15 U.S.C. § 1681x

Current through P.L. 118-107 (published on www.congress.gov on 11/21/2024)

Section 1681x - Corporate and technological circumvention prohibited

The Commission shall prescribe regulations, to become effective not later than 90 days after December 4, 2003, to prevent a consumer reporting agency from circumventing or evading treatment as a consumer reporting agency described in section 1681a(p) of this title for purposes of this subchapter, including-

(1) by means of a corporate reorganization or restructuring, including a merger, acquisition, dissolution, divestiture, or asset sale of a consumer reporting agency; or

(2) by maintaining or merging public record and credit account information in a manner that is substantially equivalent to that described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1681a(p) of this title, in the manner described in section 1681a(p) of this title.

15 U.S.C. § 1681x

Pub. L. 90-321, title VI, §629, as added Pub. L. 108-159, title II, §211(b), Dec. 4, 2003, 117 Stat. 1970.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATESection subject to joint regulations establishing effective dates as prescribed by Federal Reserve Board and Federal Trade Commission, except as otherwise provided, see section 3 of Pub. L. 108-159 set out as an Effective Date of 2003 Amendment note under section 1681 of this title.