Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009

Summary

Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from: (1) using any adverse information concerning any consumer, including any in a consumer report or any change in the consumer's credit score, as the basis for increasing any annual percentage rate of interest (APR) for a credit card account of the consumer's under an open end consumer credit plan; or (2) removing or increasing any introductory APR for that account, for reasons other than actions or omissions of the consumer directly related to the account. Requires such limitation on the use of adverse information to be clearly and conspicuously described to the consumer by the credit card issuer.

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Timeline

1. 19 March 2009

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 19 March 2009

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 19 March 2009

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 19 March 2009 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 19 March 2009

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 19 March 2009

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 March 2009

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Sponsors

• Keith Ellison · D · Sponsor
• LUIS GUTIERREZ · D · Sponsor
• Al Green · D · Sponsor
• WM. CLAY · D · Sponsor
• Emanuel Cleaver · D · Sponsor
• · hsba00 · Standing

Related records

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