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H.R. 4626: SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act

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H.R. 4626: SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-05-09 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 500.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2014-05-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 500. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act - Amends the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to extend to state and federal regulatory officials having financial services oversight authority (currently only those having mortgage oversight authority) access to any information provided to the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry (or any system established by the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [CFPB]) without the loss of privilege or confidentiality protections provided by federal and state laws.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] · 20 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Al Green (D-TX), Andy Barr (R-KY), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Bill Foster (D-IL), Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV-2] reported raising $5.4 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

No linked floor roll calls in our collected records yet. This does not mean the bill has never had a vote. Check the official bill history.

Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr4626 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113