3.0.0 1443 2023-01-11T19:54:15Z 2023-01-11T19:54:15Z House H HR 2007-03-09 110 hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-03-09T14:05:05Z 2007-03-09 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2007-03-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000535 Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] LUIS GUTIERREZ D IL V. 4 N J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2007-03-09 True K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2007-03-09 True G000544 Rep. Gonzalez, Charles A. [D-TX-20] CHARLES GONZALEZ D TX A. 20 2007-03-09 True S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2007-03-09 True Commerce Commercial arbitration Consumer protection Contracts Law Restrictive trade practices Commerce 00 2007-03-09 Introduced in House 2007-04-24T21:38:25Z Consumer Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the Consumer Credit Protection Act to treat as an unfair and deceptive trade act or practice under federal or state law any written provision in a consumer transaction or contract which requires binding arbitration to resolve a controversy arising out of or related to the transaction or contract, or the failure to perform any part.

Declares such a provision unenforceable.

Permits a written agreement to determine an existing controversy by binding arbitration if the parties agree after the controversy has arisen.

]]> Consumer Fairness Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To treat arbitration clauses which are unilaterally imposed on consumers as an unfair and deceptive trade practice and prohibit their use in consumer transactions, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Consumer Fairness Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Consumer Fairness Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-03-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr1443ih/xml/BILLS-110hr1443ih.xml 2007-03-09 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.