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Protect Federal Workers' Credit Act

Introduced: February 14, 2019 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) 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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Feb 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Feb 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Protect Federal Workers' Credit Act

This bill generally restricts the inclusion of certain negative credit information on credit reports upon notification that an individual was affected by a federal government shutdown. Specifically, the bill prohibits (1) an individual from reporting such negative credit information to a consumer reporting agency and (2) the inclusion of such negative credit information on a credit report. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must maintain a database of affected federal employees and contractors and make the database accessible to consumer reporting agencies. Subsequently, consumer reporting agencies must delete all negative credit information from the relevant time period regarding affected federal employees and contractors. Consumer reporting agencies must also make additional free credit reports available to an affected individual upon request.

What's happening now February 14, 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 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Kennedy, John
Louisiana · Feb 14, 2019
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Feb 14, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 535: Protect Federal Workers' Credit Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-535/
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"S. 535: Protect Federal Workers' Credit Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-535/.
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