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Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2001

Introduced: September 4, 2001 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 4, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sep 4, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9078-9079)
Sep 4, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2001 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prescribe procedural guidelines under which a credit card issuer shall confirm changes of address.

Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prescribe procedural guidelines under which a consumer reporting agency shall: (1) notify the requester of a discrepancy in the address in the consumer file; and (2) include a fraud alert in the file of a requesting consumer.

Confers enforcement jurisdiction upon the Federal Trade Commission.

Mandates truncation of credit card account numbers, so that an entity that accepts credit cards for the transaction of business is prohibited from printing more than the last five digits of the credit card account number or the expiration date upon any receipt provided to the cardholder.

What's happening now September 4, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Sep 4, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1399: Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1399/
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