HR 5817 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act

Introduced May 17, 2012 Originated House Sponsor Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO

Latest action · Dec 13, 2012 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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.

IntroducedMay 17, 2012
Passed HouseDec 12, 2012
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers.

Cosponsors 43

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 17, 2012 to Dec 5, 2012; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	May 17, 2012
R-NJ	Scott Garrett	Original	May 17, 2012
R-MO	Sam Graves		Jun 26, 2012
R-MO	Billy Long		Jun 28, 2012
R-MD	Andy Harris		Jul 24, 2012
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Jul 24, 2012
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Jul 24, 2012
R-PA	Lou Barletta		Jul 24, 2012
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Jul 24, 2012
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jul 24, 2012
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Jul 31, 2012
D-HI	Colleen Hanabusa		Aug 1, 2012
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Aug 2, 2012
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Aug 2, 2012
D-CA	Joe Baca		Aug 2, 2012

Show all 43 cosponsors

Committees 2

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 May 17, 2012
	Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Subcommittee	Referred Jul 11, 2012
Senate	Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee	Referred Dec 13, 2012

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 13, 2012Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Dec 12, 2012Mrs. Capito moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Dec 12, 2012Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6723-6724)
Dec 12, 2012DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5817.
Dec 12, 2012Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6723)
Dec 12, 2012Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 5, 2012ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mrs. Capito asked unanimous consent to withdraw her motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 5817. Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H6656)
Dec 3, 2012Mrs. Capito moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Dec 3, 2012Considered under suspension of the rules.
Dec 3, 2012DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5817.
Dec 3, 2012At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Jul 11, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
May 17, 2012Introduced in House
May 17, 2012Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In the Congressional Record 2

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 H6723, H6724Text printed H6723	Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO, Brad Sherman D-CA, Shelley Moore Capito R-WV	Dec 12, 2012
House	Debate and remarks H6580–H6584Text printed H6580	Blaine Luetkemeyer R-MO, Brad Sherman D-CA, Edward J. Markey D-MA, Joe Barton R-TX, Shelley Moore Capito R-WV	Dec 3, 2012

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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority on which this bill rests is the explicit power of Congress to regulate commerce in and among the states, as enumerated in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the United States Constitution. Additionally, Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 of the Constitution allows for every bill passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate and signed by the President to be codified into law; and therefore implicitly allows Congress to repeal any bill that has been passed by both chambers and signed into law by the President.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H3104.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1600	Communities First Act	Related bill	Sep 22, 2011
HR 1697	Communities First Act	Related bill	Nov 16, 2011

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an exception to the annual privacy notice requirement.
Short Titles as Introduced: Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act
Short Titles as Passed House: Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act

Subjects

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

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Dec 13, 2012Referred in Senate
Dec 12, 2012Engrossed in House
May 17, 2012Introduced in House

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