Secure Payments Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-7531
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2024-03-05
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action: action_date: 2024-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-03-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Secure Payments Act of 2024</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from implementing the proposed rule published on November 14, 2023, titled <em>Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing</em> until the consideration of a report on the rule’s effects. The proposed rule establishes standards for reasonable debit card interchange fees and prohibits debit card network exclusivity. The report must analyze the impact of the rule on consumers, merchants, and financial institutions.</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,eyJtY2UtY29udmVyc2F0aW9uXzg3NzQ3NzQ5NjIxNzI4MzM0NjczMTc4Ijp7InVpZCI6Im1jZS1jb252ZXJzYXRpb25fODc3NDc3NDk2MjE3MjgzMzQ2NzMxNzgiLCJjb21tZW50cyI6W3sidWlkIjoibWNlLWNvbnZlcnNhdGlvbl84Nzc0Nzc0OTYyMTcyODMzNDY3MzE3OCIsImF1dGhvciI6ImFyZWVkQGxpYi5sb2MuZ292IiwiYXV0aG9yTmFtZSI6ImFyZWVkQGxpYi5sb2MuZ292IiwiY29udGVudCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZlZGVyYWxyZXNlcnZlLmdvdi9wYXltZW50c3lzdGVtcy9yZWdpaS1hYm91dC5odG0iLCJjcmVhdGVkQXQiOiIyMDI0LTEwLTA3VDIwOjU3OjUzLjE3OFoiLCJtb2RpZmllZEF0IjoiMjAyNC0xMC0wN1QyMDo1Nzo1My4xNzhaIn1dfX0=-->

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7531 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2024 Mr. Luetkemeyer (for himself, Mr. Donalds , Mr. Williams of Texas , Mr. Fitzgerald , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Flood , Mr. Nunn of Iowa , Mr. Meuser , and Mr. Posey ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to study the impacts of the Board’s Reg II proposed rule, to complete a quantitative impact analysis of such rule, and to consider the results of such study and analysis before finalizing such rule, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Secure Payments Act of 2024 . 2. Study and quantitative impact analysis related to interchange transaction fee requirements (a) In general The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall conduct the following: (1) A study of— (A) the impacts of the Reg II proposed rule on— (i) consumers, including access to free or low- and no-cost deposit accounts; (ii) merchants’ costs of accepting debit cards; and (iii) financial institutions’ efforts to mitigate fraud; and (B) the cumulative impacts of all proposed rules of Federal agencies issued between January 1, 2023, and the date of enactment of this Act that affect deposit accounts. (2) A quantitative impact analysis of the Reg II proposed rule to study— (A) the potential impact of the rule on consumers, including the affordability of debit products and availability of low or no fee banking products serving low- and moderate-income communities; and (B) the impact of the changes made by the rule on small insured depository institutions. (b) Report The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall issue a report to the Congress containing all findings and determinations made in carrying out the study and the quantitative impact analysis required under subsection (a). (c) Requirement To consider results of report before finalizing Reg II proposed rule The Board of Governors may not finalize the Reg II proposed rule until after the issuance of the report required under subsection (b) and only after— (1) considering the results contained in such report; and (2) taking into account— (A) the effect of the Reg II proposed rule on the capital and earnings of depository institutions; and (B) whether the Board of Governors can determine that interchange fee caps provide net benefits to low- and moderate-income and underserved customers. (d) Reg II proposed rule defined The term Reg II proposed rule means the proposed rule titled Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing (88 Fed. Reg. 78100; published November 14, 2023).