H.R. 654 Introduced Finance and Financial Sector

TABS Act of 2025

To change the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into an independent agency named the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency, to transition the Agency to the regular appropriations process, and for other purposes.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] Introduced January 23, 2025 Cosponsors 16 (16 R) Latest action January 23, 2025

Summary

Taking Account of Bureaucrats' Spending Act of 2025 or the TABS Act of 2025
This bill restructures the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and renames it as the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency. The new agency is established as an independent agency outside of the Federal Reserve System.
The bill also changes the funding structure of the agency by prohibiting the transfer of funds to the agency from the Federal Reserve System and by authorizing congressional appropriations for FY2026-FY2027.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Jan 23, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  2. Jan 23, 2025 Introduced in House

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