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§6804 Rulemaking

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 94— - PRIVACY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - DISCLOSURE OF NONPUBLIC PERSONAL INFORMATION › § 6804

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Several federal agencies must write rules to make this part work. The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and the Securities and Exchange Commission must make rules for the banks and other people they cover under section 6805. The Bureau must act even though subtitle B of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 [12 U.S.C. 5511 et seq.] applies, but the Bureau cannot make rules about the standards in section 6801. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission must make rules for those it covers under section 7b–2 of title 7. The Federal Trade Commission can make rules for any financial institution listed in section 1029(a) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. State insurance authorities may still make their own rules. Those agencies must consult and try to keep their rules consistent with each other. They should coordinate, when needed, with state insurance authority representatives chosen by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The agencies must follow the rulemaking steps in title 5. They may add extra exceptions to subsections (a)–(d) of section 6802 if those exceptions fit the goals of this part.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §6804

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(a)(1)(A)Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and the Securities and Exchange Commission shall have authority to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter with respect to financial institutions and other persons subject to their respective jurisdiction under section 6805 of this title (and notwithstanding subtitle B of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 [12 U.S.C. 5511 et seq.]), except that the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall not have authority to prescribe regulations with respect to the standards under section 6801 of this title.
(B)The Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall have authority to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter with respect to financial institutions and other persons subject to the jurisdiction of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under section 7b–2 of title 7.
(C)Notwithstanding the authority of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection under subparagraph (A), the Federal Trade Commission shall have authority to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter with respect to any financial institution that is a person described in section 1029(a) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 [12 U.S.C. 5519(a)].
(D)Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter, affect, or otherwise limit the authority of a State insurance authority to adopt regulations to carry out this subchapter.
(2)Each of the agencies authorized under paragraph (1) to prescribe regulations shall consult and coordinate with the other such agencies and, as appropriate, and with 11 So in original. Probably should be “and, as appropriate, with”. representatives of State insurance authorities designated by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, for the purpose of assuring, to the extent possible, that the regulations prescribed by each such agency are consistent and comparable with the regulations prescribed by the other such agencies.
(3)Such regulations shall be prescribed in accordance with applicable requirements of title 5.
(b)The regulations prescribed under subsection (a) may include such additional exceptions to subsections (a) through (d) of section 6802 of this title as are deemed consistent with the purposes of this subchapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1) and (b), was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle A (§§ 501–510) of title V of Pub. L. 106–102, Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1436, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of subtitle A to the Code, see Tables. The Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, referred to in subsec. (a)(1)(A), is title X of Pub. L. 111–203, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1955. Subtitle B (§§ 1021–1029A) of the Act is classified generally to part B (§ 5511 et seq.) of subchapter V of chapter 53 of Title 12, Banks and Banking. For complete classification of subtitle B to the Code, see Tables.

Amendments

2010—Subsec. (a)(1), (2). Pub. L. 111–203, § 1093(3)(A), added pars. (1) and (2) and struck out former pars. (1) and (2) which related, respectively, to rulemaking by the Federal banking agencies, the National Credit Union Administration, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Trade Commission, and consultation and coordination among these agencies and authorities to assure consistency and comparability of

Regulations

. Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 111–203, § 1093(3)(B), struck out “and shall be issued in final form not later than 6 months after November 12, 1999” after “title 5”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2010 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the designated transfer date, see section 1100H of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 552a of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 6804

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73