The Dodd-Frank financial reform law
The Dodd-Frank financial reform law, Public Law 111-203 (H.R. 4173), enacted 2010-07-21. What the text says, its status by provision, and sources.
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act became Public Law 111-203 on July 21, 2010. Among its provisions, as enacted, it established the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection as an independent bureau in the Federal Reserve System to regulate consumer financial products and services. It is a long law with many titles; this record covers only that provision so far, and later changes have not yet been researched. Economic effects, who was affected and why people disagree are marked as not yet researched where that is so. No person has signed off on this record.