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H.R. 5817: Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act

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H.R. 5817: Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act

112th Congress · introduced 2012-05-17 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2012-05-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act

Plain summary

Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its annual privacy policy notice requirement any financial institution which: (1) provides nonpublic personal information only in accordance with specified requirements, and (2) has not changed its policies and practices with regard to disclosing nonpublic personal information from those disclosed in the most recent disclosure sent to consumers.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

Eliminate Privacy Notice Confusion Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-9] · 43 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Sam Graves (R-MO), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Andy Harris (R-MD), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), André Carson (D-IN), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Joe Wilson (R-SC)

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Exemption
A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr5817 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112