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S. 738 111th Congress Senate

Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all co… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 31, 2009 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Administrative law and regulatory proceduresBusiness recordsCivil actions and liabilityConsumer affairs
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Mar 30, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Mar 30, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 30, 2009

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act of 2009 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prescribe consumer protection guidelines for rental-purchase transactions, including: (1) the determination of rental-purchase cost; (2) disclosure requirements; (3) prohibitions against confessions of judgment, wage assignments, and waiver of consumer claims or defenses; (4) furnishing of statements of account; (5) point-of-rental disclosures; and (6) rental-purchase advertising disclosures.

Declares that an action for civil liability may be brought against a merchant's assignee only if the violation is apparent on the face of a rental-purchase agreement to which it relates, including, but not limited to, a disclosure that can be determined to be incomplete or inaccurate from the face of the agreement.

Authorizes the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to promulgate implementing regulations.

Grants enforcement powers to the Federal Trade Commission and to state attorneys general.

Subjects to criminal penalties any willful and knowing violation of the information disclosure requirements of this Act.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1744 Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 2
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Feb 25, 2010
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Thune, John
South Dakota · May 14, 2009
Vitter, David
· May 1, 2009
Burr, Richard
· Apr 24, 2009
Isakson, Johnny
· Mar 31, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 738: Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-738/
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