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H.R. 3190

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To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit insured depository institutions from charging consumers fees for the use of debit cards.
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Committee
Latest Action · October 21, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Congress
112th (2011–2013)
Introduced
October 13, 2011
Cosponsors (0)
None
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Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit an insured depository institution from charging a fee to any consumer for receiving or using a debit card. Subjects violators of such prohibition to civil liability for: (1) actual damages sustained by the consumer of between $100 and $1,000, (2) such punitive damages as the court may allow, and (3) the costs of a successful action together with reasonable attorney's fees to enforce liability.

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