[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2175 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2175

 To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit issuers of credit cards 
 from limiting the ability of governmental agencies to charge fees for 
                         honoring credit cards.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 1993

 Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, and Mr. Boucher) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit issuers of credit cards 
 from limiting the ability of governmental agencies to charge fees for 
                         honoring credit cards.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON LIMITING ABILITY OF GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES TO 
              CHARGE FEES FOR HONORING CREDIT CARDS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Chapter 2 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 
1631 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 138. Prohibition on limiting ability of governmental agencies to 
              charge fees for honoring credit cards
    ``A card issuer shall not prohibit or otherwise limit the ability 
of Federal, State, or local governmental agencies to assess and collect 
from the user of a credit card issued by the card issuer a fee for 
honoring the credit card.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
that chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:

``138. Prohibition on limiting ability of governmental agencies to 
                            charge fees for honoring credit cards.''.

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