2022 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 (2022) |
| §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.) |
| STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
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, Supplement 4, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
| Bills and Statutes |
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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 |
| 2022 |
| January 5, 2023 |
| No |
| standard |
| 117 Stat. 1970 |
| Public Law 90-321, Public Law 108-159 |
