Sec. 5. Amending the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to provide the Department of Justice with pre-litigation subpoena power
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Section 706(h) of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1691e(h) ) is amended— by striking When a and inserting the following: When a ; and by adding at the end the following: If the Attorney General has reason to believe that any person may be in possession, custody, or control of any documentary material or information relevant to an investigation under this title, the Attorney General may, before commencing a civil action under paragraph (1), issue in writing and cause to be served upon the person, a civil investigative demand.
The authority to issue and enforce civil investigative demands under this paragraph shall be identical to the authority of the Attorney General under section 3733 of title 31, United States Code, except that the provisions of that section relating to qui tam relators shall not apply. . Section 814(c) of the Fair Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 3614(c) ) is amended— by striking The Attorney General and inserting the following: The Attorney General ; and by adding at the end the following:
If the Attorney General has reason to believe that any person may be in possession, custody, or control of any documentary material or information relevant to an investigation under this title, the Attorney General may, before commencing a civil proceeding under this subsection, issue in writing and cause to be served upon the person, a civil investigative demand. The authority to issue and enforce civil investigative demands under this paragraph shall be identical to the authority of the Attorney General under section 3733 of title 31, United States Code, except that the provisions of that section relating to qui tam relators shall not apply. .
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Sec. 5
Amending the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to provide the Department of Justice with pre-litigation subpoena power
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