Legislation & Regulation

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Model State Law Archive

2022-03-07T14:42:05-05:00March 7, 2022|Categories: Legislation & Regulation, Legislation & Regulation|

Click here to return to current Model State Law page Car Sales and Financing Transparent and Consistent Pricing of Motor Vehicle Add-Ons Act, December 2018 Safer Cars at the Point of Sale Act, December 2018 Making Repossessions Safer and Fairer: Model Consumer Amendments to Uniform Commercial Code Article 9, June 2016 Debt Collection and Settlement [...]

116th Congress (2019-20) – Archive

2021-01-19T13:27:50-05:00January 5, 2021|Categories: Legislation & Regulation|

Access to Justice S. 3913 (Cortez-Masto)/H.R. 7171 (Horsford) End Double Taxation of Successful Consumer Claims Act. Senate Support Letter. House Support Letter. S. 2627 (Cortez-Masto) End Double Taxation of Successful Civil Claims Act.  Support. S. 610 (Sen. Blumenthal)/H.R. 1423 (Rep. Johnson), Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act. Consumer support letter on House and Senate bills. S. [...]

NCLC 2021 Federal Priorities

2021-10-05T13:06:33-05:00December 8, 2020|Categories: Legislation & Regulation|

2021 Consumer Protection Federal Priorities NCLC Welcomes CFPB Director Chopra and Describes Priorities 2021 Consumer Protection Priorities for a Covid Stimulus Package Banking 2021 Banking Agency Predatory Lending and Safe Banking Priorities Credit Reporting 2021 Credit & Consumer Reporting Priorities to Promote Economic Recovery Criminal Justice Criminal Justice Debt: 2021 Federal Legislative Priorities Debt Collection [...]

115th Congress (2017-18) – Archive

2019-02-27T12:18:17-05:00February 26, 2019|Categories: Legislation & Regulation|

Access to Justice Group letter strongly opposing H.R. 3487 (diversity jurisdiction); H.R. 6730 (nationwide injunctions); H.R. 6754 (Ninth Circuit re-structuring); and H.R. 6755 (miscellaneous federal court changes), Sept. 12, 2018. Opposition Letter. H.R. 4738, Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act., Jan. 16, 2018. Opposition letter. Coalition letter to Senate Judiciary Committe​e​ ​opposing weakening​​ ​the legal rights of individuals [...]

111th Congress (2009-2010) – Archive

2019-02-27T12:10:49-05:00February 26, 2019|Categories: Legislation & Regulation|

Arbitration Letter supporting H.R. 1020, Arbitration Fairness Act, July 26, 2010 Bank Accounts Comments on the Treasury Department’s proposal to mandate all electronic deposits by 2013, August 16, 2010 Letter in Support of Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act (Miller), July 27, 2010 Bankruptcy Letter supporting Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act, [...]

112th Congress (2011-2012) – Archive

2019-02-27T12:15:26-05:00February 26, 2019|Categories: Legislation & Regulation|

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau S. 3468 (Portman), Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act – oppose, Sept. 7, 2012 Letter opposing H.R. 1121 (Bachus) and H.R. 1315 (Duffy), which weakens CFPB, May 3, 2011 Credit Reporting Letters expressing concern about the harm to consumers and the preemptive effects of HR 6363 (Renacci), The Credit Access and Inclusion [...]

113th Congress (2013-2014) – Archive

2019-02-27T12:16:29-05:00February 26, 2019|Categories: Legislation & Regulation|

Bank Accounts H.R.3137 (Schakowsky) & S. 1534 (Harkin), Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act (Support) Consumer Financial Protection Bureau S. 2732 (Toomey),Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2014. Consumer coalition letter in opposition. H.R. 3193 (Duffy), Consumer Financial Protection and Soundness Improvement Act of 2013, a package of bills designed [...]

114th Congress (2015-16) – Archive

2019-02-27T12:17:37-05:00February 26, 2019|Categories: Legislation & Regulation|

Anti-Consumer Legislation Summary of anti-consumer legislation anticipated in the 114th Congress. Anti-Regulation Legislation H.R. 185 (Goodlatte), Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA). Consumer opposition letter. H.R. 427 (Young), Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015 (REINS Act) (H.R. 427). Arbitration Letter opposing Appropriation riders that limit CFPB’s arbitration authority, May 10, 2016 Letter [...]

Send a copy of your comments to Congress!

2017-07-06T12:53:30-05:00July 6, 2017|Categories: Legislation & Regulation|

Members of Congress can pressure a government agency to strengthen or weaken consumer protections, or even whether to proceed with an initiative. After you have submitted your comment to the government agency, use the form below to automatically email it to your U.S. senators and representative. Be sure to edit the first line and to [...]