119 HR 4369 IH: End Tenant Credit Screening Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-07-14 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 4369IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 14, 2025Mr. Frost introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial ServicesA BILLTo amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current tenants for the purposes of making adverse rental housing decisions.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the End Tenant Credit Screening Act.

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Use of credit checks prohibited for tenant screening purposes

Section 604 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681b) is amended by inserting after subsection (g) the following: (h)

Use of certain consumer reports prohibited for tenant screening purposes

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Definitions

For purposes of this section: (A)The term tenant screening purposes when used in connection with a consumer report means a report used for the purpose of evaluating a consumer for rental housing, including whether to approve a consumer’s rental housing application, determining the consumer’s security deposit or other terms of the consumer’s lease, or retention a tenant. (B)The term housing provider means any person that leases a unit of residential real estate to an individual. (2)

General prohibition

Except as provided in paragraph (3), a person, including a prospective or current housing provider, may not use a consumer report or investigative consumer report, or cause a consumer report or investigative consumer report to be procured, with respect to any consumer for tenant screening purposes where any information contained in the report bears on the creditworthiness, credit standing or credit capacity of the consumer. (3)

Consent irrelevant

The prohibition described in paragraph (2) shall apply even if the consumer consents or otherwise authorizes the procurement or use of a consumer report for tenant screening purposes, except for a report provided or caused to be provided to the housing provider for reconsideration of denial. (4)

Reconsideration of denial

The term “reconsideration of denial” means any procedure or process by which a housing provider reconsiders, on an individualized basis, an application for rental housing that the housing provider has previously rejected after bona fide consideration. .