15 USC 1692 CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS PG1

15 U.S. Code § 1692. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose U.S. Code Notes (a) ABUSIVE PRACTICES There is abundant evidence of the use of abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection practices by many debt collectors. Abusive debt collection... More

15 U.S. Code § 1692. Congressional findings and declaration of purpose U.S. Code Notes (a) ABUSIVE PRACTICES There is abundant evidence of the use of abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection practices by many debt collectors. Abusive debt collection practices contribute to the number of personal bankruptcies, to marital instability, to the loss of jobs, and to invasions of individual privacy. (b) INADEQUACY OF LAWS Existing laws and procedures for redressing these injuries are inadequate to protect consumers. (c) AVAILABLE NON-ABUSIVE COLLECTION METHODS Means other than misrepresentation or other abusive debt collection practices are available for the effective collection of debts. (d) INTERSTATE COMMERCE Abusive debt collection practices are carried on to a substantial extent in interstate commerce and through means and instrumentalities of such commerce. Even where abusive debt collection practices are purely intrastate in character, they nevertheless directly affect interstate Less