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H.R. 6870, The Payments System Protection Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $2.10

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6870 would ensure that implementation of proposed regulations under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, does not cause harm to the payments system....

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S. 3153, The Financial Consumer Hotline Act of 2008

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3153 would amend the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to require the Council to establish a single telephone number that consumers with complaints or inquiries could call and be routed to the appropriate Federal banking agency or State bank supervisor....

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H.R. 6078, The GREEN Act of 2008

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6078 would encourage energy efficiency and conservation and development of renewable energy sources for housing, commercial structures, and other buildings, and it would create sustainable communities....

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S. 2957, The Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act of 2008

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2957 would modernize credit union net worth standards, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modify credit union regularity standards and reduce burdens....

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S. 2860, The Fair Value and Independent Appraisal Act

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2860 would diminish predatory lending by enhancing appraisal quality and standards, it would improve appraisal oversight, it would ensure mortgage appraiser independence, and it would provide for enhanced remedies and enforcement....

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H.R. 5767, To prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing, or implementing any regulation under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, and for other purposes

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5767 would prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing, or implementing any regulation under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code....

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S. 2452, The Home Ownership Preservation and Protection Act of 2007

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2452 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide protection to consumers with respect to certain high-cost loans....

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H.R. 4332, The Financial Consumer Hotline Act of 2007

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4332 would amend the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act to require the Council to establish a single telephone number that consumers with complaints or inquiries could call and be routed to the appropriate Federal banking agency or State bank supervisor....

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S. 2411, The Credit Card Safety Star Act of 2007

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2411 would require the establishment of a credit card safety star rating system for the benefit of consumers....

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H.R. 3525, The FACT Act Rulewriting Improvement Act of 2007

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3525 would require rapid implementation of guidelines and regulations regarding the accuracy of consumer information furnished to consumer reporting agencies that were required to be established by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 and have not been implemented, and it would provide that the Federal Trade Commission shall take the lead in implementation of the guidelines and regulations....

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H.R. 3526, To include all banking agencies within the existing regulatory authority under the Federal Trade Commission Act with respect to depository institutions, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $0.05

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3526 would include all banking agencies within the existing regulatory authority under the Federal Trade Commission Act with respect to depository institutions....

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H.R. 3347, The Student Credit Card Protection Act of 2007

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3347 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to prevent credit card issuers from taking unfair advantage of college students and their parents....

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S. 1925, The Student Credit Card Protection Act of 2007

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1925 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to prevent credit card issuers from taking unfair advantage of college students and their parents....

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S. 1831, The Private Student Loan Disclosure Enhancement Act of 2007

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1831 would amend the Truth in Lending Act, and it would improve disclosures for private student loans....

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H.R. 3012, The Fair Mortgage Practices Act of 2007

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3012 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide for the establishment of fair mortgage practices, generally, and for subprime mortgages in particular, and it would provide for a national system for licensing or registering residential mortgage loan originators....

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H.R. 2840, The National Financial Literacy Act of 2007

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2840 would amend the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 to allow the direct support by a financial institution of a qualified community-based financial literacy program provided to consumers and borrowers to be taken into account in assessing the institution's record of meeting the credit needs of its entire community....

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H.R. 2755, The Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2755 would abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, and it would repeal the Federal Reserve Act....

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H.R. 2754, The Sunshine in Monetary Policy Act

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2754 would require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to continue to make available to the public on a weekly basis information on the measure of the M3 monetary aggregate and its components....

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S. 1405, The Communities First Act

Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1405 would enhance the ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings....

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S. 1260, The Data Security Act of 2007

Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1260 would protect information relating to consumers, and it would require notice of security breaches....

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H.R. 2061, The Predatory Mortgage Lending Practices Reduction Act

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2061 would protect home buyers from predatory lending practices....

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S. 1176, The Credit Card Minimum Payment Warning Act of 2007

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1176 would require enhanced disclosure to consumers regarding the consequences of making only minimum required payments in the repayment of credit card debt....

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H.R. 1869, The Communities First Act

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1869 would enhance the ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings....

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S. 1082, The Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $71.78

Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1082 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize and amend the prescription drug user fee provisions....

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H.R. 1767, The Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1767 would amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, and it would provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements....

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