3.0.0 2714 2017-12-14T23:58:34Z 2017-12-14T23:58:34Z Senate S S 2008-03-05 110 A bill to close the loophole that allowed the 9/11 hijackers to obtain credit cards from United States banks that financed their terrorists activities, to ensure that illegal immigrants cannot obtain credit cards to evade United States immigration laws, and for other purposes. 110 2393 S 2007-11-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2008-03-06 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599. Calendars 2008-03-05 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2008-03-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2008-03-11 False D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2008-03-11 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2008-03-11 False C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2008-03-11 False D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2008-03-11 False Finance and Financial Sector Aliens Bank accounts Identification devices Immigration Passports Social Welfare Social security numbers Finance and Financial Sector 00 2008-03-05 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-08T19:00:19Z Authorizes a financial institution, when verifying the identity of a non-U.S. citizen or national who is seeking to open a bank account, to accept only: (1) a Social Security number; (2) a passport number and the country of issuance; (3) an alien identification card number; or (4) any combination of such items.

Prohibits a financial institution, for such verification purposes, from accepting identification documents issued by a foreign government, other than an unexpired passport.

]]> A bill to close the loophole that allowed the 9/11 hijackers to obtain credit cards from United States banks that financed their terrorists activities, to ensure that illegal immigrants cannot obtain credit cards to evade United States immigration laws, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to close the loophole that allowed the 9/11 hijackers to obtain credit cards from United States banks that financed their terrorists activities, to ensure that illegal immigrants cannot obtain credit cards to evade United States immigration laws, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to close the loophole that allowed the 9/11 hijackers to obtain credit cards from United States banks that financed their terrorists activities, to ensure that illegal immigrants cannot obtain credit cards to evade United States immigration laws, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2008-03-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2714pcs/xml/BILLS-110s2714pcs.xml 2008-03-06 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599. 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.