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S. 1916 113th Congress Senate

HELP Rural Communities Act of 2014

Official title: A bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to provide for an application process for interested parties to apply for a count… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to provide for an application process for interested parties to apply for a county to be designated as a rural area, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 14, 2014 Introduced by: Mitch McConnell Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Administrative remediesBanking and financial institutions regulationConsumer Financial Protection BureauConsumer affairsRural conditions and development
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 16, 2014
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
Jan 14, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S327)
Jan 14, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S326-327)
Jan 14, 2014
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action September 16, 2014

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act of 2014 or the HELP Rural Communities Act of 2014 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to establish an application process under which a person who lives or does business in a state may apply to have a county designated as a rural area for purposes of a federal consumer financial law.

Prescribes criteria for the CFPB to consider when evaluating such an application.

Requires the CFPB to enter each such application into a sortable, downloadable database publicly accessible through its website.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5786 Small Financial Institutions Regulatory Relief Act of 2014
  • HR 2672 Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Paul, Rand
Kentucky · Jan 14, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1916: HELP Rural Communities Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1916/
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"S. 1916: HELP Rural Communities Act of 2014." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1916/.
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