US Congress House Bill 4028 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on October 12 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-10-12 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Pending: House Financial Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

PROTECT Act of 2017 Promoting Responsible Oversight of Transactions and Examinations of Credit Technology Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to require supervision and examination of large consumer reporting agencies regarding cybersecurity measures. The bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to allow consumers to request a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on their reports. The bill includes provisions for fees and exceptions from such fees. Consumer reporting agencies may not use a consumer's Social Security number in a consumer report or as a method to identify the consumer.

PROTECT Act of 2017 Promoting Responsible Oversight of Transactions and Examinations of Credit Technology Act of 2017

Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]

Rep. John Faso [R-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-10-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2017-10-12	House	Introduced in House

SB1982 (Related) 2017-10-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4028/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4028/BILLS-115hr4028ih.pdf