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A mortgage report request may not be used to furnish a report to someone else

To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prevent consumer reporting agencies from furnishing consumer reports under certain circumstances, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

A mortgage report request may not be used to furnish a report to someone else

The document says “may notWho acts: consumer reporting agenciesHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“``(B) Limitation.--If a person requests a consumer report from a consumer reporting agency in connection with a credit transaction involving a residential mortgage loan, that agency may not, based in whole or in part on that request, furnish a consumer report to another person under this subsection”

To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prevent consumer reporting agencies from furnishing consumer reports under certain circumstances, and for other purposes, Sec. 2

The paragraph added to section 604(c) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681b(c)) provides that where a person requests a consumer report in connection with a credit transaction involving a residential mortgage loan, the consumer reporting agency may not furnish a consumer report to another person under that subsection based in whole or in part on that request. The prohibition is subject to the conditions set out in the two entries below.

What the document actually says

“``(B) Limitation.--If a person requests a consumer report from a consumer reporting agency in connection with a credit transaction involving a residential mortgage loan, that agency may not, based in whole or in part on that request, furnish a consumer report to another person under this subsection”

To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prevent consumer reporting agencies from furnishing consumer reports under certain circumstances, and for other purposes, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

A firm asks a credit bureau for your report to help with a home loan. The bureau may not use that ask to send a report about you to someone else.

What this is about

The rule is about what a credit bureau may hand out. The next part sets out when it still may.

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