H.R. 4734: Bureau Arbitration Fairness Act

113th Congress · introduced 2014-05-22 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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Where it came from: introduced 2014-05-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Bureau Arbitration Fairness Act

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Bureau Arbitration Fairness Act - Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to repeal the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to prohibit or restrict the use of an agreement between persons under its jurisdiction and a consumer in connection with the offering or providing of a consumer financial product or service that provides for mandatory pre-dispute arbitration of any future dispute between the parties.

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Bureau Arbitration Fairness Act

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Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10] · 0 cosponsors

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr4734.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr4734 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113