Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Clarification Act of 2013

Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Clarification Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exclude from the definition of "debt collector" any law firm or licensed attorney: (1) serving, filing, or conveying formal legal pleadings, discovery requests, or other documents pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure; or (2) 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.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2892 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2892

 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

                             July 31, 2013

 Mr. Perlmutter (for himself and Mr. Bachus) 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 Clarification Act of 2013''.

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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