Debt Bondage Repair Act

Bill: 117-s-2040
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-06-14
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer credit

Crime victims

Human trafficking

Sex offenses

Smuggling and trafficking
Latest action: action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-06-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Debt Bondage Repair Act </strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits a consumer reporting agency from reporting adverse credit information about a consumer that is the result of severe human trafficking or sex trafficking. A court of competent jurisdiction or a federal or state government entity must determine that the consumer is a victim of trafficking. </p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2040 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 14, 2021 Mr. Cornyn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs A BILL To prohibit consumer reporting agencies from furnishing a consumer report containing any adverse item of information about a consumer if the consumer is a victim of trafficking, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Debt Bondage Repair Act . 2. Adverse information in cases of trafficking (a) In general The Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 605B the following: 605C. Adverse information in cases of trafficking (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Trafficking documentation The term trafficking documentation means— (A) documentation of— (i) a determination by a Federal or State governmental entity that a consumer is a victim of trafficking; or (ii) a determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that a consumer is a victim of trafficking; and (B) documentation that identifies items of adverse information that should not be furnished by a consumer reporting agency because the items resulted from the severe form of trafficking in persons or sex trafficking of which the consumer is a victim. (2) Victim of trafficking The term victim of trafficking means a person who is a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons or sex trafficking, as those terms are defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 ( 22 U.S.C. 7102 ). (b) Adverse information A consumer reporting agency may not furnish a consumer report containing any adverse item of information about a consumer that resulted from a severe form of trafficking in persons or sex trafficking if the consumer has provided trafficking documentation to the consumer reporting agency. (c) Rulemaking (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Director shall promulgate regulations to implement subsection (a). (2) Contents The regulations issued pursuant to paragraph (1) shall establish a method by which consumers shall submit trafficking documentation to consumer reporting agencies. . (b) Table of contents amendment The table of contents of the Fair Credit Reporting Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 605B the following: 605C. Adverse information in cases of trafficking. . (c) Applicability The amendments made by this section shall apply to any trafficking documentation, as defined in section 605C(a) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, as added by subsection (a) of this section, provided on or after the date that is 30 days after the date on which the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection promulgates regulations pursuant to subsection (c) of section 605C.