The U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets is a subcommittee of the

House Committee on Financial Services The United States House Committee on Financial Services, also referred to as the House Banking Committee and previously known as the Committee on Banking and Currency, is the committee of the United States House of Representatives that oversees t ...

Jurisdiction

The subcommittee reviews laws and programs related to the U.S. capital markets, the securities industry, and government-sponsored enterprises, such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It also oversees the

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and self-regulatory organizations, such as the

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and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, that police the securities markets. In 2001 the jurisdiction over insurance was transferred to the then-House Banking and Financial Services Committee from the

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. Since that time it has been the purview of the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises. But "with plans to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac expected to take up much of that panel's agenda, insurance instead asmoved to a new Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity

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Members, 117th Congress

Historical membership rosters

115th Congress

116th Congress

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