,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dech  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ag1 #bjbe,mr4 
,turner of ,ohio introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,financial ,services  
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit covered entities
 from requiring consumers to solely use 
digital monthly statements1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,protecting    
,against ,paperless and ,electronic     
,requirements ,act or the ,,paper ,act4 
#b4 ,requirement  7a7 ,in general ,each 
covered entity shall offer each consumer
 of such entity the option of receiving 
paper copies of their monthly           
statements4  7b7 ,prohibition ,a covered
 entity may not condition the use of any
 services offered by such entity on the 
sole use of digital monthly statements  
by a consumer4  7c7 ,definitions  7#a7  
,depository institution ,the term       
depository institution has the meaning  
given the term in section #c of the     

,federal ,deposit ,act4  7#b7 ,credit   
union ,the term credit union has the    
meaning given the term in section #aja  
of the ,federal ,credit ,union ,act4    
7#c7 ,covered entity ,the term covered  
entity means a depository institution or
 a credit union4