Payment Choice Act of 2021

United States117th CongressHR-4395House of Representatives
Updated: May 17, 2022

Summary

Payment Choice Act of 2021 This bill requires retail businesses to accept cash as a form of payment for sales in amounts less than $2,000, and it prohibits them from charging cash-paying customers a higher price compared to customers not paying with cash. Such businesses are those engaged in the business of selling or offering goods or services at retail to the public that accept in-person payments at a physical location. The bill provides for enforcement through preventative relief and civil penalties.

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Timeline

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S-4497: Payment Choice Act of 2022

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

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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  3. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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  4. Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 17.

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