S. 303 119th Congress Senate

Defund the CFPB Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to limit to $0 the amount that the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection may re… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to limit to $0 the amount that the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection may request to fund the activities of the Bureau.

Introduced: January 29, 2025 Introduced by: Ted Cruz Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

Finance and Financial Sector

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Jan 29, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Jan 29, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now January 29, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Defund the CFPB Act

This bill caps funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau at $0.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 21

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP) · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION
for GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION · Washington · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION
for GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION · Washington · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP) · Virginia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
21 filings
SENATE
21 filings
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
11 filings
Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
11 filings
Treasury, Dept of
11 filings
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
10 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
10 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
10 filings

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Cosponsors 6