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Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-04: Insufficient Data Protection or Security for Sensitive Consumer Information".
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to ``Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-04: Insufficient Data Protection or Security for Sensitive Consumer Information''.
Summary
This joint resolution expresses congressional disapproval of a rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to withdraw a previous rule titled "Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-04: Insufficient Data Protection or Security for Sensitive Consumer Information." The original circular, published in August 2022, addressed data protection and security for sensitive consumer information. The Bureau's withdrawal rule was published in May 2025. If passed, this resolution would nullify the withdrawal and prevent it from having any legal effect, keeping the original data protection rule in place.
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- GUSTAR KAPLAN NUSBAUM PLLC $9,900
- INVARIANT $8,300
- SLA WORLDWIDE $6,950
- MINDSET $6,800
- EGAN-JONES RATINGS CO. $6,600
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Actions (2)
- May 7, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. · house
- May 7, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 7, 2026
Ms. Waters submitted the following joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
JOINT RESOLUTION
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to “Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-04: Insufficient Data Protection or Security for Sensitive Consumer Information”.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to “Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2022-04: Insufficient Data Protection or Security for Sensitive Consumer Information (87 Fed. Reg. 54346 (August 6, 2022))” (90 Fed. Reg. 20084 (May 12, 2025)), and such rule shall have no force or effect. <all>
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