[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2444 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2444

 To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require nationwide consumer 
  reporting agencies, upon request, to use a consumer's current legal 
           name on consumer reports, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2023

 Ms. Pressley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require nationwide consumer 
  reporting agencies, upon request, to use a consumer's current legal 
           name on consumer reports, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Name Accuracy in Credit Reporting 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO USE A CONSUMER'S CURRENT LEGAL NAME ON CONSUMER 
              REPORTS.

    Section 605(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 
1681c(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) With respect to a consumer reporting agency described 
        in section 603(p), any prior name of the consumer about whom 
        the report relates, other than the consumer's current legal 
        name, after receiving a request from the consumer to use only 
        the consumer's current legal name on all consumer reports.''.
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