HR 5559 · 96th Congress · Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Fair Financial Information Practices Act of 1979
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.(1979-10-12)
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Fair Financial Information Practices Act of 1979 - Title I: To Amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act - Privacy Protection Amendments of 1979 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to revise the definition of consumer report to include those prepared in connection with insurance transactions, governmental benefits, and business transactions. Broadens the exemptions from such definition. Specifies those services or agencies that are not considered to be consumer reporting agencies. Sets forth the agencies and persons to whom a consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report. Raises the amounts involved in transactions which make consumer credit reports exempt from the provision prohibiting the inclusion of specified information in such reports. Requires consumers to be notified prior to the procurement or preparation of an investigative consumer report on such consumer. Requires specified information be given to applicants for insurance concerning such reports. Directs persons who procure or cause to be prepared such reports to make a complete disclosure, at the request of the consumer, of the nature and scope of the investigation requested. Directs credit reporting agencies or…
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Cosponsors (20)
18 Democrats1 Republican1 Independent