The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- Fair Credit Reporting Act sec. 623(a)(1)(F)
- Issued
- 2020-03-27 Mar. 27, 2020
- Effective
- applies to accommodations made during the covered period beginning Jan. 31, 2020 (read as 2020-01-31)
- End
- 120 days after the later of Mar. 27, 2020 or the termination of the national emergency (national emergency ended Apr. 10, 2023) (read as 2020-03-27)
- In force
- Jan. 31, 2020 to Mar. 27, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Other
- Addressees
- furnishers (every lender and servicer that reports to consumer reporting agencies)
- Functions reached
- SV (credit reporting on every accommodated account)
- CL
- ML
- BL
- Collection
- Financial Services SEC-13
Operative words
The term 'accommodation' includes an agreement to defer 1 or more payments, make a partial payment, forbear any delinquent amounts, modify a loan or contract, or any other assistance or relief granted to a consumer who is affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic during the covered period.... The term 'covered period' means the period beginning on January 31, 2020 and ending on the later of (aa) 120 days after March 27, 2020; or (bb) 120 days after the date on which the national emergency... terminates.... if a furnisher makes an accommodation with respect to 1 or more payments on a credit obligation or account of a consumer, and the consumer makes the payments or is not required to make 1 or more payments pursuant to the accommodation, the furnisher shall report the credit obligation or account as current
Enforcement
FCRA (15 U.S.C. 1681s; CFPB and FTC enforcement)
Notes
Force-of-law mandate on every furnisher throughout Q3 2021.
Retrieval noteCodified text read on LII's mirror of the U.S. Code; the enrolled statute is FED-340's source (govinfo PLAW-116publ136).