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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3/25/2009--Introduced.Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2009 - Establishes the Financial Product Safety Commission to: (1) promulgate consumer financial product safety rules; (2) establish a best practices guide for all providers of consumer financial products; (3) conduct continu

Official Summary

3/25/2009--Introduced.Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2009 - Establishes the Financial Product Safety Commission to:
(1) promulgate consumer financial product safety rules;
(2) establish a best practices guide for all providers of consumer financial products;
(3) conduct continuing studies and investigations of consumer financial products industry practices;
(4) award grants or enter into contracts for the conduct of such studies and investigations;
(5) assist public and private organizations or groups of consumer financial product providers, administratively and technically, in the development of safety standards or guidelines that would assist them in complying with any Commission rule;
(6) comment on selected agency rulemakings affecting consumer financial products; and
(7) establish a consumer financial product customer hotline.

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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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