Open Banking Study Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4047
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2019-07-25
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation

Congressional oversight

Consumer credit

Government studies and investigations

Intergovernmental relations
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Open Banking Study Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Reserve Board, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Government Accountability Office, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration to report jointly on their respective regulated entities' processes for third-party access to consumer-authorized financial data. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4047 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 25, 2019 Mr. Meeks introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To require certain Federal financial regulators to carry out an independent study of their regulated entities’ processes for allowing third parties to access consumer-authorized financial data.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Open Banking Study Act of 2019 . 2. Consumer-authorized financial data study (a) Study The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration shall, jointly, carry out a study of their regulated entities’ processes for allowing third parties to access consumer-authorized financial data. (b) Report Not later than the end of the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal agencies required to carry out a study under subsection (a) shall submit a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate containing— (1) a description of all findings and determinations made in carrying out the study required under subsection (a); and (2) administrative and legislative recommendations that would encourage consumer-authorized financial data sharing and aggregation consistent with the agencies’ safety and soundness, consumer protection, and cybersecurity standards, and all applicable laws and regulations.