Consumer Data Security and Notification Act of 2005
Latest action · Jun 30, 2005 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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.
- IntroducedJun 30, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Consumer Data Security and Notification Act of 2005 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to cover communication of personally identifiable information by certain unregulated information brokers who, for compensation, regularly assemble or evaluate personally identifiable information for the purpose of furnishing reports to third parties (thereby bringing them within the scope of FCRA coverage).
Imposes an affirmative, continuing obligation upon each consumer reporting agency to respect the privacy of consumers and to protect the security and confidentiality of their nonpublic personal information.
Instructs the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate safeguards for the protection of nonpublic consumer information.
Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to direct federal oversight agencies to include certain data security notification requirements within the regulations governing financial institutions.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 30, 2005 to Nov 17, 2005; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | Jun 30, 2005 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jul 29, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Nov 17, 2005 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Nov 17, 2005 |
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 Jun 30, 2005 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2005Introduced in House
- Jun 30, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1185 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL, Melissa L. Bean D-IL | Mar 28, 2006 |
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. 109-61 | H.R. 3997, FINANCIAL DATA PROTECTION ACT OF 2005187 pages | Financial Services Committee | Nov 9, 2005 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To expand the protections for sensitive personal information in Federal law to cover the information collection and sharing practices of unregulated information brokers, to enhance information security requirements for consumer reporting agencies and information brokers, and to require consumer reporting agencies, financial institutions, and other entities to notify consumers of data security breaches involving sensitive consumer information, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Consumer Data Security and Notification Act of 2005
- Popular Titles
- Identity Theft bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
- Administrative procedure
- Bank accounts
- Bank records
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Computer security measures
- Confidential communications
- Consumer credit
- Consumer education
- Consumer protection
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal investigation
- Criminal justice information
- Data banks
- Department of the Treasury
- Driver licenses
- Electronic data interchange
- Encryption
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Federal Reserve System
- Federal Trade Commission
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Financial institutions
- Financial statements
- Fraud
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Identification devices
- Identity theft
- Independent regulatory commissions
- Information services
- Law
- National Credit Union Administration
- Right of privacy
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Security measures
- Social security numbers
- Social Welfare
- Standards
- Telephone
- Transportation and Public Works
- Victims of crimes
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 30, 2005Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.