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Academic Research Council Meeting
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), this notice sets forth the announcement of a public meeting of the Academic Research Council (ARC or Council) of the Consumer Fi...
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 2 of the of the ARC Charter provides that pursuant to the executive and administrative powers conferred on the CFPB by section 1012 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act), the Director of the CFPB renews the discretionary Academic Research Council under agency authority in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. 10.
Section 3 of the ARC Charter states: “The committee will (1) provide the CFPB with advice about its strategic research planning process and research agenda, including views on the research that the CFPB should conduct relating to consumer financial products or services, consumer behavior, cost-benefit analysis, or other topics to enable the agency to further its statutory purposes and objectives; and (2) provide the Office of Research with technical advice and feedback on research methodologies, data collection strategies, and methods of analysis, including methodologies and strategies for quantifying the costs and benefits of regulatory actions; and, (3) serve as peer reviewers of policy-determinative research conducted by the CFPB.”
II. Agenda
The ARC will discuss broad policy matters related to the Bureau's Research Agenda and general scope of authority.
If you require any additional reasonable accommodations(s) in order to attend this event, please contact the Reasonable Accommodations team at
CFPB_ReasonableAccommodations@cfpb.gov
48 hours prior to the start of this event.
Written comments will be accepted from interested members of the public and should be sent to
CFPB_CABandCouncilsEvents@cfpb.gov,
a minimum of seven (7) days in advance of the meeting. The comments will be provided to the ARC members for consideration. Individuals who wish to attend this meeting must RSVP via this link
https://surveys.consumerfinance.gov/jfe/form/SV_238NYmU9JdKV74a.
III. Availability
The Council's agenda will be made available to the public on Friday, November 17, 2023, via
consumerfinance.gov.
A recording and summary of this meeting will be available after the meeting on the Bureau's website
consumerfinance.gov.
Jocelyn Sutton,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.