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HR 940 Advanced toward a vote

Requires federal bank and credit union regulators to finish examinations within 270 days and issue final reports within 90 days, and lets institutions appeal material supervisory determinations to a new independent review board.

Official title: FAIR Exams Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 04-FEB-2025
Referred 04-FEB-2025
Approved by committee 21-MAY-2025
Reported 25-JUL-2025
On the calendar 25-JUL-2025
Key points
  • Sets a 270-day limit for completing an examination, which an agency may extend by written notice giving specific reasons, and a 90-day deadline for issuing the final examination report.
  • Creates a three-member Board of Independent Examination Review, appointed by the President with Senate consent, to investigate complaints and review examination practices.
  • Lets institutions appeal material supervisory determinations, with de novo review of the record, an optional hearing, and a written decision within 60 days after the record closes.
  • Prohibits regulators from retaliating against institutions that file appeals and requires written responses to permission requests within 30 days and determinations within 60 days.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (04-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Reported in House, 25-JUL-2025).

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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Finance and Financial Sector

Sponsor J. French Hill (R-AR) Cosponsors · 10
■ 8 R■ 2 D
2 Democrats