Expressing support for designation of March 3, 2019, as National Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Day.
- Last Action
- 2/28/2019
Actions
- 2019-01-03Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- 2019-01-03Introduced in House
- 2019-01-03Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-01-03 (00)
Fair Lending for All Act
This bill modifies provisions related to prohibited credit discrimination.
The bill adds sexual orientation, gender identity, and an applicant's location based on zip code or census tract as classes protected against discrimination with respect to credit transactions. (Currently, discrimination is prohibited on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or because an applicant receives public assistance.)
The bill establishes criminal penalties for violations of prohibited credit discrimination.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is required to review loan applications for compliance with specified consumer laws and to establish an Office of Fair Lending Testing.
Cosponsors (3)
- BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
Subjects
- Age discrimination
- Banking and financial institutions regulation
- Business ethics
- Census and government statistics
- Civil actions and liability
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Consumer affairs
- Consumer credit
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
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