3.0.0 710 2023-01-11T13:19:41Z 2023-01-11T13:19:41Z Senate S S 2009-03-25 111 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-25T22:26:05Z 2009-03-25 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2009-03-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2009-03-25 True Finance and Financial Sector Consumer affairs Retail and wholesale trades Finance and Financial Sector 00 2009-03-25 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-05T21:27:57Z Fair Gift Card Act of 2009 - Declares it unlawful, with certain exceptions, for any person to impose a dormancy fee, inactivity charge or fee, or a service fee with respect to a gift certificate, store gift card, or general-use prepaid card.

Declares it unlawful, with certain exceptions, for any person to sell or issue a gift certificate, store gift card, or general-use prepaid card that is subject to an expiration date.

Requires any violation of this Act to be treated as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice prescribed under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

]]> Fair Gift Card Act of 2009 Display Title Fair Gift Card Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices relating to gift certificates, store gift cards, and other general-use prepaid cards, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fair Gift Card Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s710is/xml/BILLS-111s710is.xml 2009-03-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.