S.J. Res. 36 (119th)Bill Overview

Disapprove CFPB Prohibition on Creditors and Consumer Reporting Agencies…

CRA DisapprovalFinance and Financial Sector|Finance and Financial Sector
Cosponsors
Support
Republican
Introduced
Mar 11, 2025
Discussions
Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Introduced
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Floor
President
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Congressional Activities
01 · The brief
Plain-English summaryWhat this bill actually does

This joint resolution invokes the Congressional Review Act to disapprove and nullify a Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) rule titled "Prohibition on Creditors and Consumer Reporting Agencies Concerning Medical Information (Regulation V)" (90 Fed. Reg. 3276, Jan 14, 2025).

Why people may split

Progressives emphasize medical privacy and anti-discrimination protections

Watch point

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise, standard Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution that clearly identifies the targeted rule and states the dispositive legal effect.

This joint resolution invokes the Congressional Review Act to disapprove and nullify a Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) rule titled "Prohibition on Creditors and Consumer Reporting Agencies Concerning Medical Information (Regulation V)" (90 Fed.

Reg. 3276, Jan 14, 2025).

If enacted, the resolution would strip that CFPB rule of legal effect and prevent it from taking force.

Passage35/100

Content is narrow and procedurally eligible for CRA fast-track, so plausible if Congressional majority and executive branch align; otherwise unlikely.

CredibilityAligned

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise, standard Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution that clearly identifies the targeted rule and states the dispositive legal effect.

Contention70/100

Progressives emphasize medical privacy and anti-discrimination protections

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
Consumers · LendersConsumers

These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.

Likely helped
  • ConsumersReduces compliance costs for creditors and consumer reporting agencies by avoiding new rule implementation.
  • Potential benefitPreserves creditor access to medical-related information for underwriting, fraud detection, and risk modeling.
  • LendersSupports small lenders by avoiding new operational burdens and technology upgrades.
Likely burdened
  • ConsumersAllows creditors and reporting agencies to use medical information, increasing consumer privacy risks.
  • Potential burdenRaises discrimination risks against people with medical conditions in credit decisions or pricing.
  • ConsumersRolls back consumer protections the Bureau designed to limit sensitive data misuse.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Progressives emphasize medical privacy and anti-discrimination protections
Progressive15%

Likely opposes the resolution because it nullifies a CFPB rule that restricts use and sharing of medical information by creditors and consumer reporting agencies.

Views this as a rollback of consumer privacy and anti-discrimination protections for sensitive health data.

Likely resistant
Centrist50%

Takes a cautious, mixed view.

Sees tradeoffs between consumer privacy protections and regulatory costs or unintended credit market effects.

Favors a targeted fix or careful cost-benefit review rather than an outright, permanent disapproval if possible.

Split reaction
Conservative85%

Likely supports the resolution as regulatory relief and a check on CFPB rulemaking.

Views disapproval as protecting lender flexibility and preventing an overbroad restriction on credit underwriting and reporting practices.

Leans supportive
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

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Floor

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President

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Law

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Passage likelihood35/100

Content is narrow and procedurally eligible for CRA fast-track, so plausible if Congressional majority and executive branch align; otherwise unlikely.

Scope and complexity
24%
Scopenarrow
24%
Complexitylow
Why this could stall
  • Congressional majority support and cohesion
  • Administration's position and possible veto threat
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

No vote history yet

The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.

06 · Go deeper

Go deeper than the headline read.

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Progressives emphasize medical privacy and anti-discrimination protections

Content is narrow and procedurally eligible for CRA fast-track, so plausible if Congressional majority and executive branch align; otherwis…

Unlocked analysis

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise, standard Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution that clearly identifies the targeted rule and states the dispositive legal effect.

Go beyond the headline summary with full stakeholder mapping, legislative design analysis, passage barriers, and lens-by-lens tradeoff breakdowns.

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