S.Amdt. 3285

SA 3285. Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Tillis) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. _____. ADVERSE INFORMATION ABOUT CONSUMERS UNLAWFULLY OR
WRONGFULLY DETAINED ABROAD OR HELD HOSTAGE
ABROAD.

(a) In General.--The Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C.
1681 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 605C the
following:

``Sec. 605D. Adverse information about consumers unlawfully
or wrongfully detained abroad or held hostage abroad

``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Covered consumer.--The term `covered consumer' means
an individual who has been--
``(A) a United States national unlawfully or wrongfully
detained abroad, as determined under section 302(a) of the
Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking
Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 1741(a)); or
``(B) a United States national taken hostage abroad, as
determined by the Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell established by
section 304 that Act (22 U.S.C. 1741b).
``(2) Detention or hostage documentation.--The term
`detention or hostage documentation' means documentation
that--
``(A) certifies a consumer is a covered consumer under this
section;
``(B) identifies the time period during which the covered
consumer was unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad or held
hostage abroad; and
``(C) is authenticated by--
``(i) the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs
established by section 303 of the Robert Levinson Hostage
Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act (22 U.S.C.
1741a); or
``(ii) the Hostage Recovery Fusion Cell established by
section 304 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 1741b).
``(b) Adverse Information.--If a consumer reporting agency
described in section 603(p) is able to authenticate detention
or hostage documentation provided by a covered consumer, the
consumer reporting agency may not furnish a consumer report
containing any adverse item of information about the covered
consumer dating during the time period the covered consumer
was unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad or held hostage
abroad.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of
contents of the Fair Credit Reporting Act is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 605C the
following:

``605D. Adverse information about consumers unlawfully or wrongfully
detained abroad or held hostage abroad.''.
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