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HR 6460 111th Congress House

Transparency and Security in Mortgage Registration Act of 2010

Official title: To prohibit Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae from owning or guaranteeing any mortgage that is assigned to the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems o… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae from owning or guaranteeing any mortgage that is assigned to the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems or for which MERS is the mortgagee of record.

Introduced: November 30, 2010 Introduced by: Kaptur, Marcy Democratic · Ohio See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development Congressional oversightGovernment National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprisesGovernment information and archives
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Government lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsHousing finance and home ownershipLand transfersSecurities
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Transparency and Security in Mortgage Registration Act of 2010 - Amends the National Housing Act to prohibit the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) from purchasing, acquiring, newly lending on the security of, newly investing in securities consisting of, or otherwise newly dealing in any Mortgage Electronic Registration System, Inc. (MERS) mortgage or mortgages.

Prohibits the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) from newly guaranteeing the payment of principal of or interest on any trust certificate or other security based or backed by a trust or pool that contains, or purchase or acquire, any MERS mortgage.

Directs Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae to require all their current MERS mortgages to be assigned to the proper servicer, holder, or creditor.

Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to study and report to Congress to analyze and determine: (1) the impacts of the lack of electronic records and uniform standards found in local land title recordation systems currently used in the various states; (2) any progress states have made in developing electronic land title recordation systems containing uniform standards; (3) the current oversight role of the federal government in the transfer and recordation of land titles; and (4) the feasibility of creating a federal land title recordation system for property transfers that would maintain all previous records of the land-property without invalidating, interfering with, or preempting state real property law governing the transfer and perfection of land title.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6460: Transparency and Security in Mortgage Registration Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-6460/
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