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Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Specific issues are shown only where the LDA source assigned them to this lobbyist. Targets apply to the associated filing.
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Source: Senate LDA
Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
C.L.E.A.R. Act
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Overdraft Protection Act of 2009
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Predatory Lending Sunset Act
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Consumer Credit Fairness Act
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Payday Lending Limitation Act of 2010
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Global Warming Education Act
Client: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP · Firm: CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE LENDING, A SUPPORTING CORP OF CTR FOR COMMUNITY SELF-HELP
Lobbying issues were: CFPA (encouraging Congress to create an effective federal consumer-focused banking regulator); credit cards (encouraging Congress to speed up the implementation of the Federal Reserve's new regulations and to add additional consumer protections); overdraft loans (encouraging Congress to implement restrictions on abusive overdraft practices); payday loans (encouraging Congress to pass a 36% rate cap on consumer loans); [continued on next page] [continued from previous page] mortgage lending (encouraging Congress to prohibit abusive products and practices); mortgage loan modifications (encouraging Congress to provide incentives for servicers to modify loans to prevent foreclosures) Specific legislation that was subject of lobbying activity: S61: Helping Families Save their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) S257: Consumer Credit Fairness Act (to require the bankruptcy court to disallow any claim arising from an abusive high cost consumer credit transaction) S500: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) S585: Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act (to provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit) S1799: FAIR Overdraft Coverage Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) S2824: Amendment to Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund, and for other purposes (to establish a small dollar loan-loss guarantee fund that insures fair and affordable small dollar loans) S3217: Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) S3245: The Payday Loan Limitation Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on payday loans) HR200: Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR225: Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1106: Helping Families Save their Homes Act of 2009 (to allow for judicial loan modification for primary residences through the bankruptcy code) HR1214: Payday Loan Reform Act of 2009 (to limit the most abusive aspects of payday loans) HR1456: Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR1608: Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009 (to create a federal 36% APR usury cap) HR1637: Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009 (to eliminate universal increases in interest rate on a credit card when cardholders default on accounts with other creditors) HR1728: Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1782: Fairness for Homeowners Act of 2009 (to protect consumers against abusive, unfair, or deceptive practices in the mortgage marketplace) HR1846: Consumer Lending Education And Reform Act (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR2309: Consumer Credit and Debt Protection Act (to grant the FTC expedited rule-making authority) HR2563: Payday Lending Reform Act of 2009 (opposed the mere disclosure of abusive terms in payday loans and favored substantive consumer protections) HR3126: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR3639: Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009 (to move up the effective date of the Credit CARD Act to December 1, 2009) HR3904: Overdraft Protection Act of 2009 (to create federal protections against abusive and unfair overdraft practices) HR4173: The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, and related amendments (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) HR4229: Borrowers' Right to Inspect Closing Documents Act of 2009 (to require more timely delivery of loan and closing documents to borrower) HR5689: Predatory Lending Sunset Act (to place a cap on the rate of interest allowed on small-dollar consumer loans) Senate regulatory reform draft bill (not yet introduced) (to create a single agency to have strong rulewriting and enforcement authority in consumer financial transactions) Senate payday alternatives amendment (not yet introduced) (to create an alterative for abusive small-dollar loans) Senate FDIC payday standard (not yet introduced) (to create consumer protections for payday loan borrowers) Executive branch agencies and issues: Federal Reserve - Truth In Lending rescission rules Dept. of Treasury - Consumer Financial Protection Agency, HAMP Federal Trade Commission - debt settlement
Filing targets: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Treasury, Dept of