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H.R.996
Title: To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] (introduced 2/27/2003) Cosponsors (95)
Latest Major Action: 3/14/2003 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
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Consumers
Actions and defenses
Administrative procedure
Advertising
Business
Business records
Communications
Consumer credit
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Contracts
Criminal justice
Criminal liability
Damages
Deceptive advertising
District courts
Evidence (Law)
Executive departments
Federal Trade Commission
Federal preemption
Federal reserve system
Fees
Finance
Financial statements
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Garnishment
Government information
Government liability
Government paperwork
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Insurance premiums
Labeling
Labor
Law
Lease and rental services
Leases
Liability (Law)
Liability insurance
Limitation of actions
Maintenance and repair
Negotiable instruments
Parties to actions
Prices
Property insurance
Rent
Restrictive trade practices
Small business
State and local government
State laws
Surety and fidelity
Taxation
Warranties