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15 U.S.C. § 1693i

Issuance of cards or other means of access

United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective

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15 U.S.C. § 1693i, Issuance of cards or other means of access, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/441329
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No person may issue to a consumer any card, code, or other means of access to such consumer’s account for the purpose of initiating an electronic fund transfer other than— Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a person may distribute to a consumer on an unsolicited basis a card, code, or other means of access for use in initiating an electronic fund transfer from such consumer’s account, if— For the purpose of subsection (b), a card, code, or other means of access is validated when it may be used to initiate an electronic fund transfer.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 95-630(H.R. 14279)1978-11-10
    Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 111-203(H.R. 4173)2010-07-21
    Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
    House: 198–229Senate: 60–39