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HR 2382 111th Congress House

Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit unfair practices in electronic payment system networks, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 29, 2009 Introduced by: Welch, Peter Democratic · Vermont See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCompetition and antitrustConsumer affairsConsumer credit
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Contracts and agencyFederal Trade Commission (FTC)Government information and archivesUser charges and fees
This bill died when the 111th Congress ended
It never became law before the 111th Congress (2009–2010) 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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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 8, 2009
Committee Hearings Held.
May 13, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
May 13, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 8, 2009

Committee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2009 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit specified electronic payment system network practices, including the imposition of: (1) additional charges on merchants and consumers for premium payment cards; (2) certain restrictions on merchants, including chargebacks for transactions on point of sale terminals that exceed the allowable amount on such devices; (3) restrictions upon network routing; (4) any requirement to meet a minimum number of transactions in any period; or (5) fees or a related adverse action for failure of the merchant to meet such a minimum transactions requirement.

Requires an electronic payment system network to disclose its contract terms to the merchant, including its complete operating rules, without restricting the merchant's use of such information.

Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe regulations to: (1) ensure that the rules, terms, and conditions to which a merchant or consumer is subject under an agreement with an electronic payment system network are neither unfair nor deceptive to consumers and merchants, nor anticompetitive; (2) prohibit any unfair or deceptive act or practice or anticompetitive act or practice that may result from such rule, term, or condition; and (3) regularly review such rules, terms, and conditions.

Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to collect and disseminate to the public: (1) complete information on fees charged by each electronic payment system network in connection with consumer-initiated transactions; and (2) the rules, terms, and conditions to which a merchant or a consumer is subject under an agreement with an electronic payment system network for transactions using payment cards.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2382: Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2382/
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