117th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To prohibit the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection from overseeing lending institutions’ participation in the Paycheck Protection Program.
January 26, 2021
Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To prohibit the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection from overseeing lending institutions’ participation in the Paycheck Protection Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “No CFPB in the PPP Act”.
SEC. 2. Prohibition on CFPB oversight of lending institutions participating in the PPP.
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall not have the authority to—
(1) assess, audit, review, or examine any part of the participation of a lender in any program established under paragraph (36) or (37) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)); or
(2) levy fees or fines against a lender due to any action of the lender under any program described in paragraph (1).