Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
The bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to require that rates of basic pay for all Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection employees be set and adjusted by the Director in accordance with the General Schedule in 5 U.S.C. 5332. The change would replace the Bureau’s current pay-setting authority with the federal General Schedule framework.
Progressives emphasize harm to recruitment and enforcement capacity.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused substantive amendment that is legally specific in mechanism and statutory placement but leaves out fiscal, transitional, and oversight detail.
The bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to require that rates of basic pay for all Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection employees be set and adjusted by the Director in accordance with the General Schedule in 5 U.S.C. 5332.
The change would replace the Bureau’s current pay-setting authority with the federal General Schedule framework.
The amendment takes effect 90 days after enactment.
Content is narrow and low-cost so procedurally feasible, but potential partisan objections about curtailing agency pay flexibility limit prospects.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused substantive amendment that is legally specific in mechanism and statutory placement but leaves out fiscal, transitional, and oversight detail.
Progressives emphasize harm to recruitment and enforcement capacity.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Progressives emphasize harm to recruitment and enforcement capacity.
Likely skeptical or opposed.
The persona would view the change as a constraint on the CFPB’s pay flexibility, potentially hindering recruitment and retention of specialized staff needed for consumer protection work.
Mixed view.
Sees merit in federal pay uniformity and predictability, but worries about operational impacts and wants data on costs, workforce effects, and transition planning.
Generally supportive.
Views aligning CFPB pay with the General Schedule as increasing accountability, reducing perceived agency privilege, and controlling federal compensation growth.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
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Content is narrow and low-cost so procedurally feasible, but potential partisan objections about curtailing agency pay flexibility limit prospects.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives emphasize harm to recruitment and enforcement capacity.
Content is narrow and low-cost so procedurally feasible, but potential partisan objections about curtailing agency pay flexibility limit pr…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused substantive amendment that is legally specific in mechanism and statutory placement but leaves out fiscal, transitional, and oversight detail.
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