Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968

Consumer Credit Protection Act

Long title	An Act to safeguard the consumer in connection with the utilization of credit by requiring full disclosure of the terms and conditions of finance charges in credit transactions or in offers to extend credit; by restricting the garnishment of wages; and by creating the National Commission on Consumer Finance to study and make recommendations on the need for further regulation of the consumer finance industry; and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	CCPA, TILA
Nicknames	Truth in Lending Act
Enacted by	the 90th United States Congress
Effective	May 29, 1968
Citations
Public law	90-321
Statutes at Large	82 Stat. 146
Codification
Titles amended	15 U.S.C.: Commerce and Trade
U.S.C. sections created	15 U.S.C. ch. 41 § 1601
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 5 by William Proxmire (D–WI) on January 11, 1967 Committee consideration by Senate Banking Committee, House Committee on Banking and Currency Passed the House on February 1, 1968 (383–4) Passed the Senate on July 11, 1967 (92–0) with amendment House agreed to Senate amendment on May 22, 1968 (agreed) with further amendment Senate agreed to House amendment on May 22, 1968 (agreed) Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on May 29, 1968
Major amendments
Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act

The Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) is a United States law Pub. L. 90–321, 82 Stat. 146, enacted May 29, 1968, composed of several titles relating to consumer credit, mainly title I, the Truth in Lending Act, title II related to extortionate credit transactions, title III related to restrictions on wage garnishment, and title IV related to the National Commission on Consumer Finance.

The restrictions on wage garnishment guard employees from discharge by their employers because their wages have been garnished for any one indebtedness. The Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor enforces the provisions. The informed use of credit is administered by the United States Congress and stabilizes economic acts to be enhanced with competition informed unto various financial institutions that are engaged in extension of consumer credit that would be strengthened otherwise by informed credit use.

Titles:

• Truth in Lending Act
• Fair Credit Reporting Act
• Credit Repair Organizations Act
• Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

References

• Cornell University Law School Webpage
• FDIC Regulations- Consumer Credit Protection Act

External links

• Consumer Credit Protection Act (PDF/details) as amended in the GPO Statute Compilations collection
• FDIC Laws, Regulations, Related Acts- Consumer Protection
• US CODE: Title 15, Chapter 41- Consumer Credit Protection
• Public Law 90-321, 90th Congress, S. 5: Consumer Credit Protection Act