovery requests, or other 
                        documents pursuant to the applicable rules of 
                        civil procedure; or
                            ``(ii) 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; and''.
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