[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 100 (Thursday, July 21, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8680-S8681]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. SHELBY:
  S. 1461. A bill to establish procedures for the protection of 
consumers from misuse of, and unauthorized access to, sensitive 
personal information contained in private information files maintained 
by commercial entities engaged in, or affecting, interstate commerce, 
provide for enforcement of those procedures by the Federal Trade 
Commission, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs.

[[Page S8681]]

  Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the Consumer 
Identity Protection and Security Act. This legislation provides 
consumers the ability to place credit freezes on their credit reports.
  My sole intent in introducing this legislation is to address a 
jurisdictional question that has recently arisen with respect to the 
Fair Credit Reporting Act. I want to make sure that the referral 
precedent with respect to legislation that amends the Fair Credit 
Reporting Act, or touches upon the substance covered by that Act, is 
entirely clear. I believe the Parliamentarian's decision to refer this 
bill to the Senate Banking Committee establishes that there is no 
question in this regard and that this subject matter is definitively 
and singularly in the jurisdiction of the Senate Banking Committee.
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