Access to Justice S. 3913 (Cortez-Masto)/H.R. 7171 (Horsford) End Double Taxation of Successful Consumer Claims Act. Senate Support Letter. House Support Letter. S. 2627 (Cortez-Masto) End Double Taxation of Successful Civil Claims Act.  Support. S. 610 (Sen. Blumenthal)/H.R. 1423 (Rep. Johnson), Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act. Consumer support letter on House and Senate bills. S. [...]

Access to Justice Group letter strongly opposing H.R. 3487 (diversity jurisdiction); H.R. 6730 (nationwide injunctions); H.R. 6754 (Ninth Circuit re-structuring); and H.R. 6755 (miscellaneous federal court changes), Sept. 12, 2018. Opposition Letter. H.R. 4738, Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act., Jan. 16, 2018. Opposition letter. Coalition letter to Senate Judiciary Committe​e​ ​opposing weakening​​ ​the legal rights of individuals [...]

Arbitration Letter supporting H.R. 1020, Arbitration Fairness Act, July 26, 2010 Bank Accounts Comments on the Treasury Department’s proposal to mandate all electronic deposits by 2013, August 16, 2010 Letter in Support of Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act (Miller), July 27, 2010 Bankruptcy Letter supporting Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act, [...]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau S. 3468 (Portman), Independent Agency Regulatory Analysis Act – oppose, Sept. 7, 2012 Letter opposing H.R. 1121 (Bachus) and H.R. 1315 (Duffy), which weakens CFPB, May 3, 2011 Credit Reporting Letters expressing concern about the harm to consumers and the preemptive effects of HR 6363 (Renacci), The Credit Access and Inclusion [...]

Bank Accounts H.R.3137 (Schakowsky) & S. 1534 (Harkin), Freedom and Mobility in Consumer Banking Act (Support) Consumer Financial Protection Bureau S. 2732 (Toomey),Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2014. Consumer coalition letter in opposition. H.R. 3193 (Duffy), Consumer Financial Protection and Soundness Improvement Act of 2013, a package of bills designed [...]

Anti-Consumer Legislation Summary of anti-consumer legislation anticipated in the 114th Congress. Anti-Regulation Legislation H.R. 185 (Goodlatte), Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA). Consumer opposition letter. H.R. 427 (Young), Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015 (REINS Act) (H.R. 427). Arbitration Letter opposing Appropriation riders that limit CFPB’s arbitration authority, May 10, 2016 Letter [...]

On behalf of our low income clients, NCLC monitors legislation and administrative agency rulemakings and other activities affecting consumers.  See also our Model State Laws. To find out the status of a congressional bill and current co-sponsors, visit www.thomas.gov. Arbitration & Access to Justice  Bank Accounts Bankruptcy Credit cards Foreclosure Medical Debt Mortgage Lending Overdraft [...]

Car Sales & Financing Making Repossessions Safer and Fairer: Model Consumer Amendments to Uniform Commercial Code Article 9, June 2016 Debt Collection and Settlement Fact Sheet: What States Can Do: Criminal Justice Debt, September 2019 Model Medical Debt Protection Act, September 2019 Fact Sheet: What States Can Do to Help Consumers: Medical Debt, September 2019 Fact [...]

The following rulemakings are outstanding.  Some agencies may accept comments after the deadline.  For completed regulatory comments in a particular subject area, visit the appropriate Issues page or Regulatory Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. All of the CFPB's requests for comment can be viewed here. All agencies' open rulemakings, and submitted comments, can be [...]