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Fair Credit for American Hostages Act of 2025
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.
- Introduced
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- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
Fair Credit for American Hostages Act of 2025
This bill prohibits a consumer reporting agency from including adverse credit information on a consumer's credit report from an event that occurred during a time when that consumer was held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Feb 20, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Feb 20, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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