S. 4684

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4684 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4684

To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to set a 
compulsory funding floor for the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection, and for other purposes.

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 4, 2026

Ms. Warren (for herself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Warner, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. 
Cortez Masto, Ms. Smith, Mr. Warnock, Mr. Kim, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Blunt 
Rochester, and Ms. Alsobrooks) introduced the following bill; which was 
read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs

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A BILL

To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to set a 
compulsory funding floor for the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection, and for other purposes.

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 ``Protecting American Consumers Act''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING FLOOR FOR BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION.

Section 1017(a)(2) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 
(12 U.S.C. 5497(a)(2)) is amended--
(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), 
and in accordance with this paragraph, the amount that 
shall be transferred to the Bureau in each fiscal year 
shall be not less than 12 percent of the total 
operating expenses of the Federal Reserve System, as 
reported in the Annual Report, 2009, of the Board of 
Governors.''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``(A)(iii)'' and 
inserting ``(A)''.
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