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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1411 
To require Senate confirmation of Inspector General of the Bureau of 
Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2023 
Mr. LUETKEMEYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined 
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require Senate confirmation of Inspector General of the 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection-Inspector General Reform Act of 
2023’’ or the ‘‘CFPB–IG Reform Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
Chapter 4 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 401— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘the 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection,’’ 
after ‘‘the Export-Import Bank of the United 
States,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘the Di-
rector of the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection;’’ after ‘‘the President of the Export- 
Import Bank of the United States;’’; and 
(2) in section 415— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘and 
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’’; 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘For 
purposes of implementing this section, the 
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System shall appoint the In-
spector General of the Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of 
Consumer Financial Protection. The Inspector 
General of the Board of Governors of the Fed-
eral Reserve System and the Bureau of Con-
sumer Financial Protection shall have all of the 
authorities and responsibilities provided by this 
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Act with respect to the Bureau of Consumer Fi-
nancial Protection, as if the Bureau were part 
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Re-
serve System.’’; and 
(C) in subsection (g)(3), by striking ‘‘and 
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’’. 
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
FOR THE BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 
PROTECTION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 1011 of the Dodd- 
Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 
(12 U.S.C. 5491) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
DEPUTY
DIRECTOR, AND
INSPECTOR
GEN-
ERAL’’; and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the 
following: 
‘‘(6) INSPECTOR
GENERAL.—There is estab-
lished the position of the Inspector General.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘or Deputy 
Director’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘, 
Deputy Director, or Inspector General’’. 
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