For nearly half a century, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) has empowered American consumers, serving as a deterrent against credit reporting and background check errors—nowadays an all-too-familiar feature of the credit reporting industry. The possibility of punitive damages (available in some matters) supplies the FCRA with a great deal of its bite. Georgia Congressman, Barry Loudermilk introduced a bill (H.R. 2359) to vote last week in the House, which amongst other things, would eliminate consumers’ ability to receive punitive damages, drastically weakening the FCRA.