MATCH Act

Bill: 118-hr-3527
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
Introduced: 2023-05-18
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Latest action: action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-05-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Mandating the Abolition of a Threat to Consumer Happiness Act or the MATCH Act </b></p> <p>This bill implements a hiring freeze at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Further, new positions may not be established and employees and officers may not be assigned new duties or transferred to other duty stations. </p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3527 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 18, 2023 Mr. Ogles (for himself, Mr. Biggs , Mr. Perry , and Mr. Donalds ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To impose a hiring freeze and other limitations on the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Mandating the Abolition of a Threat to Consumer Happiness Act or the MATCH Act . 2. Hiring freeze and other limitations On or after the date of the enactment of this Act— (1) no individual may be appointed to any position within the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; (2) no new position may be established at the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection; (3) no officer or employee of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection effective on the date of the enactment of this Act may be assigned any duties not assigned to that employee on that date; and (4) no officer or employee of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection may be transferred to a duty station other than the duty station applicable to such officer or employee effective the date of enactment of this Act.