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Code · U.S. Code · Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE · CHAPTER 41— CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION · SUBCHAPTER III— CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES · § 1681x

§ 1681x. Corporate and technological circumvention prohibited

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The Commission shall prescribe regulations, to become effective not later than 90 days after December 4, 2003, to prevent a consumer reporting agency from circumventing or evading treatment as a consumer reporting agency described in section 1681a(p) of this title for purposes of this subchapter, including—
(1)by means of a corporate reorganization or restructuring, including a merger, acquisition, dissolution, divestiture, or asset sale of a consumer reporting agency; or
(2)by maintaining or merging public record and credit account information in a manner that is substantially equivalent to that described in paragraphs
(1)and
(Pub. L. 90–321, title VI, § 629, as added Pub. L. 108–159, title II, § 211(b), Dec. 4, 2003, 117 Stat. 1970.)
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  • Pub. L. 90–321, title VI, § 629
  • Pub. L. 108–159, title II, § 211(b)
  • 117 Stat. 1970
  • section 3 of Pub. L. 108–159
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§ 1681x
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 90–321, title VI, § 629
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