To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On March 2, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) introduced a bill, the Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act (H.R. 1491), proposing to amend two sections of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA or the Act) - namely Section 805 of the FDCPA (15 U.S.C. § 1692c) and Section 808 of the FDCPA (15 U.S.C. § 1692f) - to afford additional protection to servicemembers from certain debt collecting practices. Proposed Amendment to 1692c: Communication Involving Debt Collection The proposed amendment would add a Subsection (e) at the end of