# H.R. 8278 (119th): Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act

Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act This bill requires specified federal financial agencies to assess their technological capabilities and procurement practices. Specifically, agencies (the Federal Reserve Board, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Department of the Treasury, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the National Credit Union Administration) must assess the technology used by the agency and its capabilities to conduct real-time supervisory assessments of entities over which the agency has supervisory authority. Additionally, the agencies must assess the applicable procurement rules and protocols when acquiring or developing new technological systems and identify any opportunities to streamline these procedures. Every five years, these agencies must report to specified congressional committees. Among other topics, the report must contain an overview of the technology used in supervisory assessments and any anticipated upgrades, a description of procurement practices, an overview of the agency’s technology development workforce, and details regarding data sharing procedures.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: agency_oversight. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: financial_regulation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: oversight. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: procurement_reform. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: regulation_technology. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 302: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The summary describes a prudential administrative measure: it requires assessment and periodic reporting on supervisory technology and procurement, which supports oversight and efficient stewardship. It does not directly advance or restrain a named moral evil. Modest concerns arise from expanded real-time supervisory capability and data-sharing, which are not restrained by stated safeguards in the summary, so the bill is classed as mixed rather than good or evil.
Theological note: The bill concerns the administrative stewardship of public institutions, including honest procurement, competent oversight, and accountability to Congress. Scripture's call to faithful, prudent stewardship and just weights is relevant to how public money and public power are managed. The measure does not itself address a named moral harm, and its data-sharing and real-time supervisory provisions warrant ordinary attention to whether such powers stay bounded and transparent.

## Recorded votes

Roll 302: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Yea 417 · Nay 7 · Other 9.

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