H.R. 4566: Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-12-06 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-12-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 119 (2018): On Passage, HR4566 (2018-03-20), Passed. See all
Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act

Plain summary

Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act This bill amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to: (1) eliminate the Federal Reserve Board's authority to conduct stress tests of nonbank financial companies more than once annually, and (2) exempt certain financial companies not primarily regulated by either a federal banking agency or the Federal Housing Finance Agency from requirements to conduct stress tests. The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission may issue separate regulations requiring specified financial companies with more than $10 billion in total consolidated assets to conduct financial-condition analyses.

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Official text

Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4566, Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act (2018-03-15)

Recorded votes

House roll call 119 (2018): On Passage, HR4566 (2018-03-20): Passed

Words on this page, explained (4)

Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Exemption: A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.
Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr4566.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4566 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115