A consumer reporting agency which furnishes a consumer report for employment purposes and which for that purpose compiles and reports items of information on consumers which are matters of public record and are likely to have an adverse effect upon a consumer's ability to obtain employment shall-
Subsection (a) does not apply in the case of an agency or department of the United States Government that seeks to obtain and use a consumer report for employment purposes, if the head of the agency or department makes a written finding as prescribed under section 1681b(b)(4)(A) of this title.
15 U.S.C. § 1681k
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS1998- Pub. L. 105-347 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1998 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 105-347 deemed to have same effective date as amendments made by section 2403 of Pub. L. 104-208 see section 7 of Pub. L. 105-347 set out as a note under section 1681a of this title.
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.