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H.R. 6544

U.S. HouseHouse Floor Calendar

Summary

H.R. 6544, the REVIEW Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Dec 9, 2025 by Rep. William Timmons (R). It last saw action on Feb 25, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 452.


Record

Text

H.R. 6544 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

hb6544/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 6544 IH: Regulatory Efficiency, Verification, Itemization, and Enhanced Workflow Act of 2025
U.S. House of Representatives
2025-12-09
text/xml
EN
Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6544 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 9, 2025 Mr. Timmons introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL
To require the Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies to review the cumulative impact of regulations issued by such agencies, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Regulatory Efficiency, Verification, Itemization, and Enhanced Workflow Act of 2025 or the REVIEW Act of 2025 .
2.
Review of regulations
Section 2222 of the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 ( 12 U.S.C. 3311 ) is amended—
(1)
by striking appropriate Federal banking agency each place such term appears and inserting Federal financial institutions regulatory agency ;
(2)
by striking appropriate Federal banking agencies each place such term appears and inserting Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies ;
(3)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
by striking represented on the Council ; and
(B)
by striking once every 10 years and inserting once every 5 years ;
(4)
in subsection (b)—
(A)
by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively (and adjusting the margins accordingly);
(B)
by striking In conducting and inserting the following:
(1)
Solicitation of public comment
In conducting
; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:
(2)
Internal review of cumulative impact
Each Federal financial institutions regulatory agency shall conduct an internal review of the cumulative impact of regulations issued by the Federal financial institutions regulatory agency that—
(A)
assesses the effects of such regulations on consumers’ access to financial products and services;
(B)
assesses the effects of such regulations on the availability of financial products and services to financial and nonfinancial firms;
(C)
assesses the impact of such regulations on credit availability and financial market liquidity in United States financial markets;
(D)
assesses the balance of benefits and costs of such regulations with respect to the safety and soundness of the United States financial system and overall economic activity in the United States;
(E)
to the extent practicable, quantifies the direct and indirect economic costs imposed by such regulations; and
(F)
includes recommendations to streamline, simplify, or eliminate duplicative, outdated, and unnecessarily burdensome regulations.
;
(5)
in subsection (c)—
(A)
by striking subsection (b)(2) and inserting subsection (b)(1)(B), and the internal review under subsection (b)(2), ; and
(B)
by striking once every 10 years and inserting once every 5 years ;
(6)
in subsection (e)—
(A)
in paragraph (1), by striking and at the end;
(B)
by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
(C)
by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
(2)
a summary of the findings and determinations of each Federal financial institutions regulatory agency of the internal review conducted by the Federal financial institutions regulatory agency under subsection (b)(2); and
; and
(D)
in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking the regulatory burdens associated with such issues by regulation and inserting the regulatory burdens associated with the issues identified by public comments received by the Council and the Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies, as well as the regulatory burdens identified by each Federal financial institutions regulatory agency through the internal reviews conducted under subsection (b)(2), by regulation ; and
(7)
by adding at the end the following:
(f)
Federal financial institutions regulatory agency defined
The term Federal financial institutions regulatory agency has the meaning given that term in section 1003 of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 ( 12 U.S.C. 3302 ).
.

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-12-09
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Reported to House Feb 25, 2026

hb6544/reported-to-house.md

Shown Here:
Reported to House (02/25/2026)

Regulatory Efficiency, Verification, Itemization, and Enhanced Workflow Act of 2025 or the REVIEW Act of 2025

This bill increases the frequency and expands the scope of regulatory reviews conducted by federal financial agencies.

Currently, these regulatory reviews must occur every 10 years to identify outdated or unnecessary regulations imposed on insured depository institutions. The bill increases this frequency to every 7 years.

Additionally, the bill expands these reviews to include an internal review of the cumulative impacts of regulations, including an assessment regarding (1) access to financial products and services, (2) credit availability and market liquidity, and (3) costs and benefits of regulations with respect to financial safety and soundness and overall economic activity.

The bill also codifies the National Credit Union Administration’s inclusion in this review process.

Sponsors

Rep. William Timmons (R) sponsors H.R. 6544 alone.

Committees

H.R. 6544 went before 1 committee: Financial Services.

Financial Services
Financial Services
Reported By · Feb 25, 2026 · 559 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 6544, the latest H. Rept. 119-527.

  • H. Rept. 119-527 — REGULATORY EFFICIENCY, VERIFICATION, ITEMIZATION, AND ENHANCED WORKFLOW ACT OF 2025

Actions

H.R. 6544 has taken 7 actions since Dec 9, 2025, the latest on Feb 25, 2026.

ChamberAction
Feb 25, 2026
House
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-527.Financial Services Committee
Feb 25, 2026
House
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 452.
Dec 17, 2025
House
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 30 - 23.Financial Services Committee
Dec 17, 2025
House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldFinancial Services Committee
Dec 16, 2025
House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldFinancial Services Committee

Votes

H.R. 6544 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 6544.

Titles

H.R. 6544 goes by 6 titles, 4 of them short titles.

  • REVIEW Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • Regulatory Efficiency, Verification, Itemization, and Enhanced Workflow Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • REVIEW Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • REVIEW Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • Regulatory Efficiency, Verification, Itemization, and Enhanced Workflow Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To require the Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies to review the cumulative impact of regulations issued by such agencies, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

8 clients hired 8 firms and 166 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6544 in 13 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Banking, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Small Business, Agriculture, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Government Issues, Housing.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONDistrict of Columbia13
CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONSDistrict of Columbia13
INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICADistrict of Columbia12
AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORMDistrict of Columbia11
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.District of Columbia11
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE, INC.Massachusetts11
NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE, INCNo change in address. Just a lobbyist updateDistrict of Columbia11
PUBLIC CITIZENDistrict of Columbia11

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 166.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.2025 first_quarter$19.3M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$3.5M2nd Quarter - Report
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$3.1M1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION2025 fourth_quarter$1.7M4th Quarter - Report
CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONSCREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS2026 second_quarter$1.3M2nd Quarter - Report
INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICAINDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA2025 fourth_quarter$1.3M4th Quarter - Report
CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONSCREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS2026 first_quarter$1.1M1st Quarter - Report
CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONSCREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS2025 fourth_quarter$1.1M4th Quarter - Report
INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICAINDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA2026 first_quarter$890K1st Quarter - Report
NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE, INCNUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE, INC.2025 first_quarter$450K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORMAMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM2025 fourth_quarter$150K4th Quarter - Report
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE, INC.CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE, INC.2025 first_quarter$120K1st Quarter - Report
PUBLIC CITIZENPUBLIC CITIZEN2026 first_quarter$100.4K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6544 under Finance and Financial Sector, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 6 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6544’s is Finance and Financial Sector.

hr6544/policy-areas.txt
Finance and Financial SectorAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 6544 carries 6 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Banking and financial institutions regulation to Government studies and investigations.

hr6544/subjects.txt
Banking and financial institutions regulationCongressional oversightCredit and credit marketsFinancial services and investmentsGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigations

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6544, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 207 (Tuesday, December 9, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. TIMMONS:H.R. 6544.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution[Page H5113]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com