,i #aagth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #edea ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,september #cj1 #bjba,mrs4 ,hinson introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,financial ,services ,a ,,bill ,to prohibit any ,federal agency from requiring financial institutions to report on the financial transactions of their customers4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,protecting ,financial ,privacy ,act of #bjba4 #b4 ,prohibiting ,federal agencies from requiring financial institutions to report on financial transactions of customers 7a7 ,in general ,no ,federal agency 7including the ,department of the ,treasury7 shall be permitted to create1 implement1 or administer any financial account information reporting program that would require financial institutions or individuals to report data on financial accounts in an information return listing balances1 transactions1 transfers1 or inflows or outflows of any kind4 7b7 ,exceptions ,subsection 7a7 shall not apply to-- 7#a7 any law or regulation in effect on ,september #a1 #bjba2 or 7#b7 the ,bank ,secrecy ,act1 except that subsection 7a7 shall apply to any regulations issued pursuant to the ,bank ,secrecy ,act after ,september #a1 #bjba4 7c7 ,bank ,secrecy ,act defined ,in this section1 the term ,bank ,secrecy ,act means-- 7#a7 section #ba of the ,federal ,deposit ,insurance ,act 7#ab ,u4,s4,c4 #ahbi;b72 7#b7 chapter #b of title ,i of ,public ,law #ia-ejh 7#ab ,u4,s4,c4 #aiea et seq472 and 7#c7 subchapter ,,ii of chapter #ec of title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code4