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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2513 
To require Senate confirmation of Inspector General of the Bureau of 
Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 31, 2025 
Mr. MEUSER (for himself, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. BARR, Mr. WILLIAMS of 
Texas, Mrs. KIM, Mr. DONALDS, and Ms. SALAZAR) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform, and in addition to the Committee 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 
2025’’ or the ‘‘CFPB–IG Reform Act of 2025’’. 
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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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(b) HEARINGS.—Section 1016 of such Act is amend-
ed by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT
FOR INSPECTOR 
GENERAL.—On a separate occasion from that described 
in subsection (a), the Inspector General of the Bureau 
shall appear, upon invitation, before the Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
at semiannual hearings regarding the reports required 
under subsection (b) and the reports required under sec-
tion 405 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
(c) FUNDING
FOR OFFICE
OF INSPECTOR GEN-
ERAL.—Section 1017(a)(2) of such Act is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D); and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) FUNDING FOR OFFICE OF INSPECTOR 
GENERAL.—Each fiscal year, the Bureau shall 
dedicate 2 percent of the funds transferred pur-
suant to paragraph (1) to the Office of the In-
spector General.’’. 
(d) PARTICIPATION IN THE COUNCIL OF INSPECTORS 
GENERAL
ON
FINANCIAL
OVERSIGHT.—Section 
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989E(a)(1) of such Act is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(J) The Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection.’’. 
(e) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—Not later than 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall appoint an Inspector General for the Bu-
reau of Consumer Financial Protection in accordance with 
section 403 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this 
Act shall take effect on the date on which the first Inspec-
tor General of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec-
tion is confirmed by the Senate. 
(b) APPOINTMENT.—The President may appoint, and 
the Senate may confirm, an Inspector General of the Bu-
reau of Consumer Financial Protection before the amend-
ments made by this Act take effect. 
(c) TRANSITION.—The Inspector General of the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and 
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall, upon 
the date on which the first Inspector General of the Bu-
reau of Consumer Financial Protection is confirmed by the 
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Senate, become the Inspector General of the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 
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