Legislation

To reduce risks to the financial system by limiting banks’ ability to engage in certain risky activities and limiting conflicts of interest, to reinstate certain Glass-Steagall Act protections that were repealed by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and for other purposes.

To amend title 11 of the United States Code to clarify the rule allowing discharge as a nonpriority claim of governmental claims arising from the disposition of farm assets under chapter 12 bankruptcies.

To amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to certain exceptions to discharge in bankruptcy.

To raise the consolidated assets threshold under the small bank holding company policy statement, and for other purposes.

To establish a grant program in the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to fund the establishment of centers of excellence to support research, development and planning, implementation, and evaluation of effective programs in financial literacy education for young people and families ages 8 through 24 years old, and for other purposes.

To allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance Federal student loans.

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for the refinancing of certain Federal student loans.

To provide for the conversion of temporary judgeships to permanent judgeships, and for other purposes.

To require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to amend its regulations relating to qualified mortgages, and for other purposes.

To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that retirement investors receive advice in their best interests, and for other purposes.