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1 H.R. 3746, Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2017 [1] (April 10, 2018)

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                   CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

C                             COST ESTIMATE
                                                                    April 10, 2018


                                   H.R.   3746
            Business  of Insurance  Regulatory   Reform   Act  of 2017

 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on January 18, 2018


 Under current law, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) enforces federal
 consumer financial protection laws except when enforcement would involve entities that
 are subject to state insurance regulation. That prohibition does not apply, however, for
 those entities' transactions involving consumer financial products or services or to the
 extent that an entity is subject to consumer financial protection laws.

 H.R. 3746 would clarify that the CFPB cannot enforce consumer financial protection
 laws on entities to the extent that they are engaged in the business of insurance, whether
 or not those entities offer products or services that are subject to consumer financial
 protection laws. Other lines of business for those entities would continue to be subject to
 CFPB  enforcement.

 Using information from the CFPB, CBO estimates that enacting H.R. 3746 would have
 no significant effect on the agency's costs or operations because the bill would primarily
 codify current agency enforcement practices.

 CBO  estimates that implementing H.R. 3746 could reduce civil penalties collected by the
 CFPB  (which are recorded in the budget as revenues) and the subsequent direct spending
 of those penalties by slightly limiting the scope of enforcement cases the agency may
 pursue. Therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that those
 effects would not be significant over the 2018-2028 period.

 CBO  estimates that enacting H.R. 3746 would not increase net direct spending or
 significantly increase on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods
 beginning in 2029.

 H.R. 3746 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
 Unfunded  Mandates Reform Act.

 The CBO  staff contact for this estimate is Stephen Rabent. The estimate was approved by
 H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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