3.0.0 1982 2023-01-11T13:38:15Z 2023-01-11T13:38:15Z Senate S 2017-10-18 115 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-10-18T19:32:39Z PROTECT Act of 2017 115 4028 HR 2017-10-12 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Related bill CRS 2017-10-18 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-10-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred N Finance and Financial Sector Consumer credit Crime victims Right of privacy Finance and Financial Sector 00 2017-10-18 Introduced in Senate 2017-12-04T18:56:25Z Promoting Responsible Oversight of Transactions and Examinations of Credit Technology Act of 2017 or the PROTECT Act of 2017

This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to allow consumers to request a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze on their reports. The bill includes provisions for fees and exceptions from such fees.

Consumer reporting agencies may not use a consumer's Social Security number in a consumer report or as a method to identify the consumer.

]]> PROTECT Act of 2017 Display Title PROTECT Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced PROTECT Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Promoting Responsible Oversight of Transactions and Examinations of Credit Technology Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to establish a national security freeze standard, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1982is/xml/BILLS-115s1982is.xml 2017-10-18 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.