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S. 947: SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act

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S. 947: SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-05-14 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-05-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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.

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Official text

SAFE Act Confidentiality and Privilege Enhancement Act

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

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] · 7 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Mike Crapo (R-ID)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-s947 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113