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CLEAR Relief Act of 2015

Introduced: March 19, 2015 Introduced by: Moran, Jerry Republican · Kansas See on congress.gov
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Apr 16, 2015
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-49.
Mar 19, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Mar 19, 2015
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2015 or the CLEAR Relief Act of 2015

Amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to exempt from its rules regarding management assessment of internal controls the following institutions which, as of the end of the preceding fiscal year, had total consolidated assets of $1 billion or less (adjusted annually according to a certain formula): (1) a bank holding company, (2) a savings and loan holding company, or (3) an insured depository institution.

Amends the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to exempt from requirements governing escrow or impound accounts affecting certain consumer credit transactions any loans secured by a first lien on the principal dwelling of a consumer, if such loans are held by an insured depository institution having assets of $10 billion or less.

Includes as a qualified mortgage, with respect to the presumption that a qualified residential mortgage loan meets certain minimum standards, any mortgage loan originated and retained in portfolio for at least three years by a depository institution having less than $10 billion in total assets.

Requires the CFPB (which currently is merely authorized) to provide by regulation that a "qualified mortgage" includes a balloon loan extended by an insured depository institution that: (1) originates and retains balloon loans in portfolio for at least three years, and (2) together with its affiliates has less than $10 billion in total consolidated assets.

What's happening now April 16, 2015

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-49.

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