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To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require consumer reporting agencies to place a security freeze on a consumer report without a fee if the consumer reporting agency is subject to a breach of data security, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-3766| House 
| Updated: 9/13/2017
James A. Himes

James A. Himes

Democratic Representative

Connecticut

Cosponsors (15)
Carolyn B. Maloney (Democratic)Joe Courtney (Democratic)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)David Scott (Democratic)Juan Vargas (Democratic)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Vicente Gonzalez (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Gregory W. Meeks (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Brad Sherman (Democratic)Charlie Crist (Democratic)Ed Perlmutter (Democratic)John K. Delaney (Democratic)

Financial Services Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Credit Information Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require, after a data security breach, a consumer reporting agency to provide a security freeze to a consumer upon request. (A security freeze prohibits the consumer reporting agency from releasing a report without the consumer's express authorization.) The consumer reporting agency must, without a fee: (1) place a freeze on any consumer's report, and (2) provide unlimited security freezes and freeze removals to a consumer affected by the breach.
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Timeline
Sep 13, 2017
Introduced in House
Sep 13, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • September 13, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • September 13, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Finance and Financial Sector

Computer security and identity theftConsumer credit

To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require consumer reporting agencies to place a security freeze on a consumer report without a fee if the consumer reporting agency is subject to a breach of data security, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-3766| House 
| Updated: 9/13/2017
Credit Information Protection Act of 2017 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require, after a data security breach, a consumer reporting agency to provide a security freeze to a consumer upon request. (A security freeze prohibits the consumer reporting agency from releasing a report without the consumer's express authorization.) The consumer reporting agency must, without a fee: (1) place a freeze on any consumer's report, and (2) provide unlimited security freezes and freeze removals to a consumer affected by the breach.
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Timeline
Sep 13, 2017
Introduced in House
Sep 13, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • September 13, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • September 13, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
James A. Himes

James A. Himes

Democratic Representative

Connecticut

Cosponsors (15)
Carolyn B. Maloney (Democratic)Joe Courtney (Democratic)C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic)David Scott (Democratic)Juan Vargas (Democratic)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Vicente Gonzalez (Democratic)Ro Khanna (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Gregory W. Meeks (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Brad Sherman (Democratic)Charlie Crist (Democratic)Ed Perlmutter (Democratic)John K. Delaney (Democratic)

Financial Services Committee

Finance and Financial Sector

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Computer security and identity theftConsumer credit