Home Loan Quality Transparency Act of 2019
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Introduced
February 5, 2019
Latest Action
February 5, 2019
Primary Sponsor
Catherine Cortez MastoDemocratic(NV)
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Home Loan Quality Transparency Act of 2019 This bill expands requirements for public disclosures by depository institutions and credit unions regarding mortgages and home equity lines of credit. Specifically, institutions originating fewer than 500 mortgage loans or open-end lines of credit annually are no longer exempt from certain financial reporting.
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2019 · fourth_quarter · Banking
Bills in the Senate: S. XXXX Jumpstart GSE Reform Act (provides reforms in the GSEs and also requires congressional approval before specified administrative changes to GSEs can be implemented.) S.331: Home Loan Quality Transparency Act of 2019 (This bill amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to modify the exemptions from certain disclosure requirements.) S. 630: Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act (This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute.) S. 635: Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act (This bill amends the Federal Arbitration Act to invalidate arbitration agreements between parties in certain commercial contracts or transactions if they require arbitration of a claim for damages or injunctive relief brought by an individual or small business arising from the alleged violation of a federal or state statute, the U.S. Constitution, or a state constitution, unless the written agreement to arbitrate is entered into by both parties after the claim has arisen and pertains solely to an existing claim.) S. 608: Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act (This bill makes procedures for the enforcement of arbitration agreements inapplicable to an enrollment agreement between a student and an institution of higher education (IHE).) S. 672: Debt Free College Act, This bill establishes State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes. S. 720: the CFPB Student Loan Integrity Act, This bill requires the student loan ombudsman of the Department of Education to provide student loan data to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. S.867: PROTECT Students Act of 2019 ; To protect students of institutions of higher education and the taxpayer investment in institutions of higher education by improving oversight and accountability of institutions of higher education, particularly for-profit colleges, improving protections for students and borrowers, and ensuring the integrity of postsecondary education programs, and for other purposes S. 1074: the REAL Act, this bill reinstates Federal Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions, and for other purposes. S. 1230, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act (This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%.) S. 1354: the Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights, this bill requires certain protections for student loan borrowers, and for other purposes. S. 1414: the Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act, To provide bankruptcy relief for student borrowers. S. XXXX: the Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act, to prevent unnecessary private student loan debt and improve transparency S XXXX: Higher Education Act Reauthorization, a bill to reauthorize the higher education act S. XXXX: Unnamed bill to limit interest on consumer loans to 36% Bills in the House: H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act, To authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens, and for other purposes. H.R. 963, amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to modify the exemptions from certain disclosure requirements H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, This bill revises provisions related to the administration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), including establishing requirements for staffing levels, political appointees, and the publication of consumer complaints regarding consumer financial products or services. H.R. 1571, the Debt Free College Act, To establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes. H.R.2648 - Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2019, To provide bankruptcy relief for student borrowers. H.R. XXX, amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R. 2750, Justice for Servicemembers Act, To amend title 9 of the United States Code to prohibit predispute arbitration agreements that force arbitration of certain disputes arising from claims of service members and veterans. H.R. 3027, Student Loan Borrower Bill or Rights, To require certain protections for student loan borrowers, and for other purposes. H.R. 3163, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 3351 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 3375, Stop Bad Robocalls Act, To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify the prohibitions on making robocalls, and for other purposes. H.R. 3512, PROTECT Students Act of 2019, To protect students of institutions of higher education and the taxpayer investment in institutions of higher education by improving oversight and accountability of institutions of higher education, particularly for-profit colleges, improving H.R. 6543, the Aim Higher Act, to amend and strengthen the Higher Education Act of 1965 so that every student has a path to a quality, debt-free degree or credential that leads to a rewarding career. H.R. XXXX, Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act (This bill amends the Revised Statutes, the Home Owners' Loan Act, the Federal Credit Union Act, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to state that bank loans that are valid when made as to their maximum rate of interest in accordance with federal law shall remain valid with respect to that rate regardless of whether a bank has subsequently sold or assigned the loan to a third party.) H.R. XXXX, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act (This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%.) H.R. 3674 the College Affordability Act, a bill to lower the costs of college for students and improve the quality of education H. R. 4724, To amend the definition of institution of higher education under the Higher Education Act of 1965 to exclude proprietary institutions of higher education, and for other purposes. H. R. 5294, To amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish a postsecondary education loan borrower bill of rights and to require certain creditors to obtain private loan certifications from institutions of higher education, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to issue rules to establish standards for reporting information related to student loans to consumer reporting agencies, and for other purposes. H. R. 4545, To provide for the discharge of a private education loan in the case of death or total and permanent disability of a student obligor, and for other purposes. H.J.Res.76, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Borrower Defense Institutional Accountability" H. R. 5287 , To amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to prohibit debt collectors from collecting on certain Federal student loan debt when the borrower would not be required to make payments under an income-driven repayment plan, and for other purposes. HR 5050 / s 2833, To amend the Truth in Lending Act to extend the consumer credit protections provided to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents under title 10, United States Code, to all consumers HR 5363/HR 2486/ HR 5368/ Public law No. 116-91, This bill permanently authorizes funding for minority-serving institutions of higher education and increases the authorization of appropriations for Pell Grants. H. R. 166, To establish an Office of Fair Lending Testing to test for compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, to strengthen the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and to provide for criminal penalties for violating such Act, and for other purposes H.R. 4674, To amend and strengthen the Higher Education Act to help students H.R. 5330, Consumer Protections for Medical Debt Collections Act, a bill which would provide relief to those struggling with health problems and medical debt by preventing collection of medical debt for two years from the date of the medical billing. H.R. 5287, Fair Student Loan Debt Collection Practices Act, a bill that would amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to prohibit debt collectors from collecting on certain Federal student loan debt when the borrower would not be required to make payments under an income-driven repayment plan. H.R. 5021, The Ending Debt Collection Harassment Act of 2019, a bill to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) to prohibit a debt collector from contacting a consumer by email or text message without a consumers consent to be contacted electronically, and prohibits the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from issuing any rules implementing the FDCPA that allow a debt collector to send unlimited email and text messages to a consumer. H.R. 5013, The Small Business Fair Debt Collection Protection Act, a bill that expands the FDCPAs protections to cover small business loans H.R. 5003, The Fair Debt Collection Practices for Servicemembers Act, a bill by that amends the FDCPA to prohibit debt collectors from threatening servicemembers or their families to have a servicemembers rank reduced, have their security clearance revoked, have them prosecuted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or communicating with a servicemembers chain of command to locate a servicemember. H.R. 5001, The Non-Judicial Foreclosure Debt Collection Clarification Act, a bill that reverses the recent Supreme Court decision in Obduskey versus McCarthy and Holthus LLP by amending the FDCPA to clarify that entities in non-judicial foreclosure proceedings are covered by the law H.R. 4403, The Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act, a bill that extends the FDCPAs protections as it relates to debt owed to a federal agency, limits the fees debt collectors can charge, and clarifies that debt buyers are subject to FDCPA H.R. 3948, The Debt Collection Practices Harmonization Act, a bill that clarifies that private debt collectors who pursue debts such as municipal utility bills, tolls, traffic tickets, and court debts are subject to the FDCPA H.R. 3490,The Small Business Lending Fairness Act, a bill that would amend the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to restrict the use of predatory small business loan contract clauses called confessions of judgment.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2019 · third_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Support S. 331 / HR 963 which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose the CFPB proposal to delay its 2017 payday lending ability-to-repay rule Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Support hr 2684, the FAIR RATES Act, which directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to collect specific loss data from large auto insurance providers, publicly disclose the data, and submit an analysis Support the ATR-QM rule coinciding with the expiration of the GSE Patch; support the elimination Eliminate the debt-to-income (DTI) ratio threshold and the associated Appendix Q; Support maintaining and enhancing the existing ATR regulatory language; and maintaining the existing QM statutory safe product restrictions that prohibit certain risky loan features (e.g., no terms over 30 years, no negative amortization, no interest-only payments, no balloon payments, documented and verified income, etc.).to Congress on disparate impact along racial lines in automobile insurance Support HR 4254, the Overdraft Protection Act of 2019. This legislation will address the most abusive provisions of todays typical overdraft coverage Oppose the debt collection rule as proposed by the CFPB as it does far more to protect abusive debt collectors than consumers. The proposal opens consumers up to harassment, abuse and violations of their privacy by telephone, email, text and other means; obscures information about consumers rights; and protects debt collectors and collection attorneys who pursue debts after the legal deadline or with false, deceptive or misleading representations. CFPB must strengthen the rule to fulfill the Bureaus obligation to faithfully implement the Fair Debt Collection Practices Acts (FDCPA) Support the development of any proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) are developed carefully and refrain from enacting reforms that would undercut CRAs effectiveness Support the letter drafted by Senator Brown to the CFPB regarding its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Ability to Repay (ATR) and Qualified Mortgages (QM). The letter urged the CFPB to consider the letter and intent of the ATR and QM statutory requirements to ensure that: (1) borrowers maintain at least the same level of access to responsible, affordable mortgage credit that they have today; and (2) all mortgage loans are made based on a demonstrated ability to repay analysis that relies on documented and verified income and is itself documented and subject to examination by the Bureau and other regulators Oppose the CFPBs Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Ability to Repay (ATR) and Qualified Mortgages (QM). Urge the CFPB to consider the letter and intent of the ATR and QM statutory requirements to ensure that: (1) borrowers maintain at least the same level of access to responsible, affordable mortgage credit that they have today; and (2) all mortgage loans are made based on a demonstrated ability to repay analysis that relies on documented and verified income and is itself documented and subject to examination by the Bureau and other regulators Support a letter by Congressman Meeks and Senator Brown to OCC Comptroller Otting, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell, and FDIC Chair McWilliams which says that any updates to the Community Reinvestment Act must be consistent with its original purpose of bringing financial services and credit access to low-income and underserved communities that continue to bear the legacy of redlining and blatant discrimination Support real-time payments; support efforts by the Federal Reserve to develop a real-time payment plan; support the inclusion of civil right protections in any and all real-time payment plans
Client expense: $72,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Economic Development Administration, Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
2019 · third_quarter · Banking
Support S. 331 / HR 963, which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assetts Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Support hr 2684, the FAIR RATES Act, which directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to collect specific loss data from large auto insurance providers, publicly disclose the data, and submit an analysis to Congress on disparate impact along racial lines in automobile insurance Support HR 4254, the Overdraft Protection Act of 2019. This legislation will address the most abusive provisions of todays typical overdraft coverage Support the development of any proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) are developed carefully and refrain from enacting reforms that would undercut CRAs effectiveness Support the letter drafted by Senator Brown to the CFPB regarding its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Ability to Repay (ATR) and Qualified Mortgages (QM). Urge the CFPB to consider the letter and intent of the ATR and QM statutory requirements to ensure that: (1) borrowers maintain at least the same level of access to responsible, affordable mortgage credit that they have today; and (2) all mortgage loans are made based on a demonstrated ability to repay analysis that relies on documented and verified income and is itself documented and subject to examination by the Bureau and other regulators Support real-time payments; support efforts by the Federal Reserve to develop a real-time payment plan; support the inclusion of civil right protections in any and all real-time payment plans
Client expense: $72,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Economic Development Administration, Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
2019 · third_quarter · Housing
Support S. 331 / HR 963, which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20. Support S. 787 / HR 1737, the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, which would: ramp up investments at the federal level to build an estimated 3 million new housing units aimed at lower-income and middle-class families in urban, suburban, and rural areas; establish down-payment assistance programs in communities that were shut out of homeownership by redlining and segregation practices; create hard-to-refuse incentives for local governments to eliminate land use rules that currently drive up costs and reduce the construction of new affordable housing; provide support to underwater borrowers, primarily in suburban and rural communities; modernize the Community Reinvestment Act so it covers more financial institutions and promotes more sustainable investments in LMI communities; update the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to prevent discrimination against people because of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, source of income, or veterans status; return the estate tax thresholds to their levels at the end of the Bush Administration - affecting about 10,000 of the wealthiest families in the country - in order to fund the provisions in the bill Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions. Support increasing resources to fight housing discrimination; support HR 149 Support multi-year funding to repair the Federal Housing Administrations broken IT systems Support FHFAs activities to make their mortgage loan products more accessible to Americans with Limited English Proficiency. Support $5 billion for the National Low Income Trust and $15 billion to rehabilitate the public housing stock and that housing be included in any omnibus infrastructure plan Support s. 2076 / hr 3685 which is a comprehensive reform of eviction and screening policies for federal housing assistance. Oppose the CFPB proposal to raise the threshold for financial institutions to submit Home Mortgage Disclosure (HMDA) data. Support a letter by Chair Waters and Chair Velasquez in opposition to these changes. Support a letter by Ranking Member Brown in opposition to these changes Support HR 3154 / S1929, the Homeownership for Dreamers Act, which would ensure that DACA recipients are eligible for loans backed by FHA. Oppose the decision by the Federal Housing Finance Agency to remove the question about a borrowers language preference from the revised Uniform Residential Loan Application (URLA) FHA mortgages play a crucial role in providing and maintaining access to affordable and sustainable homeownership for LMI families and communities of color. If the Loan Sale Program continues in its current unregulated form, FHA borrowers and their communities remain at risk of further harm from non-compliant servicers and private equity loan purchasers. It is crucial that HUD implement strong protections both before and after loans are sold to prevent needless borrower displacement and neighborhood instability. HUD must develop and enforce robust protections for FHA borrowers and former borrowers affected by loan sales and mandate comprehensive data collection, including on fair housing issues, so that the impact of loan sales can be properly evaluated and problems addressed Support the view that any effort to comprehensively reform Government Sponsored Entities (GSEs)-Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-must recognize the importance of preserving and strengthening access to stable, affordable, and equitable homeownership opportunities for American families. Oppose the Presidential Memorandum on the issue Support the ATR-QM rule coinciding with the expiration of the GSE Patch; support the elimination Eliminate the debt-to-income (DTI) ratio threshold and the associated Appendix Q; Support maintaining and enhancing the existing ATR regulatory language; and maintaining the existing QM statutory safe product restrictions that prohibit certain risky loan features (e.g., no terms over 30 years, no negative amortization, no interest-only payments, no balloon payments, documented and verified income, etc.) Oppose the Presidential Memorandum on Federal Housing Finance Reform released on 9-5-19 as it will increase the cost of a mortgage for everyone, especially families of color, low- to moderate-income families, and rural families Any effort to comprehensively reform Government Sponsored Entities (GSEs)-Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac-must recognize the importance of preserving and strengthening access to stable, affordable, and equitable homeownership opportunities for all American families Support a letter by Senator Cortez Masto to FHFA Director Mark Calabria opposing his decision to remove the language preference and housing counseling information from the Uniform Residential Loan Application form Support the administration continuing to make contributions to the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund as housing finance reform efforts move forward, including any capital restoration plan.
Client expense: $72,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Economic Development Administration, Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
2019 · third_quarter · Banking
Bills in the Senate: S. XXXX Jumpstart GSE Reform Act (provides reforms in the GSEs and also requires congressional approval before specified administrative changes to GSEs can be implemented.) S.331: Home Loan Quality Transparency Act of 2019 (This bill amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to modify the exemptions from certain disclosure requirements.) S. 630: Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act (This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute.) S. 635: Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act (This bill amends the Federal Arbitration Act to invalidate arbitration agreements between parties in certain commercial contracts or transactions if they require arbitration of a claim for damages or injunctive relief brought by an individual or small business arising from the alleged violation of a federal or state statute, the U.S. Constitution, or a state constitution, unless the written agreement to arbitrate is entered into by both parties after the claim has arisen and pertains solely to an existing claim.) S. 608: Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act (This bill makes procedures for the enforcement of arbitration agreements inapplicable to an enrollment agreement between a student and an institution of higher education (IHE).) S. 672: Debt Free College Act, This bill establishes State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes. S. 720: the CFPB Student Loan Integrity Act, This bill requires the student loan ombudsman of the Department of Education to provide student loan data to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. S.867: PROTECT Students Act of 2019 ; To protect students of institutions of higher education and the taxpayer investment in institutions of higher education by improving oversight and accountability of institutions of higher education, particularly for-profit colleges, improving protections for students and borrowers, and ensuring the integrity of postsecondary education programs, and for other purposes S. 1074: the REAL Act, this bill reinstates Federal Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions, and for other purposes. S. 1230, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act (This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%.) S. 1354: the Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights, this bill requires certain protections for student loan borrowers, and for other purposes. S. 1414: the Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act, To provide bankruptcy relief for student borrowers. S. XXXX: the Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act, to prevent unnecessary private student loan debt and improve transparency S XXXX: Higher Education Act Reauthorization, a bill to reauthorize the higher education act S. XXXX: Unnamed bill to limit interest on consumer loans to 36% Bills in the House: H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act, To authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens, and for other purposes. H.R. 963, amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to modify the exemptions from certain disclosure requirements H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, This bill revises provisions related to the administration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), including establishing requirements for staffing levels, political appointees, and the publication of consumer complaints regarding consumer financial products or services. H.R. 1571, the Debt Free College Act, To establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes. H.R.2648 - Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2019, To provide bankruptcy relief for student borrowers. H.R. XXX, amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R. 2750, Justice for Servicemembers Act, To amend title 9 of the United States Code to prohibit predispute arbitration agreements that force arbitration of certain disputes arising from claims of service members and veterans. H.R. 3027, Student Loan Borrower Bill or Rights, To require certain protections for student loan borrowers, and for other purposes. H.R. 3163, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 3351 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 3375, Stop Bad Robocalls Act, To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify the prohibitions on making robocalls, and for other purposes. H.R. 3512, PROTECT Students Act of 2019, To protect students of institutions of higher education and the taxpayer investment in institutions of higher education by improving oversight and accountability of institutions of higher education, particularly for-profit colleges, improving H.R. 6543, the Aim Higher Act, to amend and strengthen the Higher Education Act of 1965 so that every student has a path to a quality, debt-free degree or credential that leads to a rewarding career. H.R. XXXX, Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act (This bill amends the Revised Statutes, the Home Owners' Loan Act, the Federal Credit Union Act, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to state that bank loans that are valid when made as to their maximum rate of interest in accordance with federal law shall remain valid with respect to that rate regardless of whether a bank has subsequently sold or assigned the loan to a third party.) H.R. XXXX, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act (This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%.) H.R. 3674 the College Affordability Act, a bill to lower the costs of college for students and improve the quality of education
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2019 · second_quarter · Banking
Bills in the Senate: S. XX Jumpstart GSE Reform Act (provides reforms in the GSEs and also requires congressional approval before specified administrative changes to GSEs can be implemented.) S.331: Home Loan Quality Transparency Act of 2019 (This bill amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to modify the exemptions from certain disclosure requirements.) S. 630: Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act (This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute.) S. 635: Restoring Statutory Rights and Interests of the States Act (This bill amends the Federal Arbitration Act to invalidate arbitration agreements between parties in certain commercial contracts or transactions if they require arbitration of a claim for damages or injunctive relief brought by an individual or small business arising from the alleged violation of a federal or state statute, the U.S. Constitution, or a state constitution, unless the written agreement to arbitrate is entered into by both parties after the claim has arisen and pertains solely to an existing claim.) S. 608: Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act (This bill makes procedures for the enforcement of arbitration agreements inapplicable to an enrollment agreement between a student and an institution of higher education (IHE).) S. 672: Debt Free College Act, This bill establishes State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes. S. 720: the CFPB Student Loan Integrity Act, This bill requires the student loan ombudsman of the Department of Education to provide student loan data to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and for other purposes. S.867: PROTECT Students Act of 2019 ; To protect students of institutions of higher education and the taxpayer investment in institutions of higher education by improving oversight and accountability of institutions of higher education, particularly for-profit colleges, improving protections for students and borrowers, and ensuring the integrity of postsecondary education programs, and for other purposes S. 1074: the REAL Act, this bill reinstates Federal Pell Grant eligibility for individuals incarcerated in Federal and State penal institutions, and for other purposes. S. 1230, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act (This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%.) S. 1354: the Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights, this bill requires certain protections for student loan borrowers, and for other purposes. S. 1414: the Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act, To provide bankruptcy relief for student borrowers. S. XXXX: the Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act, to prevent unnecessary private student loan debt and improve transparency S XXX, Higher Education Act Reauthorization, a bill to reauthorize the higher education act. Bills in the House: H.R. 6, American Dream and Promise Act, To authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens, and for other purposes. H.R. 963, amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to modify the exemptions from certain disclosure requirements H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, This bill revises provisions related to the administration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), including establishing requirements for staffing levels, political appointees, and the publication of consumer complaints regarding consumer financial products or services. H.R. 1571, the Debt Free College Act, To establish State-Federal partnerships to provide students the opportunity to attain higher education at in-State public institutions of higher education without debt, to provide Federal Pell Grant eligibility to DREAMer students, to repeal suspension of eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965 for drug-related offenses, and for other purposes. H.R.2648 - Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2019, To provide bankruptcy relief for student borrowers. H.R. XXXX, amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. H.R. 2750, Justice for Servicemembers Act, To amend title 9 of the United States Code to prohibit predispute arbitration agreements that force arbitration of certain disputes arising from claims of servicemembers and veterans. H.R. 3027, Student Loan Borrower Bill or Rights, To require certain protections for student loan borrowers, and for other purposes. H.R. 3163, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 3351 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 H.R. 3375, Stop Bad Robocalls Act, To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to clarify the prohibitions on making robocalls, and for other purposes. H.R. 3512, PROTECT Students Act of 2019, To protect students of institutions of higher education and the taxpayer investment in institutions of higher education by improving oversight and accountability of institutions of higher education, particularly for-profit colleges, improving H.R. 6543, the Aim Higher Act, to amend and strengthen the Higher Education Act of 1965 so that every student has a path to a quality, debt-free degree or credential that leads to a rewarding career. H.R. XXXX, Protecting Consumers Access to Credit Act (This bill amends the Revised Statutes, the Home Owners' Loan Act, the Federal Credit Union Act, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to state that bank loans that are valid when made as to their maximum rate of interest in accordance with federal law shall remain valid with respect to that rate regardless of whether a bank has subsequently sold or assigned the loan to a third party.) H.R. XXXX, the Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act (This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%.)
2019 · second_quarter · Banking
H.R. 388 Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization H.R. 442 Financial Protection for Our Military Families Act H.R. 578 The Cooperate with Law Enforcement and Watch Act H.R. 741 Tailor Act of 2019 H.R. 799 Federal Worker Credit Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 1038 Treasury Dept. to take greater role in Anti-Money Laundering/CFT policy and examinations H.R. 1039 Streamline Currency Transaction Reports and Suspicious Activity Reports H.R. 1285 Improving Access to Traditional Banking Act H.R. 1387 CONFRONT Act H.R. 1491 FINTECH Act of 2019 H.R. 1595 SAFE Banking Act H.R. 2513 Reforms collection of beneficial ownership information for corporations and LLCs H.R. 2514 Coordinating Oversight, Upgrading and Innovating Technology, and Examiner Reform Act: Makes amendments to Bank Secrecy Act H.R. 3167 National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act H.R. 3182 Requires agency study of Current Expected Credit Loss standard and delays effective date of standard H.R. 3198 Comprehensive Regulatory Review Act: Make changes to EGRPRA Review H.R. 3614 Restricting Use of Credit Checks for Employment Decisions Act H.R. 3618 Free Credit Scores for Consumers Act of 2019 H.R. 3621 Student Borrowers Credit Improvement Act H.R. 3622 Restoring Unfairly Impaired Credit and Protecting Consumers Act S. 331 Home Loan Quality Transparency Act S. 540 Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act S. 592 Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2019 S. 656 SAFE Lending Act of 2019 S. 1028 States Act S. 1200 SAFE Banking Act S. 1233 Community Bank Access to Capital Act: Raises exemption threshold for SOX 404(b) and reforms SEC Regulation S. 1564 Requires agency study of Current Expected Credit Loss standard and delays effective date of standard Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Rules/Legislation, including Beneficial Ownership Issue Brokered Deposits/ National Interest Rate Caps Call Report Streamlining Cannabis Banking CFPB Small Business Loan Data Collection Community Bank Access to Capital Community Bank Leverage Ratio Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund Appropriations Community Reinvestment Act Corporate Ownership Transparency Credit Union Business Lending Powers Credit Union Emergency Mergers Credit Union Field of Membership Rules Credit Union Growth/Powers/Abusive Behavior Credit Union Supplemental Capital Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Customer Due Diligence Rule Cybersecurity Data Security, Breaches and Privacy De Novo Bank Applications/Policy Deposit Concentration Cap Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act Implementation Examination Appeals Faster Payments/Federal Reserve Real Time Gross Settlement System Flood Insurance Reauthorization Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Regulations Housing Finance Reform Industrial Loan Corporation Loophole Reforms/ Square (ILC) Deposit Insurance Application Innovation Initiative (FinTech) Minority Depository Institutions Issues Nomination of Michelle Bowman for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors - For Full Term OCC Special Purpose Fintech Charter Postal Banking Private Flood Insurance Qualified Mortgages, Ability to Repay Rules Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) service Regulatory Burden Relief for Community Banks Regulatory and Tax Relief for Community Banks Remittance Transfers
2019 · second_quarter · Housing
Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support the establishment of a National Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20. Support the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, which would: ramp up investments at the federal level to build an estimated 3 million new housing units aimed at lower-income and middle-class families in urban, suburban, and rural areas; establish down-payment assistance programs in communities that were shut out of homeownership by redlining and segregation practices; create hard-to-refuse incentives for local governments to eliminate land use rules that currently drive up costs and reduce the construction of new affordable housing; provide support to underwater borrowers, primarily in suburban and rural communities; modernize the Community Reinvestment Act so it covers more financial institutions and promotes more sustainable investments in LMI communities; update the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to prevent discrimination against people because of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, source of income, or veterans status; return the estate tax thresholds to their levels at the end of the Bush Administration - affecting about 10,000 of the wealthiest families in the country - in order to fund the provisions in the bill Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions. Support increasing resources to fight housing discrimination; support HR 149 Support multi-year funding to repair the Federal Housing Administrations broken IT systems Support FHFAs activities to make their mortgage loan products more accessible to Americans with Limited English Proficiency. Support that the CFPB re-issue the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regarding the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). The CFPB should re-issue the NPRM and ANPR after it has released the Snapshot National Loan Level Dataset for the 2018 HMDA data and the CFPBs analysis and report of the data Support $5 billion for the National Low Income Trust ad $15 billion to rehabilitate the public housing stock and that housing be included in any omnibus infrastructure plan Support s. 2076 / hr 3685 which is a comprehensive reform of eviction and screening policies for federal housing assistance. Support publicly available, broad-based data collection, tracking and disclosure of investment in areas that have been historically under-capitalized through the Opportunity Zone program. This data is essential to helping ensure any community development policy including the Opportunity Zone program can achieve its goals Oppose the CFPB proposal to raise the threshold for financial institutions to submit Home Mortgage Disclosure (HMDA) data. Support a letter by Chair Waters and Chair Velasquez in opposition to these changes. Support a letter by Ranking Member Brown in opposition to these changes Support HR 3154 / S1929, the Homeownership for Dreamers Act, which would ensure that DACA recipients are eligible for loans backed by FHA. Support the US Department of Housing and Urban Affairs carefully assessing the potential risks and benefits of the Opportunity Zone investments and act accordingly to further HUDs mission to ensure there are quality and affordable homes for all people and create sustainable and inclusive communities that are free from discrimination. Oppose any diminishment of the new and enhanced Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) variables added by the 2015 final rule issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau earlier this year Oppose the FHA proposed streamlining of the certification language and new details of the Defect Taxonomy on the origination side getting the loan-level certification requirements. Getting the process right is of enormous consequence to consumers, lenders, and the well-being of the FHA program. It will enable more borrowers to have access to safe and affordable mortgage credit, assist FHA to operate a safe and sustainable mortgage insurance program with effective quality control, and provide lenders with the clarity they need about enforcement standards to expand access to FHA-insured mortgage credit.
2019 · second_quarter · Banking
Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support NCUA Chairman McWaters meeting with consumer and civil rights groups to discuss potential new rules to expand small dollar loans by credit unions Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by the partial government shutdown Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by natural disasters Support the FDIC preventing high-cost bank payday and installment loans Support credit reporting relief for federal contractors and their employees who are harmed by the government shutdown Oppose the proposal by the FDIC, the OCC, and the FRB to increase the appraisal exemption threshold from $250,000 to $400,000, which means that disconcertingly, under this proposal, all properties under $400k would not require an appraisal anymore Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose CFPB claims that it can authorize a Bureau employee to give companies letters, approvals or exemptions that exempt them from consumer protection laws and enforcement, giving them immunity from enforcement by states or other government agencies and from private litigation Oppose the CFPB's proposal to delay its payday lending rule Oppose the CFPB proposal to delay its 2017 payday lending ability-to-repay rule Support the restoration of the power and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Support the Consumers First Act; Support HR 1500 Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opening its consumer complaint procedure to accept complaints about Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loans. Support hr 2684, the FAIR RATES Act, which directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to collect specific loss data from large auto insurance providers, publicly disclose the data, and submit an analysis to Congress on disparate impact along racial lines in automobile insurance Oppose the proposed rescission of the commonsense ability-to-repay requirements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau)s 2017 payday and vehicle title loan rule Support publicly available, broad-based data collection, tracking and disclosure of investment in areas that have been historically under-capitalized through the Opportunity Zone program. This data is essential to helping ensure any community development policy including the Opportunity Zone program can achieve its goals Support that the CFPB not weaken the 2009 opt-in rule, which has saved consumers billions of dollars, and to establish stronger protections against overdraft fees.
2019 · second_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support NCUA Chairman McWaters meeting with consumer and civil rights groups to discuss potential new rules to expand small dollar loans by credit unions Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by the partial government shutdown Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by natural disasters Support the FDIC preventing high-cost bank payday and installment loans Support credit reporting relief for federal contractors and their employees who are harmed by the government shutdown Oppose the proposal by the FDIC, the OCC, and the FRB to increase the appraisal exemption threshold from $250,000 to $400,000, which means that disconcertingly, under this proposal, all properties under $400k would not require an appraisal anymore Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose CFPB claims that it can authorize a Bureau employee to give companies letters, approvals or exemptions that exempt them from consumer protection laws and enforcement, giving them immunity from enforcement by states or other government agencies and from private litigation Oppose the CFPB's proposal to delay its payday lending rule Oppose the CFPB proposal to delay its 2017 payday lending ability-to-repay rule Support the restoration of the power and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Support the Consumers First Act; Support HR 1500 Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives. Support hr 2684, the FAIR RATES Act, which directs the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to collect specific loss data from large auto insurance providers, publicly disclose the data, and submit an analysis to Congress on disparate impact along racial lines in automobile insurance Oppose the proposed rescission of the commonsense ability-to-repay requirements of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau)s 2017 payday and vehicle title loan rule Support publicly available, broad-based data collection, tracking and disclosure of investment in areas that have been historically under-capitalized through the Opportunity Zone program. This data is essential to helping ensure any community development policy including the Opportunity Zone program can achieve its goals Support that the CFPB not weaken the 2009 opt-in rule, which has saved consumers billions of dollars, and to establish stronger protections against overdraft fees.
2019 · first_quarter · Housing
H.R. 1737 - American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2019 S. 787 - American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2019 H.R.963 - Home Loan Quality Transparency Act of 2019 S.331 - Home Loan Quality Transparency Act of 2019
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2019 · first_quarter · Banking
Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support NCUA Chairman McWaters meeting with consumer and civil rights groups to discuss potential new rules to expand small dollar loans by credit unions Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by the partial government shutdown Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by natural disasters Support the FDIC preventing high-cost bank payday and installment loans Support credit reporting relief for federal contractors and their employees who are harmed by the government shutdown Oppose the proposal by the FDIC, the OCC, and the FRB to increase the appraisal exemption threshold from $250,000 to $400,000, which means that disconcertingly, under this proposal, all properties under $400k would not require an appraisal anymore Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose CFPB claims that it can authorize a Bureau employee to give companies letters, approvals or exemptions that exempt them from consumer protection laws and enforcement, giving them immunity from enforcement by states or other government agencies and from private litigation Oppose the CFPB's proposal to delay its payday lending rule Oppose the CFPB proposal to delay its 2017 payday lending ability-to-repay rule Support the restoration of the power and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Support the Consumers First Act; Support HR 1500 Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives.
2019 · first_quarter · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support NCUA Chairman McWaters meeting with consumer and civil rights groups to discuss potential new rules to expand small dollar loans by credit unions Support the H.R. 1500, the Consumer First Act, which reestablishes the vitality of the CFPB Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by the partial government shutdown Support Credit score companies developing a way to distinguish individuals harmed by natural disasters Support the FDIC preventing high-cost bank payday and installment loans Support credit reporting relief for federal contractors and their employees who are harmed by the government shutdown Oppose the proposal by the FDIC, the OCC, and the FRB to increase the appraisal exemption threshold from $250,000 to $400,000, which means that disconcertingly, under this proposal, all properties under $400k would not require an appraisal anymore Oppose proposal by Senator Crapo to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Oppose CFPB claims that it can authorize a Bureau employee to give companies letters, approvals or exemptions that exempt them from consumer protection laws and enforcement, giving them immunity from enforcement by states or other government agencies and from private litigation Oppose the CFPB's proposal to delay its payday lending rule Oppose the CFPB proposal to delay its 2017 payday lending ability-to-repay rule Support the restoration of the power and mission of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Support the Consumers First Act; Support HR 1500 Support H.R. 1018, which instructs companies to disclose the race, ethnicity, gender, Veterans status and disability status of members of their Boards of Directors and C-Suite level executives.
2019 · first_quarter · Housing
Support S. 331 / HR 963, Introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Velazquez which restores comprehensive HMDA reporting requirements to 25 for mortgages and 100 for HELOCs with the exclusion for banks and credit unions with fewer than $30 million in assets Support the establishment of a National Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Support lifting the austere Budget Control Act federal spending caps and ensuring that affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs receive the highest allocation of discretionary funds possible for FY20. Support the American Housing and Economic Mobility Act, which would: ramp up investments at the federal level to build an estimated 3 million new housing units aimed at lower-income and middle-class families in urban, suburban, and rural areas; establish down-payment assistance programs in communities that were shut out of homeownership by redlining and segregation practices; create hard-to-refuse incentives for local governments to eliminate land use rules that currently drive up costs and reduce the construction of new affordable housing; provide support to underwater borrowers, primarily in suburban and rural communities; modernize the Community Reinvestment Act so it covers more financial institutions and promotes more sustainable investments in LMI communities; update the Fair Housing Act of 1968 to prevent discrimination against people because of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, source of income, or veterans status; return the estate tax thresholds to their levels at the end of the Bush Administration - affecting about 10,000 of the wealthiest families in the country - in order to fund the provisions in the bill Support the Disability Integration Act, S.117 / H.R. 555, to ensure that people with disabilities can live in the community rather than be forced into nursing facilities and other institutions. Support increasing resources to fight housing discrimination; support HR 149
2019 · first_quarter · Banking
H.R. 24 Federal Reserve Transparency Act H.R. 85 Fund and Complete the Border Wall Act H.R. 116 Investing in Main Street Act of 2019 H.R. 189 Financial Institution Consumer Protection Act H.R. 388 Financial Reporting Threshold Modernization H.R. 442 Financial Protection for Our Military Families Act H.R. 469 Replacement Cost for NFIP Premium Valuation H.R. 470 To Repeal Mandatory Flood Insurance Coverage for Commercial Properties in Flood Areas H.R. 578 The Cooperate with Law Enforcement and Watch Act H.R. 658 National Infrastructure Development Bank Act H.R. 741 Tailor Act of 2019 H.R. 799 Federal Worker Credit Protection Act of 2019 H.R. 800 Federal Workers Banking Assistance Act H.R. 974 Federal Reserve Supervision Testimony Clarification Act H.R. 1038 Treasury Dept. to take greater role in Anti-Money Laundering/CFT policy and examinations H.R. 1039 Streamline Currency Transaction Reports and Suspicious Activity Reports H.R. 1282 Data Accountability and Trust Act H.R. 1285 Improving Access to Traditional Banking Act H.R. 1387 CONFRONT Act H.R. 1491 FINTECH Act of 2019 H.R. 1595 SAFE Banking Act S. 148 Federal Reserve Transparency Act S. 331 Home Loan Quality Transparency Act S. 540 Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act S. 566 Expand Access to Capital for Rural Job Creators Act S. 583 Data Privacy Act S. 592 Cybersecurity Disclosure Act of 2019 S. 603 Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act S. 630 Arbitration Fairness for Consumers Act S. 656 SAFE Lending Act of 2019 S. 1006 Truth in Lending Reform Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Rules/ Legislation, including Beneficial Ownership Issue Brokered Deposits/ National Interest Rate Caps Call Report Streamlining Cannabis Banking CFPB Small Business Loan Data Collection Community Bank Access to Capital Community Bank Leverage Ratio Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund Appropriations Community Reinvestment Act Corporate Ownership Transparency Credit Union Business Lending Powers Credit Union Emergency Mergers Credit Union Field of Membership Rules Credit Union Supplemental Capital Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Customer Due Diligence Rule Cybersecurity Data Security, Breaches and Privacy De Novo Bank Applications/Policy Deposit Concentration Cap Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act Implementation Examination Appeals Faster Payments Flood Insurance Reauthorization Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Regulations Housing Finance Reform Industrial Loan Corporation Loophole Reforms/ Square (ILC) Deposit Insurance Application Innovation Initiative (FinTech) Internal Control Audit Requirements Mortgage Servicing Regulations Nomination of Michelle Bowman for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors - For Full Term OCC Special Purpose Fintech Charter Postal Banking Prepaid Card Accounts Private Flood Insurance Qualified Mortgages, Ability to Repay Rules Regulatory Burden Relief for Community Banks Regulatory and Tax Relief for Community Banks Remittance Transfers SAFE Banking Act Strengthening the Tenth Amendment through Entrusting States Act Small Dollar Lending Systemic Risk Regulation/Prudential Standards
| Democratic |
| CA |
| Elizabeth Warren | Democratic | MA |
| Kamala D. Harris | Democratic | CA |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Democratic | NY |
| Maria Cantwell | Democratic | WA |
| Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | CT |
| Richard J. Durbin | Democratic | IL |
| Robert Menendez | Democratic | NJ |
| Ron Wyden | Democratic | OR |
| Sherrod Brown | Democratic | OH |
| Tammy Duckworth | Democratic | IL |
| Tina Smith | Democratic | MN |
Client expense: $120,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Education, Dept of, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $1,790,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $72,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Economic Development Administration, Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
Client expense: $72,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Economic Development Administration, Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
Client expense: $72,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS), Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Economic Development Administration, Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), State, Dept of (DOS), U.S. Customs & Border Protection, U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), White House Office
Client expense: $72,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
Client expense: $72,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
Client expense: $72,500 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms & Explosives, Bureau of the Census, Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Education, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Park Service (NPS), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Office of Policy Development, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office
Client expense: $910,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office