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        <RIN>3170-AA28</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>201210</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
        </PUBLICATION>
        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>3170</CODE>
            <NAME>Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>CFPB</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009/Ability to Pay (Regulation Z)</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[On April 25, 2011, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) issued a final rule that, among other things, amended the provisions of Regulation Z that implement the requirement in the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (Credit Card Act) that card issuers consider a consumer's ability to pay (ATP) before opening a new credit card account or increasing the credit limit on an existing account. These amendments expanded the pre-existing independence standard applicable to consumers under the age of  21 to all consumers, regardless of age. The CFPB issued a proposed rule that further amends the ATP provisions of Regulation Z to address concerns that the current rule unduly limits the ability of spouses and partners not working outside the home to obtain credit cards based on spousal/partner income. The proposal eliminates the independent ability-to-pay requirement for consumers and applicants age 21 or older and instead permits card issuers to consider income and assets to which a consumer or applicant has a reasonable expectation of access. Following the review and assessment of comments on the CFPB's proposal, it intends to issue a final rule.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>12 CFR 1026.51</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>12 USC 5512</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>12 USC 5581</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 USC 1601 et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/07/2012</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>77 FR 66748</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/07/2013</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/00/2013</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Andrea</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Edmonds</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Office of Regulations</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>3170</CODE>
                    <NAME>Consumer Financial Protection Bureau</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>CFPB</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 435-7700</PHONE>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS></STREET_ADDRESS>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
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