,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahdi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #c1 #bjag,mr4 
,trott introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend the ,fair ,debt ,collection       
,practices ,act to exclude law firms and
 licensed attorneys who are engaged in  
activities related to legal proceedings 
from the definition of a debt collector1
 to amend the ,consumer ,financial      
,protection ,act of #bjaj to prevent the
 ,bureau of ,consumer ,financial        
,protection from exercising supervisory 
or enforcement authority with respect to
 attorneys when undertaking certain     
actions related to legal proceedings1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,practice of ,law ,technical            
,clarification ,act of #bjag4  #b4      
,exclusion of law firms and lawyers from
 the definition of debt collector when  
engaged in the practice of law ,section 

#hjc7f7 of the ,fair ,debt ,collection  
,practices ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4          
#afib;a7#f77 is amended--  7#a7 by      
redesignating subparagraph 7,f7 as      
subparagraph 7,g72  7#b7 by inserting   
after subparagraph 7,e7 the following3  
7,f7 any law firm or licensed attorney1 
to the extent that such firm or attorney
 is-- 7i7 serving1 filing1 or conveying 
formal legal pleadings1 discovery       
requests1 or other documents pursuant to
 the applicable rules of civil          
procedure2 or  7ii7 communicating in    
connection with a legal action to       
collect a debt on behalf of a client in1
 or at the direction of1 a court of law 
7including in depositions or settlement 
conferences7 or in the enforcement of a 
judgment2 and  4  #c4 ,amendment to     
,bureau authority with respect to       
practice of law ,section                
#ajbg7;e77#b77;,b7 of the ,consumer     
,financial ,protection ,act of #bjaj    
7#ab ,u4,s4,c4 #eeag7;e77#b77;,b77 is   
amended by striking the period at the   

end and inserting 1 unless such         
financial product or service is provided
 by a licensed attorney who is not a    
debt collector as described under       
section #hjc7f77;,f7 of the ,fair ,debt 
,collection ,practices ,act44