,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #iec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #d1        
#bjai,mr4 ,evans 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,cisneros1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,norton1
 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mrs4       
,lawrence1 ,mr4 ,lawson of ,florida1    
,ms4 ,moore1 and ,ms4 ,schakowsky7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,reform1 and in addition 
to the ,committee on ,financial         
,services1 for a period to be           
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit consumer        
reporting agencies from including       
adverse information in certain consumer 
reports1 and from making adverse        
determinations relating to security     
clearances1 with respect to certain     
individuals affected by the ,government 
shutdown1 and for other purposes4  #a4  

,prohibition on including adverse       
information in certain consumer reports 
7a7 ,in general ,subject to subsection  
7b71 if an event occurred during a      
shutdown that resulted in the furnishing
 of an item of adverse information to a 
consumer reporting agency that such     
agency would otherwise include in a     
consumer report of a covered individual1
 such agency may not include such       
information in a consumer report of such
 covered individual during the period   
beginning on the first day of a shutdown
 and ending on the date that is #i      
months after the day on which the       
shutdown ends4  7b7 ,covered individuals
 ,for a covered individual to be        
eligible under subsection 7a71 such     
covered individual shall submit a       
certification to the ,bureau of         
,consumer ,financial ,protection that   
the event that resulted in the          
furnishing of an item of adverse        
information occurred because of the     
shutdown4  #b4 ,government shutdown and 

security clearance determinations ,the  
head of an agency may not make an       
adverse determination for purposes of   
granting or renewing a security         
clearance or an access determination    
with respect to any covered person 7as  
that term is defined in section         
#cjjb7;a77#b7 of the ,intelligence      
,reform and ,terrorism ,prevention ,act 
of #bjjd 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #ccdc7;a77#b77  
based solely on a failure of that       
covered person to make any payment on a 
debt due during the period of a shutdown
 during which that covered person was   
furloughed or excepted from such        
furlough as a result of such shutdown4  
#c4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,consumer reporting agency ,the term    
consumer reporting agency has the       
meaning given in section #fjc of the    
,fair ,credit ,reporting ,act 7#ae      
,u4,s4,c4 #afha;a74  7#b7 ,covered      
individual ,the term covered individual 
means-- 7,a7 an employee of the ,federal
 ,government furloughed or excepted from

 such furlough during any shutdown2     
7,b7 a ,federal contractor who1 during  
any shutdown1 is not receiving pay by   
reason of such shutdown2 and  7,c7 an   
owner or employee of a small business   
concern 7as defined under section #c of 
the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4
 #fcb77 that is located within a        
reasonable distance of a building owned 
or rented by the ,federal ,government1  
as determined by the ,bureau of         
,consumer ,financial ,protection4  7#c7 
,shutdown ,the term shutdown means any  
lapse in appropriations that begins on  
or after ,december #bb1 #bjah4