What is Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs working on?

Recent hearings

• Hearings to examine Export-Import Bank reauthorization, including S.753, to amend the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to exclude certain financing from the calculation of the default rate for purposes of determining when the lending cap under such Act applies, S.3659, to establish a Strategic Resilience Reserve of the United States, and S.257, to improve the resilience of critical supply chains.

  Mar 26, 2026

  Meeting

• Hearings to examine an update from the Prudential regulators, focusing on rightsizing regulation to promote American opportunity.

  Feb 26, 2026

  Meeting

• Oversight hearings to examine the Securities and Exchange Commission.

  Feb 12, 2026

  Meeting

• Hearings to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council's Annual Report to Congress.

  Feb 5, 2026

  Meeting

• Hearings to examine ensuring fair access to banking, focusing on policy levers and legislative solutions.

  Dec 16, 2025

  Meeting

Bills in committee

• SJRES 157: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Bulletin 2012-04: Lending discrimination (April 18, 2012)".

  Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] · Mar 26, 2026

  In Committee
• SJRES 156: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Consumer Credit Offered to Borrowers in Advance of Expected Receipt of Compensation for Work".

  Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · Mar 26, 2026

  In Committee
• S 4262: A bill to promote shared equity models of homeownership, and for other purposes.

  Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] · Mar 26, 2026

  In Committee
• S 4266: A bill to declare an emergency regarding the cost of living in the United States and direct actions to be taken to address the cost-of-living emergency, and for other purposes.

  Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] · Mar 26, 2026

  In Committee
• S 4265: A bill to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a Freedom to Build designation for certain localities.

  Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] · Mar 26, 2026

  In Committee
• SJRES 155: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Fair Credit Reporting Act; Preemption of State Laws".

  Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · Mar 26, 2026

  In Committee
• SJRES 154: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Equal Credit Opportunity (Regulation B); Revocations or Unfavorable Changes to the Terms of Existing Credit Arrangements".

  Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · Mar 26, 2026

  In Committee
• SJRES 153: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Bulletin 2022-06: Unfair Returned Deposited Item Fee Assessment Practices".

  Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] · Mar 26, 2026

  In Committee

Jurisdiction

The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs not only has legislative jurisdiction on the topics listed in its name, but also on a range of other topics such as economic stability, federal monetary policy, and government contracts.