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To provide the National Credit Union Administration Board flexibility to increase Federal credit union loan maturities, and for other purposes.
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
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Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Source: Senate LDA
To provide the National Credit Union Administration Board flexibility to increase Federal credit union loan maturities, and for other purposes.
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements.
To provide the National Credit Union Administration Board flexibility to increase Federal credit union loan maturities, and for other purposes.
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements.
To provide the National Credit Union Administration Board flexibility to increase Federal credit union loan maturities, and for other purposes.
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Veterans Members Business Loan Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Veterans Members Business Loan Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements.
Veterans Members Business Loan Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Veterans Members Business Loan Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements.
Comprehensive CREDIT Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Comprehensive CREDIT Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements.
Comprehensive CREDIT Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Comprehensive CREDIT Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements.
Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements.
Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements.
Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID–19 Crisis Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID–19 Crisis Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements.
Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements.
Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements.
Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements.
Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
A bill to extend the loan forgiveness period for the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
A bill to extend the loan forgiveness period for the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
To provide the National Credit Union Administration Board flexibility to increase Federal credit union loan maturities, and for other purposes.
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
To provide the National Credit Union Administration Board flexibility to increase Federal credit union loan maturities, and for other purposes.
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
Veterans Members Business Loan Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
Veterans Members Business Loan Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
Corporate Transparency Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
Corporate Transparency Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
ILLICIT CASH Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
ILLICIT CASH Act
Client: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS · Firm: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS)
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
Protect the credit union tax exemption.
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; the CARES Act; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements- oppose fee structure increases; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements; GSEs should provide relief for CUs impacted by forbearances; raise 15-year maturity limit on certain CU loans; Establish an emergency flexible QM standard; Expand definition of Community FI in FHLB Act; expanding membership in FHLBs to include conduits should be explicitly prohibited; Limit liability for Essential Businesses; Assist associations in relief efforts related to COVID-19; do not eliminate courtesy pay; no blanket forbearance in COVID-19 relief; Increase PPP funding; Community Reinvestment Act; delay property tax assessments; FCC should issue an interim declaratory ruling or otherwise act on the Petition on an expedited basis related to autodialing; SBA to issue PPP guidance; H.R. 6550, the Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act; minimize paper payments of Economic Impact payments; Treasury should ensure that all credit unions will be able to receive a payroll tax credit for providing paid sick leave related to COVID-19; support Chairman Hoods request to make changes to the CLF and PCA flexibility during COVID response; third-party vendor examination authority is unnecessary; examiner flexibility with PPP lending; inaccurate call labeling is harmful - provide effective redress; provide equitable access to small lenders for PPP loans and provide transparency related to pacing of applications; improvements to HEROES Act; Support for S. 3833, the Paycheck Protection Program Extension Act; NAFCU urges the NCUA Board to take up Overdraft Policy and approve; Automatic forgiveness of PPP loans under $150k; supportive of efforts to expand financial inclusion, but we are concerned FedAccounts could cause disruptions; oppose adding provision to NDAA that would give banks parity with CUs on military installations; strengthen and improve BSA/AML system while not overburdening CUs support adding Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 to NDAA; oppose H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act; moving the U.S. currency to a federally-backed digital system will have unintended consequences that could affect the privacy of millions of Americans and erode the competitive viability of the U.S. banking system.
Filing targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Protect the credit union tax exemption.
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements.
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; establish national standards for fintech; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; temporary relief from TDR; protect small enders from excessive guarantee fees; reduce burdens from TILA/RESPA and TRID; support use of modified DTI ratio for QM loans and general QM reforms; CFPB should raise the safe harbor threshold for remittance transfers; FHFA should continue to evaluate the consistency of the GSEs pooling requirements to ensure fungibility of the UMBS and support investor confidence; NCUA should set an appraisal threshold that provides parity with banks, offer additional commentary on what constitutes a complex transaction to provide credit unions with greater clarity, and establish a de minimis threshold for transactions that are partially insured or guaranteed; FCC should halt Service Providers aggressive call blocking efforts until the STIR/SHAKEN call authentication framework is fully implemented and ensure there is complete transparency and mitigation of blocking for both callers and called parties; HR 3621, The Comprehensive CREDIT Act, needs reforms to prevent increased cost of credit and unreasonable burdens on community institutions; repeal the Durbin Amendment relating to debit interchange and do not extend interchange to credit; the NCUA Board should adopt a variable interest rate to allow for adequate risk-based pricing, expand lending to underserved, and provide mechanism for adjusting interest rate ceiling; examine questionable banker activities such as astroturfing and ask, what other anti-consumer efforts are bankers secretly funding; fair pricing in liquidation of taxi medallion loans; support equitable application of employee remuneration for not-for-profits; exempt credit unions from CFPBs small business data collection rules; support HR 5931, the Improving FHA Support for Small Dollar Mortgages Act of 2020; support S. 3323, the Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2020; support increased funding for CDFI programs and CDRLF; eliminate Regulation Ds transaction limit for savings accounts; oppose using g-fees as a source of funding offset; support 5-person leadership commission for the CFPB; provide association relief in COVID-19 relief packages; FCC should exempt credit unions from, payment of fees for use of reassigned numbers database; NCUA and CFPB should allow broad compliance relief and not take supervisory action for at least 60 days due to COVID-19; FHFA should maintain the current LTV policy allowing GSEs to adjust LTV ratios as necessary, the FHFA should impose LLPAs on those communities that allow PACE financing, and support the FHFAs efforts to provide additional disclosures to consumers if the benefits outweigh the burdens, as well as the creation of a state-run registry of PACE lien information; support non-regulatory approaches for encouraging the use and acceptance of AI technologies and eliminate rules that impair AI related innovation; support mitigating concerns related to PACE loans and FHFA should work with state and local leaders to communicate the risks of PACE programs, require licensing of PACE administrators and contractors, and establish clear regulations pertaining to the subordination of PACE liens to mortgages; relief from MBL cap; capital relief including RBC revisions and leverage ratio adjustments; extend examination cycles, mandatory compliance deadlines, allow virtual board meetings; congress should give credit unions parity in COVID-19 relief; modernize CLF; include credit unions and increase funding for PPP; provide temporary capital flexibility; modernize E-sign Act; enhance SBA 7(a) loan program by waiving fees for small business borrowers and lenders, increase federal guaranty, increase deferment flexibility, increase maximum loan size, increase general 7(a) and secondary market authorization caps, waive real estate appraisal requirement, and suspend income tax verifications requirements; NCUA should provide flexibility in capital restoration and other PCA requirements; expedite subordinated debt proposal; relax rules on stress testing and capital planning; do not subject combination transactions to overly prescriptive regulatory requirements.
Filing targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
Protect the credit union tax exemption; support a national data security standard for those who collect and store consumer information; support a uniform national consumer data privacy standard as opposed to a patchwork of standards stemming from different state data privacy laws; Support appropriately balancing the benefits and burdens associated with collecting and reporting HMDA data; Support reducing regulatory burdens by eliminating HMDA data points adopted pursuant to the Bureaus discretionary authority; Support the revision or elimination of several HMDA data points, including all free-form text boxes; Support enhancing the structure and operations of the CFPB; support the Committees ongoing work to promote diversity and inclusion in financial services; support legislation such as H.R. 4067, the Financial Inclusion in Banking Act of 2019, which would direct the CFPBs Office of Community Affairs to research how to increase financial inclusion for underserved communities; supports CFPB Director Kathy Kraningers efforts to provide financial institutions with regulatory certainty and targeted relief, while focusing the CFPBs efforts on bad actors; support increased focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the American economy and the industry; support laws and regulations aimed at detecting and preventing discrimination, as well as the legal mechanisms used to protect fundamental consumer interests; support HUDs objective of updating the Disparate Impact Rule by aligning it more closely with the Supreme Courts decision in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., (Inclusive Communities); support housing finance reform of the GSEs because the current conservatorship of the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is unsustainable; Support permitting the GSEs to retain more capital to better protect taxpayers in the event of a severe economic downturn; support H.R. 2513, the Corporate Transparency Act of 2019 and the COUNTER Act of 2019; support efforts to modernize the Currency Transaction Report (CTR) threshold by indexing it for inflation; support The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2019; support tech sprints; support regulatory efforts to modernize and streamline supervisory processes; support reducing the length of exams and minimizing manual review processes to alleviate operational disruption; support the CFPBs use of machine automated compliance checks; Support Interbank real-time gross settlement of faster payments docket No. OP-1670; support distribution of excess the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund reserves; support return of the normal operating level to its historical level of 1.30 percent; support appropriate, tailored regulation for credit unions and relief from growing regulatory burdens; support a fair playing field; support government transparency and accountability; support a strong, independent NCUA as the primary regulator for credit unions; support H.R. 1661, legislation to provide the NCUA Board flexibility to increase loan maturities; support Legislation to allow all credit unions to add underserved areas to their fields of membership; support reducing regulatory burdens; advocate against an expanded consumer compliance examination program; supports legislative efforts to direct the FCC to combat illegal robocalls in the House-Senate agreement on S. 151, the TRACED Act; support efforts to distinguish between fraudulent/illegal robocalls and calls from legitimate businesses seeking to communicate with their members and customers; support a safe harbor that would allow credit unions to send text messages to their members to clarify in an opt-out confirmation message the scope of the recipients opt-out request without violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) or related FCC rules; support H.R. 2305, Veterans Members Business Loan Act; support implementing regulations that clarify that the requirements of the CCPA and its implementing regulations do not apply to organizations that solely collect GLBA-covered information; support a delay in enforcement of the CCPA; support amending NCUAs Chartering Manual to modernize its regulations so credit unions can continue to effectively serve their communities, especially underserved communities; support voluntary, market-based merger transactions that benefit the communities served by credit unions; H.R. 5315, the Expanding Opportunity for MDIs Act, offered by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH) and H.R. 5322, the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019; support keeping legislative reform of the housing finance system as a priority for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and the House Committee on Financial Services; support NCUA developing its own, tailored guidance to clearly communicate examiner expectations in advance of CECLs 2023 compliance date; support relieving credit unions from having to comply with the CECL standard; support S. 2563, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings Act (ILLICIT CASH Act).
Protect the credit union tax exemption.
Filing targets: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Defense, Dept of (DOD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Federal Reserve System, Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Government Accountability Office (GAO), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Justice, Dept of (DOJ), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of, Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA), White House Office