Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Bulletin 2023-01: Unfair Billing and Collection Practices After Bankruptcy Discharges of Certain Student Loan Debts".
Summary
What This Bill Does
H.J.Res.182 is a Congressional Review Act disapproval resolution aimed at a CFPB withdrawal action. The targeted withdrawal concerns Bulletin 2023-01 on unfair billing and collection after bankruptcy discharge of certain student loan debts. Because the action being disapproved is a rollback, the practical effect would be to keep the earlier CFPB circular, bulletin, rule, or interpretation from being erased by the 2025 withdrawal notice. The stakes are consumer-finance supervision, private enforcement leverage, compliance duties for financial firms, and Congress's ability to reverse agency deregulatory actions through the CRA.
Who Benefits and How
Student loan bankruptcy debtors benefit because disapproval would preserve the CFPB position that gave them a clearer protection, complaint theory, or supervisory standard. Consumer protection attorneys benefit because the earlier CFPB document remains a stronger reference point for enforcement and litigation. State consumer finance enforcers benefit from a federal interpretation they can cite when policing unfair, deceptive, or discriminatory practices. Borrowers emerging from bankruptcy benefit if CFPB warnings against collecting discharged debt remain available.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Student loan collectors bear the burden because the prior CFPB interpretation would continue to shape compliance reviews and litigation risk. CFPB rollback staff must treat the withdrawal as legally ineffective if the resolution is enacted. Financial compliance departments must keep policies aligned with the earlier CFPB guidance instead of relying on the withdrawal. Loan servicing departments must continue screening accounts for bankruptcy discharge before billing or collection.
Key Provisions
- Provides congressional disapproval of the CFPB withdrawal relating to Bulletin 2023-01 on unfair billing and collection after bankruptcy discharge of certain student loan debts.
- Blocks the withdrawal by declaring that it shall have no force or effect.
- Preserves the earlier CFPB circular, bulletin, rule, or interpretation as the operative policy baseline.
- Restricts the CFPB's ability to issue a substantially similar withdrawal without new congressional authority.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau withdrawal of Bulletin 2023-01 on unfair billing and collection after bankruptcy discharge of certain student loan debts, making the rollback have no force or effect.
Key Policy Areas
Consumer Finance, Administrative Law, Congressional Review Act
Primary Purpose
Uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau withdrawal of Bulletin 2023-01 on unfair billing and collection after bankruptcy discharge of certain student loan debts, making the rollback have no force or effect.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Student loan bankruptcy debtors
- Consumer protection attorneys
- State consumer finance enforcers
- CFPB supervision staff
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Student loan collectors
- CFPB rollback staff
- Financial compliance departments
- Consumer finance litigants
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
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