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 117 STAT. 1998

PUBLIC LAW 108–159—DEC. 4, 2003

(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 611(a)(2)(B) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681i(a)(2)(B)) is amended in the subparagraph heading, by striking ‘‘FROM CONSUMER’’. SEC. 317. REASONABLE REINVESTIGATION REQUIRED.

Section 611(a)(1)(A) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681i(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘shall reinvestigate free of charge’’ and inserting ‘‘shall, free of charge, conduct a reasonable reinvestigation to determine whether the disputed information is inaccurate’’. 15 USC 1681 note.

SEC. 318. FTC STUDY OF ISSUES RELATING TO THE FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT.

(a) STUDY REQUIRED.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall conduct a study on ways to improve the operation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. (2) AREAS FOR STUDY.—In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Commission shall review— (A) the efficacy of increasing the number of points of identifying information that a credit reporting agency is required to match to ensure that a consumer is the correct individual to whom a consumer report relates before releasing a consumer report to a user, including— (i) the extent to which requiring additional points of such identifying information to match would— (I) enhance the accuracy of credit reports; and (II) combat the provision of incorrect consumer reports to users; (ii) the extent to which requiring an exact match of the first and last name, social security number, and address and ZIP Code of the consumer would enhance the likelihood of increasing credit report accuracy; and (iii) the effects of allowing consumer reporting agencies to use partial matches of social security numbers and name recognition software on the accuracy of credit reports; (B) requiring notification to consumers when negative information has been added to their credit reports, including— (i) the potential impact of such notification on the ability of consumers to identify errors on their credit reports; and (ii) the potential impact of such notification on the ability of consumers to remove fraudulent information from their credit reports; (C) the effects of requiring that a consumer who has experienced an adverse action based on a credit report receives a copy of the same credit report that the creditor relied on in taking the adverse action, including— (i) the extent to which providing such reports to consumers would increase the ability of consumers to identify errors in their credit reports; and (ii) the extent to which providing such reports to consumers would increase the ability of consumers

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