COVID–19 Eviction Consumer Report Fairness Act

Bill: 117-hr-1594
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2021-03-03
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Consumer credit

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Landlord and tenant
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>COVID-19 Eviction Consumer Report Fairness Act</strong></p> <p> This bill prohibits from inclusion in a consumer credit report information related to an eviction occurring during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) national emergency or occurring in the 120 days after the termination of such emergency. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1594 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2021 Mr. Stanton (for himself, Ms. Scanlon , Mr. Sires , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , Ms. Norton , Ms. McCollum , Mr. Carson , Ms. Moore of Wisconsin , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Bishop of Georgia , Mr. Blumenauer , and Mrs. Hayes ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to exclude certain evictions and information relating to such evictions from consumer reports, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the COVID–19 Eviction Consumer Report Fairness Act . 2. Exclusion of information relating to certain evictions from consumer reports (a) In general Section 605(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1681c(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (9) An eviction, or any information related to an eviction or a proceeding seeking eviction, of a consumer from a rental dwelling that occurred during the period beginning March 13, 2020, and ending 120 days after the date on which the national emergency concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID–19) outbreak declared by the President on March 13, 2020, under the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) terminates. . (b) Applicability This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall apply to any consumer report (as defined in section 603 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1681a )) issued on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.