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HR 4053 115th Congress House

To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require an independent audit of the cybersecurity practices of certain consumer reporting agencies, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 12, 2017 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Accounting and auditingComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightConsumer creditGovernment studies and investigations
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Oct 12, 2017
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 Latest action October 12, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to commission an independent audit of the cybersecurity practices of consumer reporting agencies.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4053: To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require an independent audit of the cybersecurity practices of certain consumer reporting agencies, and for other purposes.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4053/
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"H.R. 4053: To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require an independent audit of the cybersecurity practices of certain consumer reporting agencies, and for other purposes.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4053/.
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H.R. 4053, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4053/.
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[H.R. 4053: To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require an independent audit of the cybersecurity practices of certain consumer reporting agencies, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4053/)
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