H.R.1744 - Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act

To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act as introduced.

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09/17/10
Rent To Own Statutes Affecting Your Business | ALBERTAM

This Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act of 2009 (H.R. 1744) is a regulatory bill which defines rent to own transactions as a lease. This act requires full disclosure of consumer pricing, disclosure of advertising, and reinstatement ...

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07/24/10
Rent To Own Statutes Affecting Your Business | Property Commercial ...

This Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act of 2009 (H.R. 1744) is a regulatory bill which defines rent to own transactions as a lease. This act requires full disclosure of consumer pricing, disclosure of advertising, and reinstatement ...

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02/23/10
Middle Class & Mad as Hell: Clay Willing to Go the Distance - For ...

The RTO is now trying to claim that the bill Clay is sponsoring, HR 1744, which I detailed HERE, is a "jobs" bill. The president of the RTO industry group APRO is claiming that if this bill passes, there will be rapid expansion of the ...

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

and H.R. 1744 introduced by Rep. William Lacy Clay (D – Mo.) Both purport to protect consumers. But industry-sponsored language buried under "definitions" and "relation to other laws" would give the industry federal exemption from ...

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

and H.R. 1744 introduced by Rep. William Lacy Clay (D – Mo.) Both purport to protect consumers. But industry-sponsored language buried under "definitions" and "relation to other laws" would give the industry federal exemption from ...

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

and H.R. 1744 introduced by Rep. William Lacy Clay (D - Mo.) Both purport to protect consumers. But industry-sponsored language buried under "definitions" and "relation to other laws" would give the industry federal exemption from ...

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

and H.R. 1744 introduced by Rep. William Lacy Clay (D - Mo.) Both purport to protect consumers. But industry-sponsored language buried under "definitions" and "relation to other laws" would give the industry federal exemption from ...

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10/25/09
EXCLUSIVE: Rental industry hopes to buy influence on Hill ...

Mr. Clay's bill, HR.1744, has been referred with 109 co-sponsors to the House Committee on Financial Services. Many states place rent-to-own transactions under existing credit sales laws, subjecting them to interest ceilings and ...

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10/25/09
Rental Industry Hopes To Buy Influence On Hill - Consumer Watchdog

Mr. Clay's bill, HR.1744, has been referred with 109 co-sponsors to the House Committee on Financial Services. Many states place rent-to-own transactions under existing credit sales laws, subjecting them to interest ceilings and ...

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09/30/09
Interesting Find on Lacy Clay

This bill did not make it through and was reintroduced as HR 1744 in 2009. On the surface, the law reads as a consumer protection act, requiring rent to own companies state their rental policies etc. I started thinking, why would APRO ...

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06/22/09
Rent-to-own still a "bad deal"

The Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Acts, HR 1744 (Rep. William Lacey-Clay (D-MO) and S 738 (Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) are designed not to improve protections for consumers nationwide, but to take away protections from consumers in ...

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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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03/28/09
S.738: Rental-Purchase Protections Act - U.S. Congress - OpenCongress

Mrs. Landrieu's bill, S.738, has been read twice and, with 15 co-sponsors, has been referred to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. Mr. Clay's bill, HR.1744, has been referred with 109 co-sponsors to the House . ...

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03/24/09
WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 1744, The Consumer Rental Purchase ...

US Congress: HR 1744, The Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act.

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03/24/09
OpenCongress - U.S. Congress - H.R.1744 To amend the Consumer ...

HR1744 To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights ...

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03/24/09
WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 1744, To amend the Consumer Credit ...

US Congress: HR 1744, To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain ...

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03/24/09
WashingtonWatch.com - H.R. 1744, To amend the Consumer Credit ...

US Congress: HR 1744, To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain ...

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03/24/09
H.R. 1744: To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure ...

A bill in the US Congress: To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, ...

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