January 29, 2025
Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Daines, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. Lee) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to limit to $0 the amount that the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection may request to fund the activities of the Bureau.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Defund the CFPB Act
.
Sec. 2. Limiting funding of bureau of consumer financial protection
Section 1017(a) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5497(a)) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1), by striking taking into account
and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting which shall be not more than $0.
;
(2)
by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and
(3)
by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively.