Definition of appointment for English Language Learners. : 1  an agreement to meet with someone at a particular time. : 2  the act of giving a particular job or position to someone : the act of appointing someone. : 3  a job or duty that is given to a person : a position to which someone is appointed.
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is United States federal legislation that promotes accuracy, fairness and privacy for data used by consumer reporting agencies. Consumer reporting agencies include credit bureaus and financial agencies that collect, store, use and disseminate consumer information for use in background checks.
prepared the following complete text of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. Â§ 1681 et seq. Although staff generally followed the format of the U.S. Code as published by the Government Printing Office, the format of this text does differ in minor ways from the Code (and from Westâs U.S. Code Annotated).