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110 STAT. 3009 -441 PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 not be reinserted in the file by the consumer reporting agency unless the person who furnishes the information certifies that the information is complete and accurate. "(ii) NOTICE TO CONSUMER.— If any information that has been deleted from a consumer's file pursuant to subparagraph (A) is reinserted in the file, the consumer reporting agency shall notify the consumer of the reinsertion in writing not later than 5 business days after the reinsertion or, if authorized by the consumer for that purpose, by any other means available to the agency. "(iii) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. —As part of, or in addition to, the notice under clause (ii), a consumer reporting agency shall provide to a consumer in writing not later than 5 business days after the date of the reinsertion— "(I) a statement that the disputed information has been reinserted; "(II) the business name and address of any furnisher of information contacted and the telephone number of such furnisher, if reasonably available, or of any furnisher of information that contacted the consumer reporting agency, in connection with the reinsertion of such information; and "(III) a notice that the consumer has the right to add a statement to the consumer's file disputing the accuracy or completeness of the disputed information. " (C) PROCEDURES TO PREVENT REAPPEARANCE.—^A consumer reporting agency shall maintain reasonable procedures designed to prevent the reappearance in a consumer's file, and in consumer reports on the consumer, of information that is deleted pursuant to this paragraph (other than information that is reinserted in accordance with subparagraph (B)(i)). " (D) AUTOMATED REINVESTIGATION SYSTEM.— Any consumer reporting agency that compiles and maintains files on consumers on a nationwide basis shall implement an automated system through which furnishers of information to that consumer reporting agency may report the results of a reinvestigation that finds incomplete or inaccurate information in a consumer's file to other such consumer reporting agencies. " (6) NOTICE OF RESULTS OF REINVESTIGATION. — "(A) IN GENERAL. —^A consumer reporting agency shall provide written notice to a consumer of the results of a reinvestigation under this subsection not later than 5 business days after the completion of the reinvestigation, by mail or, if authorized by the consumer for that purpose, by other means available to the agency. "(B) CONTENTS. — As part of, or in addition to, the notice under subparagraph (A), a consumer reporting agency shall provide to a consumer in writing before the expiration of the 5-day period referred to in subparagraph (A)—