S 1916
113th Congress
Senate
Finance and Financial Sector
Administrative remedies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Rural conditions and development
HELP Rural Communities Act of 2014
Introduced: January 14, 2014
Introduced by:
McConnell, Mitch
Republican
· Kentucky
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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
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1