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S. 303

U.S. Senate•In Senate Committee

Summary

S. 303, the Defund the CFPB Act, was introduced in the Senate on Jan 29, 2025 by Sen. Ted Cruz (R) with 6 co-sponsors. It was referred to Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs, and last saw action on Jan 29, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Record

Text

S. 303 has 6 co-sponsors.

sb303/introduced-in-senate.txt
119 S303 IS: Defund the CFPB Act
 U.S. Senate
 2025-01-29
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 303  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   January 29, 2025   Mr. Cruz  (for himself,  Mr. Barrasso ,  Mr. Scott of Florida ,  Mr. Daines ,  Mrs. Blackburn ,  Mr. Rounds, and Mr. Lee ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs    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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Defund the CFPB Act  .
2.
Limiting funding of bureau of consumer financial protection
Section 1017(a) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 ( 12 U.S.C. 5497(a) ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1), by striking  taking into account  and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting  which shall be not more than $0. ;
(2)
by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and
(3)
by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-29
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Passed House
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in Senate Jan 29, 2025

sb303/introduced-in-senate.md

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Introduced in Senate (01/29/2025)

Sponsors

Sen. Ted Cruz (R) sponsors S. 303, and 6 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

S. 303 went before 1 committee: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Referred To · Jan 29, 2025 · 465 Bills

Actions

S. 303 has taken 2 actions since Jan 29, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jan 29, 2025
Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Jan 29, 2025
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Introduced in Senate

Votes

S. 303 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to S. 303, as Identical bill.

Titles

S. 303 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Defund the CFPB Act — Display Title
  • Defund the CFPB Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 4 firms and 13 registered lobbyists who named S. 303 in 18 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Government Issues, Banking, Budget/Appropriations, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Small Business, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATIONCredit Union Trade AssociationWashington16—
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION—District of Columbia16—
DEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCILNational Trade Assocation for Defense, Veterans and related Credit UnionsDistrict of Columbia14—
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)—Virginia12—

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION16—
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION16—
DEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCIL14—
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)12—

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
JENNIFER TYREE116
KATHERINE SYBENGA116
MARAM ABDELHAMID116
MATTHEW SOCKNAT116
MATTHEW SOWARDS116
RYAN FITZGERALD116
KURT VORNDRAN115
REGINA HUTTER115
JASON STVERAK114
DAVID GRIFFITH112
COLLEEN COSTELLO111
EVAN BRANDAW111
JOSH NASSAR111

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 fourth_quarter$350K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 second_quarter$350K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 second_quarter$340K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 first_quarter$310K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 third_quarter$300K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 first_quarter$300K1st Quarter - Report
DEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCILDEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCIL2025 fourth_quarter$190K4th Quarter - Report
DEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCILDEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCIL2025 third_quarter$170K3rd Quarter - Report
DEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCILDEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCIL2025 second_quarter$150K2nd Quarter - Report
DEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCILDEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCIL2025 first_quarter$110K1st Quarter - Report
GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATIONGOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$90K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)2026 first_quarter$90K1st Quarter - Report
GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATIONGOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$80K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS (NAESP)2026 second_quarter$70K2nd Quarter - Report
GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATIONGOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$60K2nd Quarter - Report
GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATIONGOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$40K4th Quarter - Report
GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATIONGOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION2025 third_quarter$40K3rd Quarter - Report
GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATIONGOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$40K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 303 under Finance and Financial Sector, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 303’s is Finance and Financial Sector.

s303/policy-areas.txt
Finance and Financial SectorAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com