Federal Insurance Office Abolishment Act of 2017
Latest action · Nov 29, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 29, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Federal Insurance Office Abolishment Act of 2017
This bill eliminates the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the Department of the Treasury. The bill also amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to remove the FIO director as a nonvoting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 29, 2017 to Sep 12, 2018; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NC | Mark Walker | Original | Nov 29, 2017 |
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | Original | Nov 29, 2017 |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | May 22, 2018 | |
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Jun 14, 2018 | |
| R-AZ | Andy Biggs | Jul 16, 2018 | |
| R-SC | Ralph Norman | Jul 17, 2018 | |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Sep 12, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Sep 12, 2018 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Nov 29, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 29, 2017Introduced in House
- Nov 29, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 194, November 29, 2017, page H1185.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44958 | Insurance Regulation: Legislation in the 115th Congress Archived | Report | Oct 19, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To abolish the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Federal Insurance Office Abolishment Act of 2017
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 29, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
