Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Small Business Credit Protection Act”.
Small Business Credit Protection Act
A BILL
To require that consumer reporting agencies provide small business credit protections.
Sec. 2 Consumer reporting agencies
Definitions— In this section:
Consumer reporting agency— The term consumer reporting agency has the meaning given the term in section 603 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a).
Small business concern— The term small business concern has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
Requirements— A consumer reporting agency—
shall disclose to a small business concern within 30 days if their nonpublic business data has been breached; and
may not charge a small business concern for their credit report within 180 days following a breach.
No preemption— Nothing in this Act shall preempt any State law with respect to consumer reporting agencies.