Bringing the Agency into the regular appropriations process

Section 1017 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5497) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by amending the heading of such subsection to read as follows: Budget, financial management, and audit.—; (B) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3); (C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and (D) by striking subparagraphs (E) and (F) of paragraph (1), as so redesignated; (2) by striking subsections (b) and (c); (3) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and (4) in subsection (c), as so redesignated— (A) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and inserting the following: (1) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this title for each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027.; and (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (2).