H.R.1705 - Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2009

To create a Financial Product Safety Commission, to provide consumers with stronger protections and better information in connection with consumer financial products, and to give providers of consumer financial products more regulatory certainty. view all titles (2)

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  • Short: Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Official: To create a Financial Product Safety Commission, to provide consumers with stronger protections and better information in connection with consumer financial products, and to give providers of consumer financial products more regulatory certainty. as introduced.

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12/29/10
GOP Rep Bob Inglis: Chinese Will Eat Our Lunch on Clean Energy ...

But he was also a proponent of clean energy, particularly hydrogen, and was the cosponsor of the BRIGHT Energy Savings Act of 2007 (HR 1705) that mandated the Federal Government switch from incandescent bulbs to CFLs or other ...

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09/15/10
H.R. 1705 [110th]: BRIGHT Energy Savings Act of 2007 (GovTrack.us)

26 Mar 2007

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02/04/10
Myna Bird Chatter: Letter From Congress

As you may know, H.R. 1705 was introduced in Congress by Rep. William Delahunt on March 25, 2009. This legislation creates a financial product safety commission that would be responsible for setting federal standards for financial ...

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02/02/10
Toward Freedom - What Consumers Need to Know About Rent-to-Own ...

Frank's bill, or the Financial Product Safety Commission Act (H.R. 1705/S.566) which President Obama has supported. The need for better regulation is urgent. In 18 states Rent-A-Centers are now offering payday advances and signature ...

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02/02/10
Toward Freedom - What Consumers Need to Know About Rent-to-Own ...

Frank's bill, or the Financial Product Safety Commission Act (H.R. 1705/S.566) which President Obama has supported. The need for better regulation is urgent. In 18 states Rent-A-Centers are now offering payday advances and signature ...

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01/27/10
What Consumers Need to Know About Rent-to-Own Businesses

Frank's bill, or the Financial Product Safety Commission Act (H.R. 1705/S.566) which President Obama has supported. The need for better regulation is urgent. In 18 states Rent-A-Centers are now offering payday advances and signature ...

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01/27/10
What Consumers Need to Know About Rent-to-Own Businesses

Frank's bill, or the Financial Product Safety Commission Act (H.R. 1705/S.566) which President Obama has supported. The need for better regulation is urgent. In 18 states Rent-A-Centers are now offering payday advances and signature ...

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08/26/09
Financial Product Safety Commission notes and sources

A bill establishing a Financial Product Safety Commission has been introduced in Congress as HR1705 and S.566, and referred to committee in both House and Senate. Contemporaneously, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 ...

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08/18/09
What Happens in Vegas, Spreads All Over: Financial Sector Reform ...

The companion version on the House side is HR 1705, introduced by Rep. William Delahunt (MA10) on March 25th. It has been referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Opponents of the reformation of executive compensation ...

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08/10/09
Consumers must have the right to bring individual actions

The Obama Administration's plan appropriately states that the private enforcement provisions of existing statutes will not be disturbed, and that H.R. 1705 will leave these protections intact and unchanged. ...

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08/03/09
Consumer Financial Protection Agency (“CFPA”): the re-regulation ...

Discussion of the bill is pending the Congressional summer adjournment (Washington reconvenes after Labor Day). Additionally, there are Senate and House bills for a Financial Product Safety Commission (S. 566 and HR 1705, respectively). ...

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07/24/09
The Insurance Bellwether™: Summer Musings

... Commission Act of 2009, which would be established by companion bills S. 566 and H.R. 1705, nor the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act, H.R. 3126, should have direct or indirect jurisdiction over insurance-related products. ...

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06/25/09
House Holds Hearing on "Enhancing Consumer Financial Products ...

On June 24, 2009 the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing to consider the merits of both the Administration's proposal to establish the Consumer Financial Protection Agency and HR 1705, the "Financial Product Safety ...

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06/20/09
Coalition supports Obama's plan to consolidate financial agencies

The president's proposal is similar to legislation (S 566/HR 1705) sponsored by U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass. "By having a strong agency with the explicit mission of preventing abusive lending, ...

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06/20/09
Coalition supports Obama's plan to consolidate financial agencies

The president's proposal is similar to legislation (S 566/HR 1705) sponsored by U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., and Rep. William Delahunt, D-Mass. "By having a strong agency with the explicit mission of preventing abusive lending, ...

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06/19/09
A little more on the Consumer Financial Protection Agency

Part of the answer to that question might be found in the Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2009 (S.566/H.R.1705). My understanding is that the new agency would be very similar to the structure proposed therein. ...

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06/19/09
A little more on the Consumer Financial Protection Agency at ...

Part of the answer to that question might be found in the Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2009 (S.566/H.R.1705). My understanding is that the new agency would be very similar to the structure proposed therein. ...

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06/16/09
Bring Banking Regulation into the 21st Century! - The Petition Site

Please support H.R. 1705/S. 566 to create a Financial Product Safety Commission which would oversee consumer financial products. The current system of oversight clearly isn't working. Consumer financial products need to be effectively ...

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06/16/09
The Doug and Eric Show » Speak Out! Ask for a Consumer Watch Dog ...

Please support H.R. 1705/S. 566 to create a Financial Product Safety Commission which would oversee consumer financial products. The current system of oversight clearly isn't working. Consumer financial products need to be effectively ...

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06/16/09
Bring Banking Regulation into the 21st Century! - The Petition Site

Please support H.R. 1705/S. 566 to create a Financial Product Safety Commission which would oversee consumer financial products. The current system of oversight clearly isn't working. Consumer financial products need to be effectively ...

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06/16/09
The Doug and Eric Show » Speak Out! Ask for a Consumer Watch Dog ...

Please support H.R. 1705/S. 566 to create a Financial Product Safety Commission which would oversee consumer financial products. The current system of oversight clearly isn't working. Consumer financial products need to be effectively ...

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05/21/09
Financial Product Safety Commission The Poll | Gobizec.com

Legislation has been introduced in Congress (S. 566 is the Senate version; H.R. 1705 in the House) to create a Financial Product Safety Commission that would govern mortgages and other consumer lending products. ...

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05/19/09
H.R.2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 - U.S. Congress ...

Bills, People, Issues. H.R.1640 Interest Rate Reducti... 3 · H.R.1608 Protecting Consumers ... 2 · H.R.1705 Financial Product Saf... 2 · H.R.1214 Payday Loan Reform Ac... 2 · H.R.1846 C.L.E.A.R. Act ...

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03/31/09
GovTrack: Tracking Introduced Legislation - Tracked Events

Tracking Introduced Legislation. Congress is in session today. Mar 31, 2009 - Bill Action. Introduced: S.Con.Res. 15: A concurrent resolution commending the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the… Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR] introduced S. ...

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03/26/09
HR 1705, The Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2009

HR 1705 would create a Financial Product Safety Commission to provide consumers with stronger protections and better information in connection with consumer financial products and to give providers of consumer financial products more ...

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03/23/09
WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 1705, The Financial Product Safety ...

US Congress: HR 1705, The Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2009.

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03/23/09
WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 1705, To create a Financial Product ...

US Congress: HR 1705, To create a Financial Product Safety Commission, to provide consumers with stronger protections and better information in connection with consumer financial products, and to give providers of consumer financial ...

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03/23/09
WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 1705, To create a Financial Product ...

US Congress: HR 1705, To create a Financial Product Safety Commission, to provide consumers with stronger protections and better information in connection with consumer financial products, and to give providers of consumer financial ...

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03/23/09
H.R. 1705: Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2009 ...

A bill in the US Congress: To create a Financial Product Safety Commission, to provide consumers with stronger protections and better information in connection with consumer financial products, and to give providers of consumer ...

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