2018 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 41 - Consumer Credit Protection
Subchapter III - Credit Reporting Agencies
Sec. 1681x - Corporate and technological circumvention prohibited
| 15 U.S.C. § 1681x (2018) |
| §1681x. Corporate and technological circumvention prohibited |
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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. |
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(Pub. L. 90–321, title VI, §629, as added Pub. L. 108–159, title II, §211(b), Dec. 4, 2003, 117 Stat. 1970.) |
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EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 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. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
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| Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 41 - CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION SUBCHAPTER III - CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES Sec. 1681x - Corporate and technological circumvention prohibited |
| section 1681x |
| 2018 |
| January 14, 2019 |
| No |
| standard |
| 117 Stat. 1970 |
| Public Law 90-321, Public Law 108-159 |
