US Congress House Bill 4550 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 5 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-12-05 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Pending: House Financial Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017 This bill 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 connection with a legal action to collect a debt on behalf of a client in, or at the direction of, a court of law or in the enforcement of a judgment.

Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017

Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]

Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-12-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2017-12-05	House	Introduced in House

HB1849 (Related) 2017-09-07 - Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Prior to Referral.
HB4550 (Related) 2017-12-05 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
HB5082 (Related) 2018-08-07 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 690.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4550/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4550/BILLS-115hr4550ih.pdf