Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Administration Changes

Vacancies

Appointments/Confirmation Hearings

U.S. Department of the Treasury – Scott Bessent (effective January 27, 2025)

Federal Reserve Board – Kevin Warsh (effective May 22, 2026)

• Vice Chair Phillip N. Jefferson (sworn in September 13, 2023)
• Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle W. Bowman (sworn in June 9, 2025)
• Governor Michael Barr (sworn in July 19, 2022)
• Governor Christopher J. Waller (sworn in December 18, 2020)
• Governor Lisa D. Cook (sworn in September 13, 2022 – SCOTUS hearing on purported termination to be held in January 21, 2026)
• Stephen Miran (sworn in September 16, 2025)
• Governor Jerome H. Powell (sworn in June 16, 2014)

Federal Reserve Bank of New York – John C. Williams (effective June 18, 2018)

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston – Susan M. Collins (effective July 1, 2022)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Travis Hill (effective January 13, 2026)

• Vice Chairman Vacant
• Director Vacant
• Director Jonathan Gould (Comptroller of the Currency)
• Director Russel Vought (Director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency – Jonathan Gould (effective July 15, 2025)

Securities and Exchange Commission – Paul Atkins (effective April 9, 2025)

Commodity Futures Trading Commission – Michael Selig (confirmed December 18, 2025)

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – Russel Vought (Acting Director effective February 10, 2025)

National Credit Union Administration – Kyle Hauptman (Chairman effective January 20, 2025)

Small Business Administration – Kelly Loeffler (effective February 19, 2025)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Scott Turner (effective February 5, 2025)

Federal Housing Finance Agency – William Pulte (effective March 13, 2025)

U.S. Department of Education – Linda McMahon (effective March 3, 2025)

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network – Andrea Gacki (effective July 13, 2023)

PH Client Alerts

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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”), enacted March 27, 2020.

Click here to view the full text of the Paycheck Protection Program Increase Act of 2020, enacted April 24, 2020.

Click here to view the full text of the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, enacted June 5, 2020.

Click here to view the full text of theConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, enacted December 27, 2020.

Click here to view the full text of the American Rescue Plan of 2021, enacted March 11, 2021.

Click here to view the full text of the PPP Extension Act of 2021, enacted March 30, 2021.

Click here to view a running list of proposed legislation from the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, House Committee on Financial Services and House Committee on Small Business