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H.R. 2382 (111th)

Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2009

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

13 May 2009

Last action

8 October 2009 · Committee

Status

Committee Hearings Held.

Sponsors

Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9], Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12], Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19], Rep. Adler, John H. [D-NJ-3], Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3], Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17], Rep. Hall, John J. [D-NY-19], Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Rep. Delahunt, William D. [D-MA-10], Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]

Subjects

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Source updated

14 August 2025

Summary

Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2009 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit specified electronic payment system network practices, including the imposition of: (1) additional charges on merchants and consumers for premium payment cards; (2) certain restrictions on merchants, including chargebacks for transactions on point of sale terminals that exceed the allowable amount on such devices; (3) restrictions upon network routing; (4) any requirement to meet a minimum number of transactions in any period; or (5) fees or a related adverse action for failure of the merchant to meet such a minimum transactions requirement. Requires an electronic payment system network to disclose its contract terms to the merchant, including its complete operating rules, without restricting the merchant's use of such information. Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to prescribe regulations to: (1) ensure that the rules, terms, and conditions to which a merchant or consumer is subject under an agreement with an electronic payment system network are neither unfair nor deceptive to consumers and merchants, nor anticompetitive; (2) prohibit any unfair or deceptive act or practice or anticompetitive act or practice that may result from such rule, term, or condition; and (3) regularly review such rules, terms, and conditions. Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to collect and disseminate to the public: (1) complete information on fees charged by each electronic payment system network in connection with consumer-initiated transactions; and (2) the rules, terms, and conditions to which a merchant or a consumer is subject under an agreement with an electronic payment system network for transactions using payment cards.

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Timeline

  1. 13 May 2009

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 13 May 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 13 May 2009

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 8 October 2009

    Committee

    Committee Hearings Held.

    Source: Committee

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