Protecting credit history of hostages and wrongfully detained abroad.
This act aims to protect individuals who were held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad from negative entries on their credit reports. This ensures their creditworthiness is not harmed by events beyond their control, facilitating their financial recovery upon returning home.
Key points
Credit reporting agencies are prohibited from including adverse information in credit reports if it resulted from being held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad.
Affected individuals must provide authenticated documentation confirming their status and period of detention.
The act seeks to prevent financial harm to U.S. citizens who experienced traumatic events overseas.
Introduced
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