On Thursday, February 4th, Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island introduced S.3005:

A BILL To create an independent research institute, to be known as the "National Institute of Finance", that will oversee the collection and standardization of data on financial entities and activities, and conduct monitoring and other research and analytical activities to support the work of the Federal financial regulatory agencies and the Congress.

Sen. Reed's statement of introduction for S.3005 is available here.