; and (6) performing such support activities as may be necessary or useful to facilitate the other functions of the Bureau. . (5) Under Dodd-Frank, the Deputy Director of the Consumer Bureau shall serve as the Acting Director in the absence or unavailability of the Director, until the President appoints and the Senate confirms a new Director. Despite the clear legislative history underscoring the importance of having an independent Federal agency and the plain letter of the law establishing a succession order to fill a vacancy in the Director’s position, when the Consumer Bureau Director Richard Cordray resigned in November 2017, President Trump refused to recognize the Deputy Director as the rightful head of the agency and instead unlawfully installed Mr. Mick Mulvaney, the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, to serve as the Consumer Bureau’s Acting Director. This appointment of a White House cabinet official to run the Consumer Bureau raises profound conflict of interest questions and undermines the vital independent nature of the agency. (6) In addition to the illegality of Mr. Mulvaney’s appointment, there is another problem. The position of an Acting Director is, by its nature, still intended to be a temporary assignment to maintain the status quo at an agency, until the President appoints and the Senate confirms, a permanent Director. Nevertheless, Mr. Mulvaney’s temporary status leading the agency has been characterized by drastic and severe changes of the Consumer Bureau’s daily operations and priorities. (7) The daily operations of a Federal agency are guided by its official mission contained in its long-term strategic plan. The Consumer Bureau’s mission should embrace both the spirit and letter of the law, by fully recognizing the agency’s statutory purpose, objectives, and functions. It is troubling that the Consumer Bureau, under its new Trump Administration appointed leadership, issued a Strategic Plan for Fiscal Year ( FY ) 2018–FY 2022, that appears to deemphasize the core