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HR 815 109th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Bank accounts Embassies Financial institutions Identification devices Latin America Mexico Passports

Financial Customer Identification Verification Improvement Act

Introduced: February 15, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 21, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Feb 15, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Feb 15, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Financial Customer Identification Verification Improvement Act - Amends Federal law governing monetary transactions to prohibit a financial institution from accepting any form of identification issued by a foreign government, other than a passport, for use in verifying the identity of a person in connection with the opening of an account, including a matricula consular issued in the United States by a duly authorized consular officer of the Government of Mexico.

What's happening now March 21, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 14, 2005
Barrett, J.
· Mar 10, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 815: Financial Customer Identification Verification Improvement Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-815/
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"H.R. 815: Financial Customer Identification Verification Improvement Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-815/.
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H.R. 815, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-815/.
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