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Industrial Hemp Banking Act [HB-4711]
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[Cannabis ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
Industrial Hemp Banking Act This bill prohibits a federal banking regulator from: (1) terminating or limiting the deposit insurance or share insurance of a depository institution solely because the institution provides financial services to a legitimate industrial hemp business; (2) prohibiting or otherwise discouraging a depository institution from offering financial services to such a business; (3) recommending, incentivizing, or encouraging a depository institution not to offer financial services to an account holder solely because the account
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Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 [HB-3971]
[Finance ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Housing ]
[Small Business ]
[Insurance ]
Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to create a safe harbor from requirements for an escrow or impound account for the payment of taxes and hazard insurance in the case of mortgage loans made by a creditor with consolidated assets of $10 billion or less that holds the loan on its balance sheet for three years after its origination. A creditor shall be deemed to have complied with the three-year balance sheet requirement if it transfers a loan by reason of its bankruptcy or failure,
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To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes. [HB-4248]
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[Trade ]
[Mining ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to conflict minerals, and for other purposes. (Sec. 1) This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal provisions requiring public companies to make disclosures relating to their use of conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country.
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Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017 [HB-4529]
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[Small Business ]
[Investments ]
Accelerating Access to Capital Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise Form S-3 so as to permit securities to be registered pursuant to General Instruction I.B.1. of the form if the registrant has at least one class of common equity securities listed and registered on a national securities exchange. The SEC must also revise General Instruction I.B.6. of Form S-3 to allow certain registrants to use that instruction to offer up to one-third of the aggregate market value of their common equity even
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Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 [HB-5783]
[Finance ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Cooperate with Law Enforcement Agencies and Watch Act of 2018 (Sec. 2) This bill limits a financial institution's liability for maintaining a customer account in compliance with a written request by a federal, state, tribal, or local law enforcement agency. A federal or state agency may not take an adverse supervisory action against a financial institution with respect to maintaining an account consistent with such a request.
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Community Lender Exam Act [S.2116]
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[Small Business ]
[Economic Development ]
Community Lender Exam Act This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to increase the asset limit below which certain depository institutions are eligible for an 18-month, instead of a 12-month, examination cycle.
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To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals. [HB-5756]
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[Consumer Protection ]
To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to adjust certain resubmission thresholds for shareholder proposals.
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A bill to clarify that funding for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is not subject to the sequester. [S.2817]
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[Budget and Spending ]
A bill to clarify that funding for the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is not subject to the sequester. This bill provides that any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is inapplicable to funding of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.)
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A bill to clarify that funding for the Securities Investor Protection Corporation is not subject to the sequester. [S.2816]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Investments ]
A bill to clarify that funding for the Securities Investor Protection Corporation is not subject to the sequester. This bill provides that any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is inapplicable to funding of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.)
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Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2018 [S.2829]
[Finance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Trade ]
Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2018 This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to require that in making the appointment of a president, a Federal Reserve Bank must interview at least one individual reflective of gender diversity and one reflective of racial or ethnic diversity. The bill amends numerous banking-, finance-, and trade-related Acts to make references to officials (including those to the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) gender-neutral.
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Options Markets Stability Act [HB-5749]
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Options Markets Stability Act This bill revises the method of calculating the risk, for purposes of satisfying capital rules applicable to depository institutions and depository institution holding companies, of certain options cleared through a central counterparty.
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Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2017 [HB-3760]
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[Finance ]
[Crime ]
Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2017 This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%. The bill also sets forth criminal penalties for violations and empowers state Attorneys General to enforce the bill. Credit card billing statements must include the fee and interest rate, displayed as "FAIR," instead of the total finance charge expressed as an annual percentage rate
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State Regulatory Representation Clarification Act of 2017 [S.1910]
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State Regulatory Representation Clarification Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require one presidential appointee to the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to have served as a state bank supervisor. (A state bank supervisor has primary regulatory authority over state banks or savings associations in the state.)
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State Regulatory Representation Clarification Act of 2017 [HB-3915]
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State Regulatory Representation Clarification Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require one presidential appointee to the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to have served as a state bank supervisor. (A state bank supervisor has primary regulatory authority over state banks or savings associations in the state.)
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Customs Business Fairness Act of 2017 [HB-4657]
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[Consumer Protection ]
Customs Business Fairness Act of 2017
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Promoting Access to Justice through Unclaimed Deposits Act of 2018 [HB-5692]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Promoting Access to Justice through Unclaimed Deposits Act of 2018
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Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act [HB-4738]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Investments ]
Mutual Fund Litigation Reform Act This bill amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to specify burden-of-proof and complaint requirements with respect to certain actions for breach of fiduciary duty.
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International Insurance Standards Act of 2018 [HB-4537]
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[Insurance ]
International Insurance Standards Act of 2018 (Sec. 3) This bill prohibits parties representing the federal government in an international insurance agreement from agreeing to any standard unless it recognizes the existing U.S. system of regulation as satisfying that standard. (Sec. 4) In developing international insurance standards, the parties must coordinate with state insurance regulators. (Sec. 5) Parties representing the United States in such proceedings must consult with and notify Congress regarding the intention to participate in the negotiations,
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International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 [HB-3762]
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[International ]
International Insurance Standards Act of 2017 This bill prohibits parties representing the federal government in an international insurance agreement from agreeing to any standard inconsistent with existing federal and state laws. The parties must coordinate with state insurance regulators. Congress has the power to review and disapprove by joint resolution any such agreement. The bill amends the Federal Insurance Office Act of 2010 to modify requirements for a covered international agreement entered into by the Department of the Treasury's Federal
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Corporate Political Disclosure Act of 2018 [HB-5670]
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[Elections ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Corporate Political Disclosure Act of 2018 This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require issuers, on an annual basis, to publicly disclose political activity expenditures made during the previous year. The Securities and Exchange Commission must issue regulations to carry out this bill.