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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 654 (Introduced in House) — To change the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into an independent agency named the Consumer Financial Empower... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency

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The Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 ( 12 U.S.C. 5481 et seq. ) is amended— in section 1011— in the heading of such section, by striking and inserting BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION ; Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency in subsection (a)— in the heading of such subsection, by striking and inserting Bureau ; Agency by striking in the Federal Reserve System, ; by striking independent bureau and inserting independent agency ; and by striking and inserting Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection ; Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency (hereinafter in this section referred to as the Agency ) in subsection (b)(5), by amending subparagraph
(A)to read as follows: shall be appointed by the President; and ; in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (3); in subsection (e), by striking , including in cities in which the Federal reserve banks, or branches of such banks, are located, ; and by striking Bureau each place such term appears and inserting Agency ; and in section 1012— in subsection (a)(10), by striking examinations, ; and by striking subsection (c). Any reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall be deemed a reference to the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ( 12 U.S.C. 5301 et seq. ) is amended— in the table of contents in section 1(b)— by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection each place such term appears and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; and in the table of contents relating to title X, in the items relating to subtitle B, subtitle C, and section 1027, by striking Bureau each place such term appears and inserting Agency ; in section 2, by amending paragraph
(4)to read as follows: The term Agency means the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency established under title X. ; in section 342 by striking Bureau each place such term appears in headings and text and inserting Agency ; in section 1400(b)— by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; and in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection ; Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency in section 1411(a)(1), by striking Bureau and inserting Agency ; and in section 1447, by striking Director of the Bureau each place such term appears and inserting Director of the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency . The Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act of 1982 ( 12 U.S.C. 3801 et seq. ) is amended— by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection each place such term appears and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; and in the subsection heading of subsection
(d)of section 804 ( 12 U.S.C. 3803(d) ), by striking and inserting Bureau . Agency The Electronic Fund Transfer Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1693 et seq. ) is amended— by amending the second paragraph
(4)(defining the term Bureau ) to read as follows: the term Agency means the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency; ; in section 916(d)(1), by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; and by striking Bureau each place that term appears in heading or text and inserting Agency . The Equal Credit Opportunity Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1691 et seq. ) is amended— in section 702 ( 15 U.S.C. 1691a ), by amending subsection
(c)to read as follows: The term Agency means the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency. ; and by striking Bureau each place that term appears in heading or text and inserting Agency . The Expedited Funds Availability Act ( 12 U.S.C. 4001 et seq. ) is amended— by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection each place such term appears and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; and in the heading of section 605(f)(1), by striking and inserting board and bureau . Board and Agency The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 ( Public Law 108–159 ) is amended by striking Bureau each place such term appears in heading and text and inserting Agency . The Fair Credit Reporting Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq. ) is amended— by amending section 603(w) to read as follows: The term Agency means the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency. ; and by striking Bureau each place such term appears, other than in sections 626 and 603(v), and inserting Agency . The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1692 et seq. ) is amended— by amending section 803(1) to read as follows: The term Agency means the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency. ; and by striking Bureau each place such term appears in heading or text and inserting Agency . The Federal Deposit Insurance Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1811 et seq. ) is amended— in the second paragraph
(6)(with the heading Referral to bureau of consumer financial protection ) of section 8(t) ( 12 U.S.C. 1818(t) )— in the paragraph heading, by striking ; and inserting bureau of consumer financial protection ; and Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; by amending clause
(vi)of section 11(t)(2)(A) ( 12 U.S.C. 1821(t)(2)(A)(vi) ) to read as follows: The Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency. ; in section 18(x) ( 12 U.S.C. 1828(x) ), by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection each place such term appears and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; by striking Bureau each place such term appears and inserting Agency ; and in section 43(e) ( 12 U.S.C. 1831t(e) ), by amending paragraph
(5)to read as follows: The term Agency means the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency. . The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 ( 12 U.S.C. 3301 et seq. ) is amended— in section 1004(a)(4), by striking Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; and in section 1011, by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency . The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 ( Public Law 101–73 ; 103 Stat. 183) is amended— in section 1112(b) ( 12 U.S.C. 3341 ), by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; in section 1124 ( 12 U.S.C. 3353 ), by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection each place such term appears and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; in section 1125 ( 12 U.S.C. 3354 ), by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection each place such term appears and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; and in section 1206(a) ( 12 U.S.C. 1833b(a) ), by striking Federal Housing Finance Board and all that follows through Farm Credit Administration and inserting Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency, and the Farm Credit Administration . Section 513 of the Financial Literacy and Education Improvement Act ( 20 U.S.C. 9702 ) is amended by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection each place such term appears and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency . Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 6801 et seq. ) is amended— by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection each place such term appears and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; and in section 505(a)(8) ( 15 U.S.C. 6805(a)(8) ), by striking Bureau and inserting Agency . The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 ( 12 U.S.C. 2801 et seq. ) is amended— by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection each place such term appears and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; by striking Bureau each place such term appears and inserting Agency ; and in section 303, by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: the term Agency means the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency; . Section 10(a)(4) of the Homeowners Protection Act of 1998 ( 12 U.S.C. 4909(a)(4) ) is amended by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency . Section 158(a) of the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994 ( 15 U.S.C. 1601 note) is amended by striking Bureau and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency . The Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ) is amended— by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection each place such term appears and inserting Agency ; in section 1402, by amending paragraph
(12)to read as follows: Agency means the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency. ; and in section 1416, by striking Bureau each place such term appears and inserting Agency . The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 ( 12 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. ) is amended— by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection each place such term appears and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; by striking Bureau each place such term appears and inserting Agency ; and in section 3, by amending paragraph
(9)to read as follows: the term Agency means the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency. . Section 5136C(b)(3)(B) of the Revised Statutes of the United States ( 12 U.S.C. 25b(b)(3)(B) ) is amended by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency . The Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978 ( 12 U.S.C. 3401 et seq. ) is amended— by amending subparagraph
(B)of section 1101(7) ( 12 U.S.C. 3401(7)(B) ) to read as follows: the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency; ; and by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection each place such term appears in heading or text and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency . The S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 ( 12 U.S.C. 5101 et seq. ) is amended— in section 1507, by striking Bureau, and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection each place such term appears and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection each place such term appears and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; by striking Bureau each place such appears, other than in sections 1505(a)(1), 1507(a)(2)(A), and 1511(b), and inserting Agency ; in section 1503, by amending paragraph
(1)to read as follows: The term Agency means the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency. ; in the heading of section 1508, by striking and inserting BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION ; and Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency in the heading of section 1514, by striking and inserting BUREAU . AGENCY The Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act ( 15 U.S.C. 6101 et seq. ) is amended by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection each place such term appears in heading or text and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency . Title 5, United States Code, is amended— in section 552a(w)— in the subsection heading, by striking and inserting Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection ; and Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; in section 609(d)(2), by striking Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of the Federal Reserve System and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency ; and in section 3132(a)(1)(D), by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency . Section 987(h)(3)(E) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency . Section 557(a) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ( Public Law 113–29 ; 128 Stat. 3381; 10 U.S.C. 1144 note), is amended by striking Consumer Financial Protection Bureau each place such term appears and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency . Title 44, United States Code, is amended— in section 3502(5), by striking the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, ; and in section 3513(c), by striking Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection and inserting Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency . The Truth in Lending Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. ) is amended— by amending section 103(b) ( 15 U.S.C. 1602(b) ) to read as follows: The term Agency means the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency. ; by amending section 103(c) ( 15 U.S.C. 1602(c) ) to read as follows: The term Board means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. ; in section 128(f) ( 15 U.S.C. 1638(f) ), by striking Board each place such term appears and inserting Agency ; in sections 129B ( 15 U.S.C. 1639b ) and 129C ( 15 U.S.C. 1639c ), by striking Board each place such term appears and inserting Agency ; in section 140A ( 15 U.S.C. 1651 ), by striking in consultation with the Bureau and inserting in consultation with the Federal Trade Commission ; by striking Bureau each place such term appears in heading or text and inserting Agency ; and by striking and inserting bureau in the paragraph headings for— Agency section 122(d)(2) ( 15 U.S.C. 1632(d)(2) ); section 127(c)(5) ( 15 U.S.C. 1637(c)(5) ); section 127(r)(3) ( 15 U.S.C. 1637(r)(3) ); and section 127A(a)(14) ( 15 U.S.C. 1637a(a)(14) ). The Truth in Savings Act ( 12 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. ) is amended— by amending paragraph
(4)of section 274 ( 12 U.S.C. 4313(4) ) to read as follows: The term Agency means the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency. ; by striking National Credit Union Administration Bureau each place such term appears and inserting National Credit Union Administration Board ; and by striking Bureau each place such term appears and inserting Agency , except in section 233(b)(4)(B).
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Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency
Pub. L.Pub. L. 108-159
Pub. L.Pub. L. 101-73
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