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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMs. WARREN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the GAO opinion letter dated March 16, 2026.
U.S. Government
Accountability Office,
Washington, DC, March 16, 2026.
Hon. Elizabeth Warren,
Ranking Member, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs,
U.S. Senate.
Dear Senator Warren: Thank you for your letter requesting
that the Government Accountability Office provide its legal
opinion on the applicability of the Congressional Review Act
(CRA) to sixteen (16) specific Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau (CFPB) agency actions that had been rescinded by a May
12, 2025 CFPB Notice.
As discussed with your staff, GAO cannot accept your
request because this matter has been rendered moot for
purposes of a GAO legal opinion. CRA requires agencies to
submit rules to Congress and provides Congress with an
opportunity to review and disapprove those rules so that they
have no force or effect. GAO issues legal opinions on the
applicability of CRA to agency actions that have not been
submitted to Congress to ensure that Congress has an
opportunity to disapprove those actions if they are rules
under the statute. In this case, however, the
16 actions identified in your letter are no longer legally
effective as a result of CFPB's May 12, 2025 Notice. The
Notice therefore rendered GAO's opinion on the applicability
of the CRA to those documents a moot question. Moreover,
CFPB's submission of the May 12, 2025 Notice to Congress in
October 2025 as a rule under the CRA also rendered the need
for a GAO opinion on the applicability of the CRA to that
document also moot.
If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Edda
Emmanuelli Perez at 202-512-5400 or emmanuellipereze@gao.gov,
or Ms. Kisha H. Clark, Assistant Director, Congressional
Relations on my staff at 202-512-3208 or clarkk@gao.gov.
Sincerely yours,
David Powner,
Acting Managing Director,
Congressional Relations.