Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015

To amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to improve the transparency, accountability, governance, and operations of the Office of Financial Research, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015 2. Additional duties of the Office of Financial Research Section 153 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ( 12 U.S.C. 5343 (g) Additional duties (1) Annual work plan (A) In general The Director shall, after a period of 60 days for public notice and comment, annually publish a detailed work plan concerning the priorities of the Office for the upcoming fiscal year. (B) Requirements The work plan shall include the following: (i) A unique alphanumeric identifier and detailed description of any report, study, working paper, grant, guidance, data collection, or request for information that is expected to be in progress during, or scheduled to begin in, the upcoming fiscal year. (ii) For each item listed under clause (i), a target date for any significant actions related to such item, including the target date— (I) for the release of a report, study, or working paper; (II) for, and topics of, a meeting of a working paper group and each solicitation of applications for grants; and (III) for the issuance of guidance, data collections, or requests for information. (iii) A list of all technical and professional advisory committees that is expected to be convened in the upcoming fiscal year pursuant to section 152(h). (iv) The name and professional affiliations of each individual who served during the previous fiscal year as an academic or professional fellow pursuant to section 152(i). (v) A detailed description of the progress made by primary financial regulatory agencies in adopting a unique alphanumeric system to identify legally distinct entities that engage in financial transactions (commonly known as a Legal Entity Identifier (2) Public reports (A) Consultation In preparing any public report with respect to a specified entity, class of entities, or financial product or service, the Director shall consult with any Federal department or agency with expertise in regulating the entity, class of entities, or financial product or service. (B) Report requirements A public report described in subparagraph (A) shall include— (i) an explanation of any changes made as a result of a consultation under this subparagraph and, with respect to any changes suggested in such consultation that were not made, the reasons that the Director did not incorporate such changes; and (ii) information on the date, time, and nature of such consultation. (C) Notice and comment Before issuing any public report described in subparagraph (A), the Director shall provide a period of 90 days for public notice and comment on the report. (3) Cybersecurity plan (A) In general The Office shall develop and implement a cybersecurity plan that uses appropriate safeguards that are adequate to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the data in the possession of the Office. (B) GAO review The Comptroller General of the United States shall annually audit the cybersecurity plan and its implementation described in subparagraph (A). . June 8, 2016 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Office of Financial Research Accountability Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to require the Office of Financial Research within the Department of the Treasury to publish annually a detailed work plan of the Office priorities for the upcoming fiscal year, including a detailed description of the progress made by primary financial regulatory agencies in adopting a unique alphanumeric system ("Legal Entity Identifier") to identify legally distinct entities that engage in financial transactions, as well as a list of regulations requiring the use of such a system and actions taken to ensure its adoption by those agencies. The bill requires the Office to develop and implement a cybersecurity plan using adequate safeguards to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the data in Office possession.