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 "Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2023-01: Unlawful Negative Option Marketing Practices".
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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AI-generated · Source-checked by AI · Oct 20, 2026
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-05-12 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
What it would do
This proposed resolution would disapprove the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s rule concerning withdrawal of a rule related to Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2023–01, “Unlawful Negative Option Marketing Practices.” If enacted, it would make the withdrawal rule have no force or effect.
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That Congress disapproves the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2023–01: Unlawful Negative Option Marketing Practices (88 Fed. Reg. 5727 (January 30, 2023)) (90 Fed. Reg. 20086 (May 12, 2025)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
The resolution targets the withdrawal rule identified by the May 12, 2025 Federal Register citation, 90 Fed. Reg. 20086. The earlier citation, 88 Fed. Reg. 5727 (January 30, 2023), identifies a rule relating to Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2023–01, “Unlawful Negative Option Marketing Practices.”
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the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2023–01: Unlawful Negative Option Marketing Practices (88 Fed. Reg. 5727 (January 30, 2023)) (90 Fed. Reg. 20086 (May 12, 2025))
The supplied September 19, 2026 source snapshot records that the resolution was introduced in the House and referred to the House Committee on Financial Services on May 12, 2026.
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Source snapshot updated 2026-09-19T23:33:20Z.
2026-05-12: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2026-05-12: Introduced in House
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The referenced agency documents are not supplied. The resolution does not define “negative option marketing,” identify the affected businesses or consumers, or establish which specific obligations or protections would apply if enacted.
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