Pentagon Federal Credit Union President/CEO Frank Pollack is scheduled to be one of five witnesses to testify at Tuesday's Senate Banking Committee hearing on legislation to restrict overdraft fees.

Pollack is slated to appear along with representatives of Citibank, two consumer groups and a private citizen from Connecticut, the home state of Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, the sponsor of the legislation.

Dodd's legislation would require credit unions and banks would have to gain a member's or customer's permission before enrolling them in an overdraft protection program and could only charge fees once a month or six times per year.

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