H.R. 3190 · 112th Congress
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to prohibit insured depository institutions from charging consumers fees for the use of debit cards.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- David Cicilline
- Introduced
- 2011-10-13
- Latest action
- 2011-10-21 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Summary
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.