Fair Access to Banking Act
Official title: To amend certain banking laws to prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount wi… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend certain banking laws to prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount window lending programs, and for other purposes.
| Date | Chamber | What was voted on | Result | Yes–No | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1990 | Senate · vote #116 | On Passage of the Bill H.R. 987 | Passed | 99–0 | See who voted → |
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Fair Access to Banking Act
This bill places restrictions on certain banks, credit unions, and payment card networks if they refuse to do business with a person who complies with the law. Restrictions include prohibiting the use of electronic funds transfer systems and lending programs, termination of an institution's depository insurance, and specified civil penalties.
Banks and other specified financial institutions are allowed to deny financial services to a person only if the denial is justified by a documented failure of that person to meet quantitative, impartial, risk-based standards established in advance by the institution. This justification may not be based upon reputational risks to the institution.
The bill establishes the right for a person to bring a civil action for a violation of this bill.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
- CITIGROUP WASHINGTON, INC.
- CITIGROUP WASHINGTON, INC.
- GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION
- ACA INTERNATIONAL
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION
- DIGITAL CURRENCY GROUP
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- White House Office
- Treasury, Dept of
- Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
- Interior, Dept of (DOI)
- Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives
- Natl Economic Council (NEC)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 987: Fair Access to Banking Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-987/
"H.R. 987: Fair Access to Banking Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-987/.
H.R. 987, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-987/.
[H.R. 987: Fair Access to Banking Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-987/)