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Protecting Consumer Access to Credit Act

USA117th CongressHR-1645| House 
| Updated: 3/8/2021
Patrick T. McHenry

Patrick T. McHenry

Republican Representative

North Carolina

Financial Services Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Protecting Consumer Access to Credit Act This bill revises requirements related to credit reporting agencies and the reporting of adverse credit information. Credit reporting agencies are prohibited from using social security numbers in credit reports and as a method of verifying a consumer's identity. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must supervise and examine the cybersecurity of certain credit reporting agencies. The bill prohibits a credit reporting agency from reporting paid, medically-necessary debt if the debt was paid over a year prior. A credit reporting agency is also prohibited from reporting certain adverse credit information related to financial abuse, unfair or fraudulent mortgage lending, or fraudulent private student lending. The bill extends the time credit reporting agencies have to place a credit security freeze when receiving such a request by phone or through electronic means from one to three business days. It also extends the time agencies have to remove a freeze from one hour to three days.
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Timeline
Mar 8, 2021
Introduced in House
Mar 8, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • March 8, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • March 8, 2021
    Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Finance and Financial Sector

Banking and financial institutions regulationBusiness recordsComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightConsumer affairsConsumer creditConsumer Financial Protection BureauCrime victimsDebt collectionFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHigher educationHousing finance and home ownershipSocial security and elderly assistanceStudent aid and college costs

Protecting Consumer Access to Credit Act

USA117th CongressHR-1645| House 
| Updated: 3/8/2021
Protecting Consumer Access to Credit Act This bill revises requirements related to credit reporting agencies and the reporting of adverse credit information. Credit reporting agencies are prohibited from using social security numbers in credit reports and as a method of verifying a consumer's identity. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must supervise and examine the cybersecurity of certain credit reporting agencies. The bill prohibits a credit reporting agency from reporting paid, medically-necessary debt if the debt was paid over a year prior. A credit reporting agency is also prohibited from reporting certain adverse credit information related to financial abuse, unfair or fraudulent mortgage lending, or fraudulent private student lending. The bill extends the time credit reporting agencies have to place a credit security freeze when receiving such a request by phone or through electronic means from one to three business days. It also extends the time agencies have to remove a freeze from one hour to three days.
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Timeline
Mar 8, 2021
Introduced in House
Mar 8, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  • March 8, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • March 8, 2021
    Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Patrick T. McHenry

Patrick T. McHenry

Republican Representative

North Carolina

Financial Services Committee

Finance and Financial Sector

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Banking and financial institutions regulationBusiness recordsComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightConsumer affairsConsumer creditConsumer Financial Protection BureauCrime victimsDebt collectionFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth care costs and insuranceHigher educationHousing finance and home ownershipSocial security and elderly assistanceStudent aid and college costs