CFPB Restructuring & Renaming (TABS Act / Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-05-15 — Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act: cross-connection with cfpb-commission-restructuring: Both bills would remove the CFPB from the Federal Reserve System; the Commission Act pairs that structural change with conversion to a five-member bipartisan commission, while the TABS Act focuses on renaming and appropriations-based funding. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-01-23 — TABS Act of 2025: 2025-01-23 — TABS Act of 2025 (HR654) introduced and referred to House Financial Services: would rename CFPB to ‘Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency,’ remove it from the Federal Reserve System, prohibit Fed fund transfers, and shift the agency to congressional appropriations for FY2026–FY2027. (novelty: 3, status: introduced) (novelty: 3)