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  2005

Compliance Information for New U.S. Department of Labor Overtime Payment Rule

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11/23/05 President Bush Signs Legislation Extending NFIP Borrowing Authority
11/16/05 MBA Applauds Senate Finance Committee for Encouraging Gulf Zone Clean Up/Development and Including Brownfields, Leasehold Improvement Provisions in Tax Bill
11/09/05 MBA Submits Testimony to House of Representatives on Data Security
11/03/05 Oxley to End 25 Years of Service in Congress at End of 2006
10/31/05 House Overwhelmingly Approves GSE Legislation
9/29/05 MBA Supports Broker Licensing Provision in Title V of Ney-Kanjorski
9/15/05 MBA Testifies Before House Financial Services Subcommittee on Hurricane Katrina
9/13/05 HMDA Data Shows Expanded Access to Home Loans for All Borrowers
8/26/05 Availability of Terrorism Coverage for Commercial Real Estate
8/04/05 Payment Of Interest On Business Checking Accounts Bill Introduced in Senate
7/12/05 House Subcommittee To Examine NFIP
6/30/05 MBA Testifies Before House Financial Services Committee on Zero Downpayment Pilot Program
6/28/05 Congress Passes Do Not Fax Legislation (S. 714)
6/23/05 MBA Calls for Adjustment to Hybrid ARM Caps for VA Loans
6/22/05 MBA Calls for Adjustment to Hybrid ARM Caps for VA Loans
6/21/05 Mortgage Bankers Association Holds See a Lender First Day on Capitol Hill
5/25/05 House Subcommittees Conduct Joint Hearing on, "Legislative Solutions to Abusive Mortgage Lending Practices"
4/21/05 President Bush Signs Bankruptcy Bill
4/21/05 Senate Committee Concludes Three Days of Hearings on GSE Regulatory Reform of the Housing
4/15/05 Bankruptcy Bill Awaits President Signature
4/13/05 4/13/2005: MBA Letter to Senate Banking Committee on FHLB System
4/08/05 MBA Report: The Need for The New GSE Regulator To Be Fully Empowered To Ensure The GSEs Do Not Go Beyond Their Purposes
4/05/05 Representative Oxley Introduces GSE Reform Bill
3/25/05 Reps. Oxley and Frank Request GAO Request Prepare an Analysis of Real Estate Competition
3/16/05 Congressmen Ney and Kanjorski Introduce the New Responsible Lending Act
3/7/05 MBA Report: Minimum Servicing Fee Level for Mortgages in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac TBA-Eligible Mortgage-Backed Securities
3/3/05 House Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises schedules hearing for March 9, 2005 Entitled "GSE Reform and the Federal Home Loan Bank System."
2/10/05 “Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005,” Introduced in Senate (S.256)
2/10/05 House Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and GSEs Conduits Hearing entitled "Accounting Irregularities at Fannie Mae and the Impact on Investors"
2/8/05 Proposed Fiscal Year 2006 Budget. Provisions Relevant to Real Estate Finance
2/8/05 Senate Committee Examines Role of Credit Ratings Agencies in the Capital Markets
1/27/05 Senate Banking Committee Announces Subcommittee Assignments For 109th Congress
1/27/05 MBA Unveils 2005 Advocacy Agenda
1/21/05 Sen. Shelby Announces Banking Committee Priorities
  2004
11/10/04 Rep. Oxley Requests GAO Report on Real Estate Marketplace
11/2/04 President Bush Signs Native American Housing Bill
10/22/04 Key Provision of the 'Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act' Effective October 28th
10/11/04 Housing Policy for the 21st Century Report
10/4/04 Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act Now in Effect: Bill Summary
10/4/04 Baker Announces Witnesses for October 6 Fannie Mae Hearing
7/29/04 Rep. Oxley Releases GAO Report on Information Sharing To Enhance Consumer Protection
7/20/04 House Hearing on a GAO report entitled “Multifamily Housing: More Accessible HUD Data Could Help Efforts to Preserve Housing for Low-Income Tenants”
7/16/04 President Signs “Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act” (Public Law 108-275)
7/16/04 Senate Sends H.R. 4363 - "Helping Hands for Homeownership Act of 2004" to the President
6/22/04 House Passes Housing Bills
6/16/04 FTC Testifies FACT Will Help Reduce Identity Theft
6/10/04 House Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity Schedules June 16th Hearing on H.R. 4110, the FHA Single Family Loan Limit Adjustment Act of 2004
5/26/04 House VA Subcommittee Votes to Increase VA Home Loan Guaranty Limit Increased by 39%
5/19/04 New HUD Secretary to Testify Before Financial Services Committee
5/6/04 House Subcommittee Advances Zero Downpayment Legislation
4/8/04 House Subcommittees Conduct Hearing entitled “A Review of TRIA and its Effect on the Economy: Helping America Move Forward”
4/8/04 HUD Proposes To Raise GSE Affordable Housing Goals
4/7/04 Senate Committee Approves Flood Insurance Bill
4/2/04 Senate Committee Approves GSE Reform Bill
4/1/04 House Committee on Financial Services OCC Oversight Hearing
3/30/04 House Committee to Conduct OCC Oversight Hearing
3/30/04 House Subcommittees Conduct Joint Hearing entitled "Subprime Lending: Defining the Market and its Customers"
3/30/04 Senate Banking Committee meets to mark-up "The Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004" ( S. 2238 ) and consider the Nomination of Alphonso R. Jackson to be HUD Secretary
3/24/04 MBA Chairman-Elect Testifies Before House Financial Services Subcommittee Supporting FHA Zero-Down-Payment Legislation
3/16/04 President Bush Discusses Homeownership in Remarks Presented in PA
3/9/04 Acting Undersecretary Treasury Roseboro Speaks on "The Economy and the Housing Market" at MBA's Washington Leadership Conference
3/4/04 House Subcommittee Holds FDIC Oversight Hearing
3/4/04 Hearing Schedule on National Flood Insurance Repetitive Losses
2/25/04 House Subcommittee to Conduct FDIC Oversight
2/25/04 Committee Conducts Two Days of Hearings on GSEs
2/25/04 House Committee to Hold Hearings on Mortgage Maturities Described in GAO Report
2/24/04 FTC Testifies on its Efforts to Combat Unfair and Deceptive Subprime Lending
2/24/04 Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Conducts Hearing on Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Conducts Hearing (Witnesses and Links to Testimony)
2/10/04 Senate Committee Examines GSEs' Regulatory Regime
2/5/04 Legislation Would Authorize a FHA Zero Downpayment Mortgage
1/28/04 House Subcommittee Examines Freddie Mac's Accounting Restatement
1/28/04 OCC Tells House Panel New Regulations Grounded in Federal Law
1/27/04 House Subcommittee to Address OCC Pre-emption
1/23/04 Sen. Shelby Announces Banking Committee Priorities
1/21/04 House Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises Holds Hearing on the Special Examination of Freddie Mac
1/15/04 Consumer Prices Rise 0.2 Percent in Dec.
1/14/04 House Committee to Hear Testimony on Freddie Mac Report
1/06/04 Statement of Regina M. Lowrie [pdf]
MBA Activities
12/17/04 MBA Letter to HUD in Response to ANPR on Affordable Housing Goals
  2003
12/16/03 MBA Praises President Bush for Signing the American Dream Downpayment Act
12/9/03 Congress Approves "American Dream Downpayment Act (S.811) [pdf]
12/4/03 MBA Applauds President Bush for Signing the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction ActReauthorizing the Fair Credit Reporting Act
12/1/03 VA Guarantee Fee to Increase - Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 (H.R. 2297) presented to the President
11/26/03 Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) Stabilizes Commercial/Multifamily Marketplace – MBA Urges Congressional Reauthorization
11/25/03 MBA Praises Senate Passage of the American Dream Downpayment Act
11/25/03 MBA Applauds Congressional Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program
11/25/03 Sen. Sarbanes introduces Predatory Lending Consumer Protection Act of 2003’ [pdf]
10/31/03 MBA Letter To Members Urging Members to Offer Relief to Borrowers Affected by California Wildfires [pdf]
10/31/03 Member Alert: Industry Responds to California Wildfires
10/31/03 Member Update: Congress considering Increase of Funding Fees for the VA Home Loan Guarantee Program
10/3/03 President Bush Signs Bill Increasing GI/SRI Commitment Authority
MBA Activities
10/23/03 MBA Chairman Recommends Improving Regulation of the Housing GSEs at Senate Banking Hearing
10/7/03 MBA Applauds House of Representatives for Passage of FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act (H.R. 1985)
10/1/03 MBA Commends House of Representatives for Passage of American Dream Downpayment Act
9/25/03 MBA Endorses Moving Regulatory Oversight of Housing GSEs to the Department of the Treasury
9/23/03 MBA Letter to Senator Oxley Urges Support of New GSE Regulatory Schema
9/11/03 MBA Hails Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) for Amendment of Section 502 of Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act
8/15/03 Member Alert: MBA Requests Delay in Implementation of FCC Do-Not-Fax Rule
7/22/03 MBA Testifies in Support of FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act -- Applauds Reps. Gary Miller (R-CA) and Barney Frank (D-MA)
7/11/03 MBA And CMSA Seek To File Joint Amicus To Protect The Interests Of Investors In Mortgages And Securities Secured By Commercial Real Estate -- Court Decision on Four Times Square Building in Manhattan Affects Trophy Properties - [MBA-CMSA Amicus Brief - Four Times Square Associates, L.L.C. [pdf] ]
Hearings
Senate
10/23/03 Senate Committee Conducts Hearing on “Proposals for Improving the Regulation of the Housing GSEs”. Witness list and Links to Testimony
10/16/03 Senate Committee Holds Hearing On GSE Regulation; Schedules Another Hearing for October 23.
9/11/03 Senate Votes to Block New Overtime Rules
9/10/03 Shelby-Oxley Announce Commitment to Legislate GSEs, Outline Bipartisan Process
7/17/03 Senate Banking Committee Holds Hearing on Regulatory Oversight of GSEs. Witnesses and Links to Testimony
7/15/03 Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan testifies before [pdf] the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate; Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress. [pdf]
7/10/03 Senate Banking Committee Conducts Hearing on "The Accuracy of Credit Report Information and the Fair Credit Reporting Act". Witnesses and Links to Testimony.
House
1/6/04 House Small Business Committee Conducts Hearing on RESPA
10/1/03 House Approves Bill to Increase American Homeownership
9/30/03 House To Vote on American Dream Downpayment Act
9/25/03 House Conducts Hearing on GSE Reform Regulation, Witness List and Links to Testimony. Read MBA Chairman Testimony here [pdf]
9/24/03 House Committee Revises Witness List for Scheduled Hearing on Bill to Reform Regulation of Housing GSEs
9/11/03 House Approves H.R. 2622 [pdf] - Landmark Identity Theft Protections
9/11/03 House Committee Schedules Hearing on Legislation to Reform Regulation of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae H.R. 2575, the Secondary Mortgage Market Enterprises Regulatory Improvement Act [pdf]
9/10/03 Congressional Hearing on GSEs Regulation - Secretaries from Treasury and HUD Testify
9/10/03 House to Address Landmark Identity Theft Legislation
9/4/03 HUD Secretary to Join Treasury Secretary at Hearing on Regulation of GSEs
Legislative Actions
Senate
8/4/03 Sen. Chuck Hagel, introduces bill to regulate GSEs - Federal Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2003 (S. 1508)
3/21/03 Introduced in the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee - S. 660 "A bill to extend limitations on certain provisions of State law under the Fair Credit Reporting Act."
1/10/03 Senate Passes Flood Insurance Reauthorization Bill
   
House
7/25/03 House Committee Approves Landmark Identity Theft Legislation 61-3
7/24/03 House Committee Approves Flood Insurance Legislation
7/22/03 House Subcommittee Approves H.R. 1985
7/16/03 House Subcommittee Unanimously Approves Landmark FCRA Legislation
7/7/03 President Bush Signs Baker-Oxley Bill to Strengthen SEC
Miscellaneous
6/30/03 Bill to Reauthorize FCRA Uniform National Standards, Fight Identity Theft Introduced
6/4/03 OFHEO Submits Annual Report To Congress
3/10/03 HUD Secretary Mel Martinez Remarks at MBA National Housing Summit [pdf]
2/11/03 Fed Chairman Presents Federal Reserve Board's semiannual monetary policy report to the Congress [pdf]
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MBA Testimony -
10/23 Improving Regulation of the Housing GSEs  [pdf]
9/25 on GSE Reform Regulation [pdf]
7/22 H.R. 1985, the FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act of 2003
6/19 Rural Housing in America
6/12 The Role of FCRA in the Credit Granting Process
6/11 MBA Testifies [pdf] on H. R. 1500, the "Veterans' Appraiser Choice Act"
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FCRA Hearings
(6/24) Fighting Identity Theft — The Role of FCRA
6/17 The Role Of FCRA In Employee Background Checks And The Collection Of Medical Information
6/12 The Role of FCRA in the Credit Granting Process
   
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