HR 773 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

21st Century Access to Banking Act

Introduced Feb 13, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Ruben Hinojosa D-TX

Latest action · Sep 14, 2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 9/15/2004 H7158)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 13, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

21st Century Access to Banking Act - Amends Federal law regarding customer identification verification by financial institutions to declare that a matricula consular (a water-sealed photo identification card issued by the Government of Mexico to Mexican nationals) issued in the United States by a duly authorized consular officer of the Government of Mexico shall be a valid form of identification of the individual to whom it is issued.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2003 to Mar 5, 2003; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-PR	Anibal Acevedo-Vila	Original	Feb 13, 2003
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez	Original	Feb 13, 2003
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez	Original	Feb 13, 2003
D-AZ	Ed Pastor	Original	Feb 13, 2003
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Feb 13, 2003
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis	Original	Feb 13, 2003
D-CA	Joe Baca	Original	Feb 13, 2003
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Feb 13, 2003
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez	Original	Feb 13, 2003
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez	Original	Feb 13, 2003
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Feb 13, 2003
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Feb 13, 2003
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes	Original	Feb 13, 2003
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz	Original	Feb 13, 2003
D-CA	Xavier Becerra		Feb 26, 2003
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		Mar 5, 2003

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Financial Services Committee	Referred Feb 13, 2003
	Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Subcommittee	Referred Mar 10, 2003

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 14, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 9/15/2004 H7158)
Mar 10, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Feb 13, 2003Introduced in House
Feb 13, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 108-45	SERVING THE UNDERSERVED: INITIATIVES TO BROADEN ACCESS TO THE FINANCIAL MAINSTREAM186 pages	Financial Services Committee	Jun 26, 2003

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
RL32094	Consular Identification Cards: Domestic and Foreign Policy Implications, the Mexican Case, and Related Legislation Archived	Report	May 26, 2005

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend section 5318 of title 31, United States Code, to authorize financial institutions to accept matricula consular issued in the United States as a valid form of identification.
Short Titles as Introduced: 21st Century Access to Banking Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 13, 2003Introduced in House

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