# 119-hr-3141: CFPB Budget Integrity Act

119-hr-3141, CFPB Budget Integrity Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2] (R-MT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-20).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3141
- Congress: 119
- Title: CFPB Budget Integrity Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2] (R-MT)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-20

## Summary

**Cap on unobligated balances** at the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection would limit how much money the agency can carry from year to year. It would require the Bureau to transfer any amount above 5% of its funding base to the Treasury general fund and to report how it used unobligated balances. - Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection staff and budgeters would face a limit on carryover funds and mandatory transfers when balances exceed 5 percent of the statutory funding base. - The Treasury general fund would receive mandatory transfers of any excess unobligated balances, increasing receipts when the cap is exceeded. - Public and congressional oversight would get more detail because the Bureau must include a description of how it used unobligated balances in its annual report.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA), 2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5] (R-TN), 2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26] (R-TX), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2025-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Cap on CFPB unused money: mixed, medium. This bill would cap the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's unused money each fiscal year at 5% of its annual reference amount set in law. If balances exceed that cap, the Director would have to send the extra to the Treasury's general fund. The Bureau would also need to explain in its annual re…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-1919: Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act
- 119-hr-1301: Death Tax Repeal Act
- 119-hr-703: Main Street Tax Certainty Act
- 119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-3141 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3141)

## Related
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-1919: Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1919)
- [119-hr-1301: Death Tax Repeal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1301)
- [119-hr-703: Main Street Tax Certainty Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-703)
- [119-hr-425: Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-425)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3141 (as of 2025-12-20).