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6-1577.4

SECTION 629—Corporate and Technological Circumvention Prohibited

The Bureau shall prescribe regulations, to become effective not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, to prevent a consumer reporting agency from circumventing or evading treatment as a consumer reporting agency described in section 603(p) for purposes of this title, including—
(1) by means of a corporate reorganization or restructuring, including a merger, acquisition, dissolution, divestiture, or asset sale of a consumer reporting agency; or
(2) by maintaining or merging public record and credit account information in a manner that is substantially equivalent to that described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 603(p), in the manner described in section 603(p).
[15 USC 1681x. As added by act of Dec. 4, 2003 (117 Stat. 1970) and amended by act of July 21, 2010 (124 Stat. 2087).]

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