S 540
116th Congress
Senate
Finance and Financial Sector
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Housing finance and home ownership
Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act of 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 25, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Feb 25, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act of 2019
This bill allows creditors to use certain alternative standards when evaluating an applicant's ability to pay for purposes of obtaining a home mortgage.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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Cosponsors
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 540: Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-540/
"S. 540: Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-540/.
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