118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 6584Encouraging Innovation and Protecting Consumers Act

To restore the functions of the Office of Innovation of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes.

Finance and financial sector
Introduced Dec 4, 2023
Last action Dec 4, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
Dec 4, 2023
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Referred
Dec 4, 2023
Financial Services
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

This bill (1) ends the Office of Competition and Innovation within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and (2) restores the Office of Innovation at the CFPB. The Office of Competition and Innovation replaced the Office of Innovation in 2022. The original Office of Innovation was established in 2018. The restored Office of Innovation must reestablish the compliance assistance sandbox policy (providing a safe harbor from certain liability laws while an approved financial product or service is in a testing phase) and the no action letter policy (ensuring no supervisory or enforcement action against an approved financial product or service in certain circumstances).

Provisions · 3 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 2 actions
Dec 4, 2023
Introduced in House
Dec 4, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.