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Credit and Debit Card Receipt Clarification Act of 2008

Introduced: May 6, 2008 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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May 6, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
May 6, 2008
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Credit and Debit Card Receipt Clarification Act of 2008 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to declare that any person who printed an expiration date on any receipt provided to a consumer cardholder at a point of sale (POS) or transaction between December 4, 2004, and the enactment of this Act, but otherwise complied with FCRA requirements for such receipt, shall not be in willful noncompliance by reason of printing such expiration date on it.

What's happening now May 6, 2008

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4008 Related bill Credit and Debit Card Receipt Clarification Act of 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2978: Credit and Debit Card Receipt Clarification Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2978/
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"S. 2978: Credit and Debit Card Receipt Clarification Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2978/.
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S. 2978, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-2978/.
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