Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act
Latest action · Nov 21, 2019 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 246.
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.
- IntroducedJul 2, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act
This bill generally prohibits a consumer reporting agency from providing a consumer's credit information for employment purposes, unless otherwise required by law or for a national security investigation.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 10, 2019 to Aug 6, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Jul 10, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Jul 10, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Jul 10, 2019 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Aug 6, 2019 |
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 Jul 2, 2019Markup Jul 11, 2019Reported Nov 21, 2019 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2019Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-305.
- Nov 21, 2019Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 246.
- Jul 11, 2019Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 11, 2019Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 26.
- Jul 2, 2019Introduced in House
- Jul 2, 2019Referred 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 30, 2019H.R. 3614, Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 11, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 111, July 2, 2019, page H5269.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3621 | Comprehensive Credit Reporting Enhancement, Disclosure, Innovation, and Transparency Act of 2020 | Related bill | Jan 30, 2020 |
| HR 3862 | Equal Employment for All Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jul 19, 2019 |
| HR 4144 | Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act | Reintroduced Bill | Jun 24, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to ban the use of credit information for most employment decisions, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Restricting Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 21, 2019Reported in House
- Jul 2, 2019Introduced 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.
