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This bill prevents federal agencies and opposing parties from regulating or suing attorneys for their litigation activities, reserving that authority exclusively to state and federal courts. The legislation adds a new section to federal law establishing that federal agencies have no regulatory or enforcement power over lawyers engaged in court cases and that private citizens cannot sue opposing attorneys in federal court for alleged misconduct during litigation. The bill also amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Consumer Financial Protection Act to explicitly exempt attorneys engaged in litigation activities from those laws' regulatory reach. The bill responds to concerns that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other federal agencies have increasingly regulated attorney conduct in debt collection cases, creating conflicting rules and making it harder for attorneys to represent clients effectively. Congress finds that state courts and disciplinary bars have sufficient tools—including sanctions, license suspension, and disbarment—to oversee attorney conduct and believes this traditional system should be preserved.

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