§5496b — Title 12 Banks and Banking | U.S. Code

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The Comptroller General must study financial services rules within 180 days after this Act is passed and then once every year. The study must look at how rules affect the market — for example, safety of regulated firms, cost and access to credit, consumer savings, paperwork for consumers, personal and small business bankruptcy filings, and compliance costs, including whether agencies used good cost‑benefit analysis. It must also review efforts to avoid duplicate or conflicting rules, including the consultative process in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 5512(b)(2), information requests, and examinations, plus any other related matters the Comptroller General finds appropriate. Within 30 days after finishing each study, the Comptroller General must send Congress a report with all findings, conclusions, and any recommended laws or administrative actions.

Title 12, §5496b

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(a)Not later than the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of financial services regulations, including activities of the Bureau. Such study shall include an analysis of—

(1)the impact of regulation on the financial marketplace, including the effects on the safety and soundness of regulated entities, cost and availability of credit, savings realized by consumers, reductions in consumer paperwork burden, changes in personal and small business bankruptcy filings, and costs of compliance with rules, including whether relevant Federal agencies are applying sound cost-benefit analysis in promulgating rules;

(2)efforts to avoid duplicative or conflicting rulemakings, including an evaluation of the consultative process under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 5512(b)(2) of this title, information requests, and examinations; and

(3)other matters related to the operations of financial services regulations deemed by the Comptroller General to be appropriate.

(b)Not later than the end of the 30-day period following the completion of a study conducted pursuant to subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall issue a report to the Congress containing a detailed description of all findings and conclusions made by the Comptroller General in carrying out such study, together with such recommendations for legislative or administrative action as the Comptroller General may determine to be appropriate.

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The date of the enactment of this Act, referred to in subsec. (a), probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 112–10, which enacted this section and was approved Apr. 15, 2011.

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