United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1637 (111th)
Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009
Introduced
19 March 2009
Last action
19 March 2009 · Introduced
Status
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Sponsors
Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9], Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1], Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
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
19 March 2009
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Source: IntroReferral
19 March 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
19 March 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 19 March 2009 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] · D · Sponsor
- · hsba00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1637
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/1637
- us · 111-hr-1637 · source updated 5 December 2025