On the recordJune 8, 2017
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of title V the following new subtitle: Subtitle T--Protection of Consumer Information by Consumer Reporting Agencies SEC. 596. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATED TO PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INFORMATION BY CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES. (a) In General.--It is the sense of the Congress that consumer reporting agencies and subsidiaries of consumer reporting agencies should, when providing access to consumers to the information contained in the file of the consumer maintained by the consumer reporting agency, use strong multi-factor authentication procedures to verify the identity of consumers. (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the terms ``consumer'', ``consumer reporting agency'', and ``file'' have the meanings given those terms in section 603 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a). The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 375, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Smucker) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania.
