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H.R. 2396: Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act

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H.R. 2396: Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-04 · 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 2017-05-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 681 (2017): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR2396 (2017-12-14), Failed. See all
  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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act

Plain summary

Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt a vehicle financial company, under specified circumstances, from the requirement to annually disclose its privacy policies to consumers. A vehicle financial company shall be exempt from such requirement if: (1) the company has not changed its privacy policies since its last disclosure, (2) the current policy is available on its website and via mail, (3) notice is provided to customers regarding availability of the company's privacy policies, and (4) the company gives customers the ability to opt out of having personal information disclosed to third parties.

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Official text

Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Trott, David A. [R-MI-11] · 7 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 2396, Privacy Notification Technical Clarification Act (2017-11-30)

Cosponsors on this site

Brad Sherman (D-CA), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (2)
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Exemption
A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr2396 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115