3.0.0 79 2023-01-11T13:28:45Z 2023-01-11T13:28:45Z Senate S 2015-01-07 114 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-07T21:38:26Z 2015-01-07 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2015-01-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N Finance and Financial Sector Border security and unlawful immigration Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Currency Financial services and investments Government studies and investigations Immigration status and procedures Finance and Financial Sector 00 2015-01-07 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-28T20:20:02Z Remittance Status Verification Act of 2015

Amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to require a remittance transfer provider, before initiating a transfer, to request from the sender of a remittance whose recipient is located in a country other than the United States proof of the sender's status under U.S. immigration laws.

Cites admissible documentation attesting to the sender's status, including a state-issued driver's license or federal passport.

Directs a remittance transfer provider to impose, upon any sender unable to provide such proof of status, a fine equal to 7% of the U.S. dollar amount to be transferred.

Requires submission to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of all fines imposed and collected by a remittance transfer provider in order to pay the administrative and enforcement costs of implementing this Act.

Requires the Comptroller General to study the effects of the enactment of this Act.

]]> Remittance Status Verification Act of 2015 Display Title Remittance Status Verification Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to impose a fine with respect to international remittance transfers if the sender is unable to verify legal status in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Remittance Status Verification Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s79is/xml/BILLS-114s79is.xml 2015-01-07 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.