[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1964 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1964

              To abolish the Office of Financial Research.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 14, 2023

  Mr. Cruz (for himself and Mr. Braun) 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 abolish the Office of Financial Research.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ABOLITION OF THE OFFICE OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle B of the Financial Stability Act of 2010 
(12 U.S.C. 5341 et seq.) is repealed.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Dodd-Frank 
        Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is amended by 
        striking the items relating to subtitle B of title I.
            (2) The Financial Stability Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5301 et 
        seq.) is amended--
                    (A) in section 102 (12 U.S.C. 5311)--
                            (i) in subsection (a)--
                                    (I) by striking paragraph (5);
                                    (II) by redesignating paragraphs 
                                (6) and (7) as paragraphs (5) and (6), 
                                respectively; and
                                    (III) in paragraph (4), by striking 
                                ``paragraph (6)'' and inserting 
                                ``paragraph (5)''; and
                            (ii) in subsection (b), by striking 
                        ``subsection (a)(6)'' and inserting 
                        ``subsection (a)(5)'';
                    (B) in section 111 (12 U.S.C. 5321)--
                            (i) in subsection (b)(2)--
                                    (I) by striking subparagraph (A); 
                                and
                                    (II) by redesignating subparagraphs 
                                (B) through (E) as subparagraphs (A) 
                                through (D), respectively; and
                            (ii) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 
                        ``subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E)'' and 
                        inserting ``subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D)'';
                    (C) in section 112 (12 U.S.C. 5322)--
                            (i) in subsection (a)(2)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (A), by 
                                striking ``direct the Office of 
                                Financial Research to'';
                                    (II) by striking subparagraph (B); 
                                and
                                    (III) by redesignating 
                                subparagraphs (C) through (N) as 
                                subparagraphs (B) through (M), 
                                respectively; and
                            (ii) in subsection (d)--
                                    (I) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                                ``the Office of Financial Research, 
                                member agencies, and'' and inserting 
                                ``member agencies and'';
                                    (II) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                                ``the Office of Financial Research, any 
                                member agency, and'' and inserting 
                                ``any member agency and'';
                                    (III) in paragraph (3)--
                                            (aa) by striking ``, acting 
                                        through the Office of Financial 
                                        Research,'' each place the term 
                                        appears; and
                                            (bb) in subparagraph (B), 
                                        by striking ``the Office of 
                                        Financial Research or''; and
                                    (IV) in paragraph (5)(A), by 
                                striking ``, the Office of Financial 
                                Research,'';
                    (D) in section 116 (12 U.S.C. 5326), by striking 
                ``, acting through the Office of Financial Research,'' 
                each place the term appears; and
                    (E) by striking section 118 (12 U.S.C. 5328).
            (3) Section 1206(a) of the Financial Institutions Reform, 
        Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1833b(a)) is 
        amended by striking ``the Office of Financial Research,''.
            (4) Title 5, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in section 3132(a)(1)(D)--
                            (i) by striking ``the Office of Thrift 
                        Supervision,,'' and inserting ``the Office of 
                        Thrift Supervision,''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``, the Bureau of Consumer 
                        Financial Protection, and the Office of 
                        Financial Research'' and inserting ``and the 
                        Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection''; and
                    (B) in section 5314, by striking ``Director of the 
                Office of Financial Research.''.
            (5) Section 3502(5) of title 44, United States Code, is 
        amended by striking ``the Office of Financial Research,''.
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