LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act
Summary
LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act This bill requires financial institutions to report certain credit application data to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for the purposes of enforcing fair lending laws. Specifically, financial institutions must report this data regarding lesbian-, gay-, bisexual-, transgender-, or queer-owned businesses. Currently, this data is reported regarding women-owned, minority-owned, and small businesses.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 8, 2021
Last action Mar 8, 2021
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Committee
1
Mar 8, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
lower
Mar 8, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 36 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ritchie Torres
DDemocratic
Co
Adriano Espaillat
DDemocratic
Co
Alan S. Lowenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Alcee L. Hastings
DDemocratic
Co
Anna G. Eshoo
DDemocratic
Co
Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
Co
Carolyn B. Maloney
DDemocratic
Co
Chris Pappas
DDemocratic
Co
David N. Cicilline
DDemocratic
Co
Dina Titus
DDemocratic
Co
Donald M. Payne, Jr.
DDemocratic
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