Thread Starter: Anonymous
Title: Re: S.2155 - passed Senate with 100 amendments but...
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Cool. It's still 500, as passed by the Senate. Now to see how mangled the House will make it.
SEC. 104. HOME MORTGAGE DISCLOSURE ACT ADJUSTMENT AND STUDY.
(a) In General.--Section 304 of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of
1975 (12 U.S.C. 2803) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (i) as paragraph (3) and
adjusting the margins accordingly;
(2) by inserting before paragraph (3), as so redesignated,
the following:
``(i) Exemptions.--
``(1) Closed-end mortgage loans.--With respect to an
insured depository institution or insured credit union, the
requirements of paragraphs (5) and (6) of subsection (b) shall
not apply with respect to closed-end mortgage loans if the
insured depository institution or insured credit union
originated fewer than 500 closed-end mortgage loans in each of
the 2 preceding calendar years.
``(2) Open-end lines of credit.--With respect to an insured
depository institution or insured credit union, the
requirements of paragraphs (5) and (6) of subsection (b) shall
not apply with respect to open-end lines of credit if the
insured depository institution or insured credit union
originated fewer than 500 open-end lines of credit in each of
the 2 preceding calendar years.
``(3) Required compliance.--Notwithstanding paragraphs (1)
and (2), an insured depository institution shall comply with
paragraphs (5) and (6) of subsection (b) if the insured
depository institution has received a rating of `needs to
improve record of meeting community credit needs' during each
of its 2 most recent examinations or a rating of `substantial
noncompliance in meeting community credit needs' on its most
recent examination under section 807(b)(2) of the Community
Reinvestment Act of 1977 (12 U.S.C. 2906(b)(2)).''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(o) Definitions.--In this section--
``(1) the term `insured credit union' has the meaning given
the term in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12
U.S.C. 1752); and
``(2) the term `insured depository institution' has the
meaning given the term in section 3 of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).''.
(b) Lookback Study.--
(1) Study.--Not earlier than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a study to evaluate the impact of the
amendments made by subsection (a) on the amount of data
available under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 (12
U.S.C. 2801 et seq.) at the national and local level.
(2) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial
Services of the House of Representatives a report that includes
the findings and conclusions of the Comptroller General with
respect to the study required under paragraph (1).
(c) Technical Correction.--Section 304(i)(3) of the Home Mortgage
Disclosure Act of 1975, as so redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is
amended by striking ``section 303(2)(A)'' and inserting ``section
303(3)(A)''.
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