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H.R.3878

H.R.3878: Free Credit Freeze Act

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Introduced Sept. 28, 2017
Latest Major Action Sept. 28, 2017

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Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.)

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27 (All Democrats)

Jim Langevin (D-R.I.)
Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.)
Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)
Donald Beyer (D-Va.)
Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.)
Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.)
Sanford D. Bishop Jr. (D-Ga.)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-N.M.)
Michael E. Capuano (D-Mass.)
G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.)
Grace F. Napolitano (D-Calif.)
Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa)
Mark Takano (D-Calif.)
Gene Green (D-Texas)
Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)
Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)
Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.)
Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)
Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)
Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.)
Adam Smith (D-Wash.)
Ted Deutch (D-Fla.)
Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)
John Garamendi (D-Calif.)
David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

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Introduced in House - Sept. 28, 2017

Bill Summary

Free Credit Freeze Act This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from charging a consumer a fee for placing, temporarily lifting, or fully removing a credit freeze. A consumer reporting agency must place a credit freeze on the consumer's file upon a consumer's request, prohibiting a consumer reporting agency from releasing any credit information without the consumer's permission.

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Date	Description
Sept. 28, 2017	Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Sept. 28, 2017	Introduced in the House by Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.)

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Introduced in the House by Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.)