Federal agencies
US Department of Treasury
Statement: Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen at National Action Network’s Annual King’s Day Breakfast
January 17, 2022
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen delivered a prepared address at the National Action Network’s annual King’s Day breakfast.
Administrative changes
Vacant jobs
Federal Reserve Board
- Vice President for Oversight – Sarah Bloom Raskin Appointed January 14, 2022
- Governor – Lisa Cook appointed January 14, 2022
- Governor – Phillip Jefferson, appointed January 14, 2022
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- President – Martin Gruenberg will become interim president effective February 1, 2022
- Vice-president
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- Controller – Vacant (Michael Hsu is Acting Controller)
Commodity Futures Commission
- Three (3) vacant commissioner positions
Appointments/Confirmation Hearings
U.S. Treasury Department – Janet Yellen (effective January 26, 2021)
Federal Reserve Board
- Statement by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome H. Powell on his nomination by President Biden (November 22, 2021)
- Statement by Governor Lael Brainard on her nomination by President Biden (November 22, 2021)
- Statement by Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen on Federal Reserve Appointments (November 22, 2021)
- Statement from Secretary Walsh on Federal Reserve Appointments (November 22, 2021)
- Brown’s Statement on Jerome Powell’s Renomination as Fed Chair (November 22, 2021)
- Toomey’s Statement on Jerome Powell’s Renomination as Fed Chair (November 22, 2021)
- Brown applauds Biden’s nomination of Governor Lael Brainard as vice president (November 22, 2021)
- Brown Applauds Biden Nominees to Fed Board (January 14, 2022)
- Toomey’s Statement on President Biden’s Fed Nominees (January 14, 2022)
- Waters applauds appointments of Sarah Bloom Raskin, Lisa Cook and Philip Jefferson to Federal Reserve leadership positions (January 14, 2022)
- Statement by Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen on Federal Reserve Appointments (January 14, 2022)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – Rohit Chopra (effective October 12, 2021)
Security and Exchange Commission – Gary Gensler (effective April 17, 2021)
Small Business Administration – Isabella Casillas Guzman (effective March 16, 2021)
Commodity Futures Trading Commission – Rostin Behnam (effective December 17, 2021)
Financial Crimes Network
National Administration of Credit Unions – Todd M. Harper
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Marcia Fudge (effective March 10, 2021)
Federal Housing Finance Agency – Sandra L. Thompson
US Department of Education – Dr. Miguel Cardona (effective March 2, 2021)
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Legislation/legislative updates
Click here to view the full text of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), Adopted March 27, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the Expanding Paycheck Protection Program Act of 2020, Adopted April 24, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, Adopted on June 5, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the Consolidated Credit Law, 2021, Adopted on December 27, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the 2021 US bailout plan, Adopted March 11, 2021.
Click here to view the full text of the PPP Extension Act 2021, Adopted March 30, 2021.
Click here to see a current list of bills the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on Small Business.
