A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide access to free credit freezes for all consumers.

United States115th CongressS-1810Senate
Updated: Sep 14, 2017

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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Timeline

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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