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<dc:title>117 HR 2458 IH: Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2021-04-13</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">117th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 2458</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20210413">April 13, 2021</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="A000148">Mr. Auchincloss</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HBA00">Committee on Financial Services</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to clarify that the definition of a debt collector includes, in all cases, a person in a business the principal purpose of which is the enforcement of security interests.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H8CAC1DE0C42449D8B293DA95A5FAADB6" style="OLC"><section id="HFAE8B333C8A74F4FB2591896AB0D1610" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="HFAD28F3B974D4EAD87D8402FF6E5E702"><enum>2.</enum><header>Enforcement of security interests</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"> Section 803(6) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1692a">15 U.S.C. 1692a(6)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>For the purpose of section 808(6), such term also includes any person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the enforcement of security interests.</quote>. </text></section></legis-body></bill> 

