United States · Bill · SJRES
S.J.Res. 47 (115th)
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Arbitration Agreements".
Introduced
20 July 2017
Last action
20 July 2017 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sponsors
Mike Crapo, Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA], Thomas Tillis, Tom Cotton, Tim Scott, Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV], Mike Rounds, Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA], Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL], Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN], Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE], Jerry Moran, Shelley Capito, Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], John Barrasso, Roger Wicker, Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], Ted Cruz, James Lankford, Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL], Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4], Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1], John Boozman, Mike Lee, Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1], Dan Sullivan, Ron Johnson, James Risch, Rand Paul, John Thune
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
This joint resolution nullifies a rule submitted by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding arbitration agreements. (The rule regulates the use of arbitration agreements in contracts for specific consumer financial products and services. It prohibits the use of a predispute arbitration agreement to prevent a consumer from filing or participating in certain class action suits. The rule also requires consumer financial product and service providers to furnish the CFPB with particular information regarding arbitrations.)
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Timeline
20 July 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
20 July 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 20 July 2017 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 20 July 2017
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 20 July 2017
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 20 July 2017
Sponsors
- Mike Crapo · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
- Thomas Tillis · R · Sponsor
- Tom Cotton · R · Sponsor
- Tim Scott · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · R · Sponsor
- Mike Rounds · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE] · R · Sponsor
- Jerry Moran · R · Sponsor
- Shelley Capito · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
- John Barrasso · R · Sponsor
- Roger Wicker · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- Ted Cruz · R · Sponsor
- James Lankford · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1] · R · Cosponsor
- John Boozman · R · Cosponsor
- Mike Lee · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Dan Sullivan · R · Cosponsor
- Ron Johnson · R · Cosponsor
- James Risch · R · Cosponsor
- Rand Paul · R · Cosponsor
- John Thune · R · Cosponsor
- · ssbk00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/47
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/sjres/47
- us · 115-sjres-47 · source updated 5 December 2025