Bill Sponsor
House Bill 3564
118th Congress(2023-2024)
Middle Class Borrower Protection Act of 2023
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Amendments
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Passed House on Jun 23, 2023
Overview
Text
Introduced
May 22, 2023
Latest Action
Jul 10, 2023
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3564
Congress
118
Policy Area
Finance and Financial Sector
Finance and Financial Sector
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Indiana
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Louisiana
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Minnesota
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House Votes (2)
Senate Votes (0)
Question
On Passage
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
Yea-And-Nay
Roll Number
289
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

Middle Class Borrower Protection Act of 2023

This bill rolls back changes made by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to the fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for a conventional single-family mortgage (i.e., loan-level pricing adjustments) and restricts future fee adjustments. These changes, effective May 1, 2023, revised the fee charts that provide percentage adjustments based on a mortgagor's credit score and down payment.

The bill reinstates the fee structure that was in place prior to May 1, 2023.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must report on the changes made by the FHFA. Further adjustments to the fee structure by FHFA are prohibited until 90 days after the publication of the GAO report.

After this period, FHFA must follow Administrative Procedure Act requirements when proposing adjustments to the fee structure.

The bill also requires that, to the greatest extent feasible, revisions to the fee schedule must be based on risk.

Further, FHFA, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac are prohibited from imposing any loan-level pricing adjustment fee that is based on the ratio of the debt of the mortgagor to the income of the mortgagor.

Text (4)
July 10, 2023
June 23, 2023
June 7, 2023
Amendments (4)
Displaying only amendments with a detailed public record (1)
Jun 23, 2023
Not Agreed to in House
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Sponsorship
House Amendment 214
Amendment sought to prevent the legislation from being enacted if the Federal Housing Finance Agency Director determines that the repeal of recalibrated single-family pricing framework increases fees on middle class borrowers.
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Public Record
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Jul 24, 2024 3:18:19 PM