To require the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to verify the accuracy of consumer complaint information before making such information available to the public.

Bill: 114-hr-5491
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2016-06-15
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer affairs

Consumer credit

Financial services and investments

Government information and archives
Latest action: action_date: 2016-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-06-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to verify the accuracy of information in its consumer complaint database before making it available to the public.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5491 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 15, 2016 Mr. Mulvaney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To require the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to verify the accuracy of consumer complaint information before making such information available to the public.

1. Requirement to verify information in the complaint database before it may be released to the general public Section 1013(b)(3)(A) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 ( 12 U.S.C. 5493(b)(3)(A) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Director may not make any information about a consumer complaint in such database available to the public without first verifying the accuracy of all facts alleged in such complaint. .