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HR 6536 119th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Bank accounts, deposits, capital Congressional oversight Financial services and investments Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Rural conditions and development

Rural Depositories Revitalization Study Act

Introduced: December 9, 2025 Introduced by: Norman, Ralph Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 2, 2026
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-473.
Feb 2, 2026
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 404.
Dec 17, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Dec 17, 2025
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 50 - 0.
Dec 16, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Dec 9, 2025
Introduced in House
Dec 9, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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Rural Depositories Revitalization Study Act

This bill requires federal banking agencies to study and report on approaches to support rural depository institutions.

Specifically, the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation must jointly (1) study and report on methods to improve the growth, capital adequacy, and profitability of rural depository institutions; and (2) identify statutes and regulations that limit such methods or prevent the establishment of new rural depository institutions. 

What's happening now February 2, 2026

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 404.

 Hearings & markups 1
  • Various Measures
    Markup Dec 16, 2025 · 10:00 AM EST · Financial Services Committee
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6955 Related bill Main Street Act
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 4

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 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
R
Moore, Tim
North Carolina · Jan 7, 2026
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Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Dec 15, 2025
 R
Rose, John W.
Tennessee · Dec 15, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6536: Rural Depositories Revitalization Study Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6536/
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"H.R. 6536: Rural Depositories Revitalization Study Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6536/.
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H.R. 6536, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6536/.
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