S3721-119

In Committee

Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Jan 29, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers. The main policy domain is Finance, Civil Rights, Housing.

Who Benefits and How

financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id133A0ABD61D94EC5A2E422C492B19018: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2026.
  • Section idA5126DD10590458AB11A325DCF186C13: 2. Limits on annual percentage rates Chapter 2 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1631 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 140B.Limits...
  • Section id7BFC393B4DF4426C9AB7381EAFCF1FF4: 140B. Limits on annual percentage rates Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annual percentage rate applicable to any consumer credit transaction...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.

Key Policy Areas

Finance, Civil Rights, Housing

Primary Purpose

This bill, Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.

Policy Domains

Finance Civil Rights Housing

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
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financial institutions, investors, and borrowers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
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financial institutions, investors, and borrowers: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 29, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, …

Jan 29, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 29, 2026

Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Reed, and Mr. …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Finance Civil Rights Housing
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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