House to Vote on Red Flag Rule/SSN Prisoner
Ban
The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote next week on S 3987, the
"Red Flag Clarification Act". The bill makes clear that the "red flag" rules
only apply to those who actually provide credit, not other entities (such as
private investigators) who may be deemed consumer reporting agencies under
the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The "red flag" rule would require a covered
business to develop an ID theft prevention program to detect theft in their
day to day operations. It would be an unnecessary burden on businesses that
do not provide credit. The Senate passed the measure last week.
The House will also vote on on a bill to restrict prisoners from having
access to Social Security numbers. Last year Congress
learned
that some prisoners had access to the numbers while performing prison jobs.
The bill also will prevent state, federal and local governments from putting
SSN's on checks. NCISS has advocated removing the numbers from checks for
several years.
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Keeping the profession informed,
Jimmie Mesis
NCISS Legislative Chairman
NCISS
7501 Sparrows Point Blvd.
Baltimore, Maryland 21219-1927
(800) 445-8408 . Fax: (410)
388-9746
jim@nciss.org
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