HR 3904 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Overdraft Protection Act of 2009

Latest action · Oct 22, 2009 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.

  1. IntroducedOct 22, 2009
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a depository institution from engaging in unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with overdraft coverage, or in acts designed to evade the provisions of this Act.

Requires each depository institution that provides overdraft coverage for transaction accounts to clearly and conspicuously disclose overdraft coverage fees.

Subjects overdraft coverage fees to the consumer's written, electronic, or other consent.

Requires a depository institution to provide specified consumer disclosures regarding its overdraft protection program, including: (1) periodic statements for any transaction account that has an overdraft coverage program feature; and (2) prompt notification of the account's overdraft status.

Prescribes overdraft coverage fee limits.

Prohibits an overdraft coverage fee if the overdraft results solely from a debit hold amount that exceeds the actual dollar amount of the transaction.

Requires a depository institution to provide consumers who have not consented to participate in an overdraft coverage program transaction accounts with the same terms as those provided to consumers who have consented to participate in such program.

Prohibits a depository institution from charging a non-sufficient fund fee for any transaction at an automated teller machine, or a debit card transaction.

Prohibits a depository institution from reporting negative information regarding consumer use of overdraft coverage to any consumer reporting agency when the overdraft amounts and coverage fees are paid under the terms of an overdraft coverage program.

Cosponsors 64

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 22, 2009 to Mar 12, 2010; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalOct 22, 2009
D-MABarney FrankOriginalOct 22, 2009
D-NCBrad MillerOriginalOct 22, 2009
D-NYDaniel B. MaffeiOriginalOct 22, 2009
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalOct 22, 2009
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalOct 22, 2009
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalOct 22, 2009
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalOct 22, 2009
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalOct 22, 2009
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalOct 22, 2009
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalOct 22, 2009
D-PAPaul E. KanjorskiOriginalOct 22, 2009
D-NHPaul W. HodesOriginalOct 22, 2009
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalOct 22, 2009
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOct 28, 2009
D-MDChris Van HollenOct 28, 2009
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOct 28, 2009
D-CADiane E. WatsonOct 28, 2009
D-NYEdolphus TownsOct 28, 2009
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOct 28, 2009
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOct 28, 2009
D-MIJohn D. DingellOct 28, 2009
D-MAJohn F. TierneyOct 28, 2009
D-OHMarcy KapturOct 28, 2009
D-HINeil AbercrombieOct 28, 2009
D-NJRush HoltOct 28, 2009
D-MAStephen F. LynchOct 28, 2009
D-NYSteve IsraelOct 28, 2009
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOct 28, 2009
D-MAJohn W. OlverOct 29, 2009
D-CALinda T. SánchezOct 29, 2009
D-OHBetty SuttonNov 3, 2009
D-CAJudy ChuNov 3, 2009
D-TXAl GreenNov 5, 2009
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsNov 5, 2009
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonNov 5, 2009
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickNov 5, 2009
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezNov 5, 2009
D-KSDennis MooreNov 5, 2009
D-NJDonald M. PayneNov 5, 2009
D-CADoris O. MatsuiNov 5, 2009
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonNov 5, 2009
D-MOEmanuel CleaverNov 5, 2009
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldNov 5, 2009
D-ILJesse L. Jackson, Jr.Nov 5, 2009
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.Nov 5, 2009
D-CALaura RichardsonNov 5, 2009
D-ILPhil HareNov 5, 2009
D-MISander M. LevinNov 5, 2009
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeNov 5, 2009
D-TXSilvestre ReyesNov 5, 2009
D-TNSteve CohenNov 5, 2009
D-OHTim RyanNov 5, 2009
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonNov 6, 2009
D-VAJames P. MoranNov 16, 2009
D-NYJose E. SerranoNov 16, 2009
D-NYNita M. LoweyNov 16, 2009
D-CASusan A. DavisNov 16, 2009
D-ILBill FosterNov 19, 2009
D-MIMark H. SchauerDec 1, 2009
D-NYJohn J. HallDec 8, 2009
D-CAZoe LofgrenDec 8, 2009
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanMar 11, 2010
D-ILDanny K. DavisMar 12, 2010

Withdrew 2 Ruben Hinojosa D-TX Nov 17, 2009·David Loebsack D-IA Nov 19, 2009

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Oct 22, 2009

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 22, 2009Introduced in House
  2. Oct 22, 2009Referred 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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E2794Kendrick B. Meek D-FLNov 18, 2009

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.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 111-89THE OVERDRAFT PROTECTION ACT OF 2009192 pagesFinancial Services CommitteeOct 30, 2009

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.

ProductTitleKindPublished
RS22874Overdraft/Bounced-Check Protection ArchivedReportDec 17, 2009

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 1799FAIR Overdraft Coverage ActRelated billNov 17, 2009

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices related to the marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Overdraft Protection Act of 2009

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 22, 2009Introduced in House

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