US SB1002 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 24-11-1)
Status: Introduced on May 2 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-06-15 - Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-106.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

CLEAR Relief Act of 2017 Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2017 This bill amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to exempt from specified reporting and attestation requirements a community bank with assets of $1 billion or less. The bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to exempt from certain escrow requirements and residential mortgage loan standards a residential mortgage loan held by a depository institution with assets of $10 billion or less. The bill further amends that Act, as well as the Consumer Protection Act of 2010, to exempt certain creditors from specified disclosure requirements. In addition, the bill amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to exempt from the Volcker Rule a depository institution with assets of $10 billion or less. (The Volcker Rule prohibits banking agencies from engaging in proprietary trading or entering into certain relationships with hedge funds and private-equity funds.)

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Title

CLEAR Relief Act of 2017 Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2017

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History

DateChamberAction
2017-06-15SenateCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-106.
2017-06-08SenateCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-81.
2017-05-18SenateCommittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-57.
2017-05-02SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Same As/Similar To

SB2155 (Related) 2018-05-24 - Became Public Law No: 115-174.
HR905 (Similar To) 2018-05-22 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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