,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #be1        
#bjai,mr4 ,meeks 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,beyer1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,kelly of    
,illinois1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4     
,langevin1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 ,mr4 ,brown of   
,maryland1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mrs4 ,watson  
,coleman1 ,mr4 ,green of ,texas1 ,ms4   
,wasserman ,schultz1 ,mr4 ,de,saulnier1 
,mr4 ,heck1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mr4        
,quigley1 and ,mr4 ,perlmutter7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend the ,fair ,credit ,reporting ,act 
to prohibit certain persons from        
furnishing negative credit information  
of furloughed employees1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,federal ,worker    
,credit ,protection ,act of #bjai4  #b4 
,prohibition on furnishing negative     
credit information of furloughed        
employees ,section #fbc7;a77#a7 of the  

,fair ,credit ,reporting ,act 7#ae      
,u4,s4,c4 #afhas-#b7;a77#a77 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new  
subparagraph3  7,f7 ,reporting          
information of furloughed employees  7i7
 ,in general ,notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section and upon      
request of a furloughed employee1 a     
person that furnishes information to any
 consumer reporting agency may not      
provide negative credit information of  
such furloughed employee to a consumer  
reporting agency if the action or       
inaction to which such negative credit  
information relates originated1 and was 
rectified1 during the period beginning  
#cj days before a shutdown and ending   
#ij days after such shutdown4  7ii7     
,notification ,with respect to any      
negative credit information described in
 clause 7i7 and upon request of the     
furloughed employee to which such       
negative credit information relates1 a  
person that furnishes information to any
 consumer reporting agency shall notify 

a consumer reporting agency that the    
action or inaction to which such        
negative credit information relates     
occurred during the period described in 
clause 7i74  7iii7 ,definitions ,for    
purposes of this subparagraph-- 7,i7 the
 term furloughed employee means--  7aa7 
a ,federal or ,district of ,columbia    
employee who is furloughed or excepted  
from furlough during a shutdown2 and    
7bb7 a ,federal contractor who1 during a
 shutdown1 is not receiving pay by      
reason of such shutdown2 and  7,,ii7 the
 term shutdown means any lapse in       
appropriations beginning on or about    
,december #bb1 #bjah4  4