H.R. 9828 119th Congress House

Federal Employee Financial Protection Act of 2026

Official title: To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit certain adverse information related to late or missed payments during a Government shutdown by a furloughed … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit certain adverse information related to late or missed payments during a Government shutdown by a furloughed or unpaid Government employee from being included in consumer reports, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 22, 2026 Introduced by: Mark Alford Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov

Finance and Financial Sector

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Jul 22, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Jul 22, 2026

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Financial Services Committee
House of Representatives

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NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
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Bodies those filers lobbied

Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
1 filing
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
1 filing
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
1 filing
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
1 filing
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
1 filing
Energy, Dept of
1 filing
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
1 filing
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
1 filing

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9828: Federal Employee Financial Protection Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9828/

MLA

"H.R. 9828: Federal Employee Financial Protection Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9828/.

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H.R. 9828, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9828/.

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