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To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the creation and sale of trigger leads, and for other purposes.

H.R. 5720 · 116th Congress · Jan 30, 2020 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Trigger lead prohibition

Section 604(c) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681b(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(4) Prohibition on trigger leads for residential mortgage loans—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), no consumer reporting agency may furnish a consumer report in connection with a credit transaction that is not initiated by a consumer, if the report is being procured based in whole or in part on the presence of an inquiry made in connection with a residential mortgage loan (as defined under section 103 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1602)).”