HR 4332
106th Congress
House
Finance and Financial Sector
Administrative procedure
Automated teller machines
Bank accounts
Bank examination
Bank fraud
Bank records
Brokers
Checking accounts
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Commercial arbitration
Community development banking
Computers and government
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Financial Consumers' Bill of Rights Act
Introduced: April 13, 2000
Introduced by:
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Democratic
· Illinois
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4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 25, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials.
Apr 13, 2000
Referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 13, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Apr 13, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Financial Consumers' Bill of Rights Act - Amends various Acts to: (1) limit or prohibit certain open-end consumer credit plan (credit card) late fees, fees regarding checks for which there are insufficient funds (bounced checks) (also prohibits certain chargebacks), and electronic terminal (ATM) fees; (2) require a Federal financial supervisory agency's examination of a financial institution to assess the lifeline banking needs of the institution's community; (3) modify requirements regarding termination of a mandated annual report to Congress on bank fees and services; (4) require treating a consumer contract binding arbitration requirement as an unfair and deceptive trade act or practice under Federal or State law; (5) regulate the security, confidentiality, integrity, disclosure, and use of nonpublic personal information held or disclosed by a financial institution; (6) prohibit obtaining financial institution customer information by false pretenses; (7) provide for toll-free telephone numbers (and, for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a World Wide Web address) where a consumer can contact a creditor, a consumer reporting agency, or the FTC about potential fraud involving the consumer; and (8) require insured depository institutions to allow each depositor, without charge, at least three transactions directly with the institution's employees each month. Establishes the Federal Commission on Alternative Identifying Numbers to develop a model alternative to the use of Social Security numbers as identifying numbers in public documents, records, and licenses.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials.