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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News Coverage

03/28/09
Text of Rental Purchase Act Released

A real-time PDF version of the complete congressional database - with HR 1744 cosponsors identified - can be created with a single click....

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03/25/09
APRO RTO Headquarters

US Congressman William Lacy Clay (D-MO) today introduced HR 1744, The Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act, on the House floor with a r...

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03/25/09
APRO RTO Headquarters

Dealers learned during the meeting that progressive rent-to-own legislation HR 1744 -- The Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act -- was ...

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09/17/10
Rent To Own Statutes Affecting You...

This Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act of 2009 (H.R. 1744) is a regulatory bill which defines rent to own transactions as a lease. T...

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07/24/10
Rent To Own Statutes Affecting You...

This Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act of 2009 (H.R. 1744) is a regulatory bill which defines rent to own transactions as a lease. T...

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02/23/10
Middle Class & Mad as Hell: Clay W...

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 R...

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02/02/10
Toward Freedom - What Consumers Ne...

and H.R. 1744 introduced by Rep. William Lacy Clay (D – Mo.) Both purport to protect consumers. But industry-sponsored language buried un...

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02/02/10
Toward Freedom - What Consumers Ne...

and H.R. 1744 introduced by Rep. William Lacy Clay (D – Mo.) Both purport to protect consumers. But industry-sponsored language buried un...

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01/27/10
What Consumers Need to Know About ...

and H.R. 1744 introduced by Rep. William Lacy Clay (D - Mo.) Both purport to protect consumers. But industry-sponsored language buried un...

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01/27/10
What Consumers Need to Know About ...

and H.R. 1744 introduced by Rep. William Lacy Clay (D - Mo.) Both purport to protect consumers. But industry-sponsored language buried un...

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10/25/09
EXCLUSIVE: Rental industry hopes t...

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-...

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10/25/09
Rental Industry Hopes To Buy Influ...

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-...

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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, re...

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