Fair Credit for American Hostages Act
Latest action · Dec 17, 2024 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedDec 16, 2024
- Passed SenateDec 16, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fair Credit for American Hostages Act
This bill prohibits a consumer reporting agency from including adverse credit information on a consumer's credit report if it occurred during a time when that consumer was held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 16, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Dec 16, 2024 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 17, 2024Received in the House.
- Dec 17, 2024Held at the desk.
- Dec 16, 2024Introduced in Senate
- Dec 16, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7057; text: CR S7057)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7057Text printed S7057 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Dec 16, 2024 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 656 | Fair Credit for American Hostages Act of 2025 | Cross-Congress related bill | Feb 20, 2025 |
| HR 9830 | Fair Credit for American Hostages Act | Related bill | Sep 25, 2024 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit consumer reporting agencies from furnishing consumer reports containing adverse items of information about a consumer that resulted from that consumer being unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad or held hostage abroad.
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Fair Credit for American Hostages Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2024Considered and Passed Senate
- Dec 16, 2024Engrossed in Senate
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.
