House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Closing the Enhanced Prudential Standards Loophole Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 20, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 20, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4210.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. WATERS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 107, June 20, 2023, Page H2991):Article I, Section 8, clause 3 provides Congress with the power to ``regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'' The single subject of this legislation is: Closes a loophole that allowed large banks like Signature Bank and First Republic Bank to escape Dodd-Frank's enhanced prudential standards simply because they did not have a bank holding company.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 20, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 408 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4210, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4210
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 27, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors — 8 Democrats
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Sylvia Garcia (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Nydia Velázquez (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.
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- H.R. 5523 (118th) Financial Access Improvements Act
- H.R. 6365 (118th) Stopping Illicit Oil Shipments Act of 2023
- H.R. 7462 (118th) Wildfire Insurance Coverage Study Act of 2024
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.