In 2010 the U.S. Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act to reorganize and improve financial regulation. Among other reforms it put in place, the Dodd-Frank Act created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and granted it rule-making authority over FCRA and GLBA as well as a few other regulations.

Link to text of law: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Associated law(s): Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau