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Payment Choice Act of 2019

Introduced: January 17, 2020 See on congress.gov
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May 9, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
May 9, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Payment Choice Act of 2019

This bill makes it unlawful for a person selling goods or services at retail to (1) refuse to accept U.S. cash for the goods or services, (2) post signs or notices stating that cash payment is unaccepted, or (3) charge a higher price to a customer who pays by cash.

What's happening now May 9, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4145 Related bill Payment Choice Act of 2020
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 40
All 40 Democratic 24 Republican 9
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 7, 2020
Stewart, Chris
· Oct 13, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Oct 13, 2020
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Sep 15, 2020
 D
Fletcher, Lizzie
Texas · Aug 25, 2020
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Aug 11, 2020
 R
Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Jul 29, 2020
 R
Hudson, Richard
North Carolina · Jul 21, 2020
 D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Jul 16, 2020
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jul 13, 2020
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Jun 24, 2020
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jun 18, 2020
 R
Davidson, Warren
Ohio · May 12, 2020
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · May 12, 2020
Roe, David
· May 12, 2020
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Feb 5, 2020
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Jan 17, 2020
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jan 17, 2020
Butterfield, G. K.
· Jan 17, 2020
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jan 17, 2020
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jan 17, 2020
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jan 17, 2020
ENGEL, ELIOT
· Jan 17, 2020
Fudge, Marcia
· Jan 17, 2020
 D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Jan 17, 2020
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Jan 17, 2020
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Jan 17, 2020
Richmond, Cedric
· Jan 17, 2020
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Jan 17, 2020
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jan 17, 2020
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Jan 14, 2020
 R
Hern, Kevin
Oklahoma · Nov 20, 2019
 R
Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
Tennessee · Nov 13, 2019
 R
Rose, John W.
Tennessee · Oct 28, 2019
 R
Kustoff, David
Tennessee · Oct 23, 2019
Cook, Paul
· Oct 11, 2019
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jul 25, 2019
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jul 25, 2019
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jul 25, 2019
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 22, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2650: Payment Choice Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2650/
MLA
"H.R. 2650: Payment Choice Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2650/.
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H.R. 2650, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2650/.
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[H.R. 2650: Payment Choice Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-2650/)
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