# Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996
> **US Federal Trade Commission** · Final rule. · Published 1996-10-21 · Effective 1996-11-20 · 61 FR 54548
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-26495
- **Category:** final-rule
- **Agency:** US Federal Trade Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 54548
- **CFR reference:** 16 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 1996-10-21
- **Effective date:** 1996-11-20
## Abstract

This rule implements the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 by making inflation adjustments in the dollar amounts prescribed for each type of violation established by the statutory civil penalty provisions within the FTC's jurisdiction.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/10/21/96-26495/debt-collection-improvement-act-of-1996)
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