I 119THCONGRESS 1 STSESSION H. R. 814 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. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY28, 2025 Mr. S ELF(for himself, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. T IFFANY, and Mr. PFLUGER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defund the CFPB 4 Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 Feb 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H814.IH H814 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 •HR 814 IH SEC. 2. LIMITING FUNDING OF BUREAU OF CONSUMER FI-1 NANCIAL PROTECTION. 2 Section 1017(a) of the Consumer Financial Protec-3 tion Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5497(a)) is amended— 4 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘taking into 5 account’’ and all that follows through the period at 6 the end and inserting ‘‘which shall be not more than 7 $0.’’; 8 (2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and 9 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 10 paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 Feb 25, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H814.IH H814 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB