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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8667 

To provide that all persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment 

of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, and accommodations of financial institutions. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 23, 2020 

Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for himself and Mrs. BEATTY) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To provide that all persons shall be entitled to the full 

and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, 

privileges, and accommodations of financial institutions. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Access to Finan5 cial Services Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—All persons shall be entitled to the 

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1 tion, as defined in section 803 of the Payment, Clearing, 

2 and Settlement Supervision Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5462), 

3 without discrimination on the ground of race, color, reli4 gion, national origin, and sex (including sexual orientation 

5 and gender identity). 

6 (b) PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever any person has 

8 engaged or there are reasonable grounds to believe 

9 that any person is about to engage in any act or 

10 practice prohibited by subsection (a), a civil action 

11 for preventive relief, including an application for a 

12 permanent or temporary injunction, restraining 

13 order, or other order, may be instituted by the per14 son aggrieved. 

15 (2) COSTS.—In any action commenced pursu16 ant to this section, the court, in its discretion, may 

17 allow the prevailing party, other than the United 

18 States, a reasonable attorney’s fee as part of the 

19 costs, and the United States shall be liable for costs 

20 the same as a private person. 

21 (3) JURISDICTION.—The district courts of the 

22 United States shall have jurisdiction of proceedings 

23 instituted pursuant to this section and shall exercise 

24 the same without regard to whether the aggrieved 


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1 party shall have exhausted any administrative or 

2 other remedies that may be provided by law. 

3 (4) EXCLUSIVE MEANS.—The remedies pro4 vided in this subsection shall be the exclusive means 

5 of enforcing the rights based on this section, but 

6 nothing in this section shall preclude any individual 

7 or any State or local agency from asserting any 

8 right based on any other Federal or State law not 

9 inconsistent with this section, including any statute 

10 or ordinance requiring nondiscrimination in goods, 

11 services, facilities, privileges, and accommodations of 

12 any financial institution, or from pursuing any rem13 edy, civil or criminal, which may be available for the 

14 vindication or enforcement of such right. 

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