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S 1006 116th Congress Senate Finance and Financial Sector Consumer credit Interest, dividends, interest rates

Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2019

Introduced: April 3, 2019 Introduced by: Whitehouse, Sheldon Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Apr 3, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Apr 3, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2019

This bill limits the annual percentage rate applicable to any consumer credit transaction (other than a residential mortgage transaction), including any associated fees, to the maximum rate permitted by the laws of the state in which the consumer resides.

What's happening now April 3, 2019

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

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 7, 2019
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Apr 3, 2019
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Apr 3, 2019
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Apr 3, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1006: Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1006/
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"S. 1006: Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1006/.
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S. 1006, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-1006/.
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