A majority of the witnesses testifying at a recent House subcommittee hearing voiced support for the Taking Account of Bureaucrats’ Spending Act, which would separate the CFPB from the Federal Reserve System and subject it to the regular appropriations process.

Eight Republican-sponsored pieces of legislation were attached to a recent hearing on CFPB reforms, including one that would convert the bureau’s leadership structure into a five-member commission.

A ruling against the CFPB could reshape the bureau’s funding structure and call into question every action taken by the consumer watchdog since its inception in 2011.

The CFPB last month finalized, without changes, a procedural rule to update its Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings. The bureau received four comments on the rulemaking.

The CFPB and other regulators have been trying to prod financial institutions into treating non-English-speaking consumers with more parity to English speakers.

The CFPB’s latest regulatory agenda includes some pending priorities and some new ones. Two of the new items would require nonbanks to register with the bureau.

State AGs weigh in on CFPB’s Supreme Court appeal; HMDA filing period opens; Community Reinvestment Act thresholds updated; CFPB asks for dismissal of UDAAP lawsuit; CFPB, FTC argue furnishers must investigate legal disputes; bureau penalizes remittances provider.

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra’s semi-annual reports to Congress last week offered only a few snippets of policy news but featured much verbal sparring with Republicans.

The CFPB’s annual financial report showed an uptick in staffing and expenses but a significant increase in the civil money penalties collected. Victim compensation flagged a bit. (Includes data chart.)

The bureau, which is speeding things up to make sure the case is decided by June, says the Fifth Circuit decision contradicts the Constitution, historical practice, and case law.