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National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 [S.1571]
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[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Safety ]
[Environmental ]
[Climate Change ]
[Water ]
National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to reauthorize through FY2023 and revise the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). A community that participates in NFIP and has been repeatedly flooded must: (1) assess the continuing risks to community areas repeatedly damaged by floods; and (2) develop and implement a publicly available, community-specific plan for mitigating continuing flood risks to such areas. A community that does not comply with these requirements shall
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Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act [HB-3221]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Securing Access to Affordable Mortgages Act
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Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2017 [HB-3216]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Trade ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Economic Development ]
Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2017
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Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act [HB-3179]
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[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Transparency and Accountability for Business Standards Act This bill requires a federal banking agency to publish for notice and comment: (1) the agency's rationale for, and cost-benefit analysis regarding, the adoption of any prudential regulation that is substantively more stringent than a corresponding international prudential standard; and (2) a proposal for, or the agency's rationale for not proposing, the repeal or amendment of any prudential regulation that is effectively superseded by the implementation of an international prudential standard.
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Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act [HB-3110]
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[Insurance ]
Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to modify the term of the independent member with insurance expertise of the Financial Stability Oversight Council to allow the current member to continue to serve in the event of a delay in the naming of a successor by the end of the member's six-year term. In such a case, the independent member may continue to serve until 18 months after the end of the term or until a successor is confirmed, whichever is earlier.
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Community Flood Insurance Savings Act of 2017 [HB-3135]
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[Disaster Relief ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Community Flood Insurance Savings Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide grants to associations of states and local communities for the purpose of employing program coordinators for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Community Rating System. The Community Rating System provides flood insurance premium rate discounts to communities that exceed NFIP floodplain management requirements.
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Keeping Capital Local for Underserved Communities Act of 2017 [S.1500]
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[Economic Development ]
[Finance ]
[Small Business ]
Keeping Capital Local for Underserved Communities Act of 2017
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act [S.1503]
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[Finance ]
[Sports ]
[Funding ]
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5 coins, 400,000 $1 coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins emblematic of the game of basketball. The bill requires all sales of such coins to include specified surcharges, which shall be paid by Treasury to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to fund an endowment for increased operations and educational programming.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017 [S.1499]
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017
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State Flood Mitigation Revolving Fund Act of 2017 [S.1507]
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[Grants ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Water ]
[Environmental ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
State Flood Mitigation Revolving Fund Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to permit the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide capitalization grants to states to establish revolving funds to address flood risks. Revolving funds may be used to provide: (1) financial assistance to participants in the National Flood Insurance Program, including homeowners, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and local governments; or (2) support for leveraged loans or state bonds. Financial assistance may be used for
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Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act [HB-3093]
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Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to permit a hedge fund or private-equity fund to share the same name, or a variation of the same name, with a banking entity that is an investment adviser to the hedge fund or private-equity fund, if: the investment adviser is not, and does not share the same name with, an insured depository institution, a company that controls an insured depository institution, or a company treated as a bank holding company for purposes of specified provisions of
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Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act [S.1463]
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Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act
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To require the President to develop a national strategy for combating the financing of terrorism and related forms of illicit finance, and for other purposes. [HB-3100]
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To require the President to develop a national strategy for combating the financing of terrorism and related forms of illicit finance, and for other purposes. This bill requires the President to develop a strategy to prevent the financing of terrorism. The strategy shall contain: (1) an assessment of present efforts and existing threats, (2) proposed changes and initiatives, (3) a discussion of the role of the private sector and the enhancement of intergovernmental cooperation, (4) an analysis of emerging threats and the use of technological enhancements
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Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017 [HB-3072]
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[Finance ]
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Examination and Reporting Threshold Act of 2017
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Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2017 [HB-2980]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to allow an individual debtor to exempt from their bankruptcy estate one or more fierarms, up to a total maximum value of $3,000. The bill also specifies that such firearms are household goods that are not subject to liens in bankruptcy.
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Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act [HB-2954]
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[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Home Mortgage Disclosure Adjustment Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 to exempt a depository institution from certain records and disclosure requirements related to the itemization of loan data: (1) with respect to closed-end mortgage loans, if the depository institution originated fewer than 500 such loans in each of the two preceding years; and (2) with respect to open-end lines of credit, if the depository institution originated fewer than 500 such lines of credit in each of the two preceding years. (Sec.
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Sustainable, Affordable, Fair, and Efficient (SAFE) National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 [S.1368]
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[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
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Sustainable, Affordable, Fair, and Efficient (SAFE) National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend through FY2023 the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). NFIP policy coverage limits for residential and nonresidential buildings are increased. NFIP premiums, surcharges, and fees may not be increased by more than 10% each year. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must provide: (1) loans for mitigation projects, and (2) other financial assistance to qualified
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International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2017 [S.1360]
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[International ]
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[Consumer Protection ]
International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2017 This bill directs the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) to establish the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues. The bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury and the FRB from agreeing to an international capital insurance standard unless: (1) it meets specified notice and comment requirements, (2) it is consistent with current state-based capital requirements, and (3) it is consistent with any FRB capital requirements for
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Housing Opportunity Mortgage Expansion Act [HB-2890]
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[Insurance ]
[Real Estate ]
Housing Opportunity Mortgage Expansion Act This bill amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to continue Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) membership for captive insurance companies that became members prior to publication of the proposed (now final) Federal Housing Finance Agency rule ending their FHLB membership. (A captive insurance company underwrites insurance for its parent company and does not provide insurance to the public.) The parent company must support residential mortgage activities.
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National Flood Insurance Program Administrative Reform Act of 2017 [HB-2875]
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National Flood Insurance Program Administrative Reform Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make additional coverage of up to $30,000 available under its existing Increased Cost of Compliance program, with optional coverage of up to $60,000. Currently, FEMA may make available coverage to insure the cost of mitigating future flood damage to a structure insured by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that has been substantially or repetitively
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