[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6802 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6802

   To prohibit Federal agencies from requiring lenders to estimate a 
    borrower's race or ethnicity via visual observation or surname.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 18, 2022

  Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself, Mr. Hill, and Mr. Luetkemeyer) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit Federal agencies from requiring lenders to estimate a 
    borrower's race or ethnicity via visual observation or surname.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Racial Profiling in 
Lending Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ESTIMATING RACE OR ETHNICITY.

    A Federal agency may not require any person or entity, when 
extending credit, to estimate a borrower's race or ethnicity via visual 
observation or surname.
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