Fair Credit for American Hostages Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Feb 20, 2025, with cosponsors from both parties
IntroducedFeb 20, 2025
Reported—
Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 43 words.
Fair Credit for American Hostages Act of 2025 This bill prohibits a consumer reporting agency from including adverse credit information on a consumer's credit report from an event that occurred during a time when that consumer was held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
- Policy area
- Finance and Financial Sector: 53 of 3,256 bills became law, 113th–118th (1.6%)
- Sponsor
- 4 of 306 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 350 words
- Subjects
- Consumer affairsConsumer creditDetention of personsRight of privacy
- Latest action
- Feb 20, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Related, per CRS or House · 1
- 118th S. 5543 Fair Credit for American Hostages Act D · Passed one chamber
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]