To address this problem H.R.4986 was introduced in Congress.
It is called “end Operation Choke Point Act of 2014.
This act amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act,
the Federal Credit Union Act, the USA PATRIOT Act and the
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act
of 1989. The
act would prohibit financial institutions from denying
payment processing services to legitimate businesses and
requires the Attorney General to obtain a court order before
attempting to prohibit any business form getting their
payments processed.
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