Bureau Research Transparency Act

Bureau Research Transparency Act - Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), any time it issues a research paper available to the public, to accompany it with all studies, data, and other analyses on which it was based.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4539 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4539

To require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, when issuing a 
  research paper, to include all studies, data, and other analyses on 
                       which the paper was based.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2014

 Mr. Fitzpatrick introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, when issuing a 
  research paper, to include all studies, data, and other analyses on 
                       which the paper was based.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bureau Research Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH PAPER TRANSPARENCY.

    Section 1013 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (12 
U.S.C. 5493) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Research Paper Transparency.--Any time the Bureau, either 
through the research unit established by the Director under subsection 
(b)(1) or otherwise, issues a research paper that is available to the 
public, the Bureau shall accompany such paper with all studies, data, 
and other analyses on which the paper was based.''.
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