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House vote: H.R. 4293 // April 11, 2018

Stress Test Improvement Act of 2017

Sponsor: Lee Zeldin (R-NY)

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to modify testing requirements applicable to bank holding companies and certain nonbank financial companies, including by: (1) establishing limitations on Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review by the Federal Reserve Board, (2) reducing the frequency of stress testing from semiannual to annual, and (3) otherwise revising provisions related to stress testing. (Sec. 4) The bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to lower the maximum allowable amount of surplus funds of the Federal Reserve banks.

Finance and Financial Sector Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

245 votes, representing 142,409,850 people56.2%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

174 votes, representing 101,664,001 people40.1%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.6% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon24556.2%
NayLost17440.1%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.6%