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H.R. 8874 117th Congress House

Credit Card Competition Act of 2022

Official title: To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve system to prescribe regulations relating to network competit… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve system to prescribe regulations relating to network competition in credit card transactions, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 19, 2022 Introduced by: Peter Welch Democratic · Vermont See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Sep 19, 2022
Introduced in House
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Credit Card Competition Act of 2022

This bill addresses network access and competition in electronic credit transactions.

The bill generally prohibits credit card issuers from restricting the number of payment card networks on which an electronic credit transaction may be processed. Specifically, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System must prohibit certain credit card issuers with assets of over $100 billion from restricting the number of networks on which credit card transactions may be processed to

  • one network,
  • two or more networks operated by affiliated networks or persons, or
  • the two networks with the largest market share of credit cards issued.

Additionally, credit card issuers are prohibited from imposing certain limitations on the routing of electronic credit transactions, such as through penalties for failure to meet a specified threshold of transactions on a particular payment card network.

The board must also provide for the designation of payment card networks that pose a security risk to the United States or are owned, operated, or sponsored by a foreign state entity.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4674 Identical bill Credit Card Competition Act of 2022
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Gooden, Lance
Texas · Sep 19, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8874: Credit Card Competition Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8874/
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"H.R. 8874: Credit Card Competition Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8874/.
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H.R. 8874, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8874/.
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