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119TH CONGRESS · UPDATED 10:08 PM ET
HOUSESTANDING COMMITTEE · SINCE 1865SINCE 1865

House Committee on Financial Services

Writes laws on banks, deposit insurance, stock and bond markets, insurance and housing programs. It also oversees the Federal Reserve's monetary policy and the nation's currency and coins.

Writes laws on banks, stock markets, insurance and housing. Also oversees the Federal Reserve's monetary policy and U.S. currency.

WHAT IT DECIDES
Banks and bankingStocks and securitiesInsuranceHousing programsThe Federal ReserveCurrency and coins
Banks and bankingStocks and securitiesInsuranceHousing programsThe Federal ReserveCurrency and coins
ITS RECORD THIS CONGRESS

942 bills sent here. 154 came out.942 bills in. 154 came out.

16% CAME OUT · HOUSE AVERAGE 10%
REFERRED942
CAME OUT16%154
PASSED THE HOUSE47%72
BECAME LAW6.9%5

16% came out, against a House average of 10%.

REFERRED
942
THIS CONGRESS
CAME OUT
154
16% OF PREVIOUS
PASSED THE HOUSE
72
47% OF PREVIOUS
BECAME LAW
5
6.9% OF PREVIOUS

Bills can be sent to more than one committee. “Came out” means this committee voted to report it or was discharged from it, or the full House passed it.

BILLS WAITING HERE · 787

What the chair hasn’t taken up yetNot taken up yet

H.R. 10691 · SENT OCT 10 COSPONSORSH.R. 10691SENT OCT 1Ban Flock ActTL;DR Automatic license plate readers record details about vehicles and can help track their movements. The Ban Flock Act would restrict federal use of the readers and their data, condition certain federal grants on state and local limits, and bar most federal funding for reader-related activities. It would allow limited toll-only use under rules for handling the data.Alexandria Ocasio-CortezD-NY-1415 STORIESAlexandria Ocasio-CortezD-NY-140 COSPONSORS15 STORIESH.R. 10688 · SENT OCT 11 COSPONSORSH.R. 10688SENT OCT 1Authorize housing choice vouchers for families with childrenTL;DR Housing choice vouchers are a form of help for people seeking housing. This proposal would authorize a new type aimed at families with children, with goals that include reducing homelessness and improving outcomes for poor children.Joe NeguseD-CO-2Joe NeguseD-CO-21 COSPONSORH.R. 10686 · SENT OCT 114 COSPONSORSH.R. 10686SENT OCT 1Establish a pilot program for community-based catastrophe insurance grantsTL;DR Catastrophe insurance provides coverage for losses from major disasters. The proposal would have FEMA run a grant pilot to support covered entities designing, developing, facilitating, or implementing community-based catastrophe insurance.Dave MinD-CA-47Dave MinD-CA-4714 COSPONSORSH.R. 10642 · SENT OCT 142 COSPONSORSH.R. 10642SENT OCT 1Impose sanctions on West Bank and Gaza settlementsTL;DR Settlements in the West Bank and Gaza are the subject of this measure. It would impose sanctions related to those settlements.Joaquin CastroD-TX-20Joaquin CastroD-TX-2042 COSPONSORSH.R. 10595 · SENT SEP 248 COSPONSORSH.R. 10595SENT SEP 24Stop Wall Street Looting ActTL;DR When an investment fund buys a company, decisions about debt, payouts and bankruptcy can affect workers, customers and investors. The bill would make controlling funds share certain company liabilities and limit some payouts and transfers. It would also change bankruptcy protections, tax and labor rules, and requirements for fund disclosures and risky corporate debt.Mark PocanD-WI-2Mark PocanD-WI-28 COSPONSORS
MEMBERS · 54

In seniority order, so you can see who’s next in lineBy seniority, so you see who’s next in line

10 LEAVING AFTER THIS CONGRESS
WHERE THEY’RE FROM28 STATES

Darker means more members. Texas has the most, with 6.

WHAT IT HANDLES

Banking and finance first, then housing and communities

POLICY AREA OF THE 942 BILLS SENT HERE
SUBCOMMITTEES · 6

Where the detailed work happens

CURRENT SUBCOMMITTEES ONLY
HEARINGS AND MARKUPS

When it meets

88
hearings this Congress
14
markups

Includes the 6 subcommittees. A markup is where members amend a bill and vote to send it to the floor.

Nothing scheduled yet. Committees post meetings about a week ahead.

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