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title: "15 U.S.C. § 1681f"
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title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_name: "CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION"
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citation: "15 U.S.C. § 1681f"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 1681f - Disclosures to governmental agencies

## Text

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1681b of this title, a consumer reporting agency may furnish identifying information respecting any consumer, limited to his name, address, former addresses, places of employment, or former places of employment, to a governmental agency.

(Pub. L. 90–321, title VI, § 608, as added Pub. L. 91–508, title VI, § 601, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1131.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection effective upon the expiration of one hundred and eighty days following Oct. 26, 1970, see section 504(d) of Pub. L. 90–321, as added by Pub. L. 91–508, set out as a note under section 1681 of this title.