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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2435
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 19, 2013
Mr. Capuano
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial
Services
A BILL
To provide for the repayment of amounts borrowed by
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from the Treasury of the United States, together
with interest, over a 30-year period, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Let the GSEs Pay Us Back Act of
2013.
2.
Repayment of
Treasury borrowing
The
Secretary of the Treasury and each enterprise (acting through the conservator
for the enterprise appointed pursuant to section 1367 of the Federal Housing
Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4617)) shall
enter into an agreement with that modifies the Preferred Stock Purchase
Agreement for such enterprise to provide as follows:
(1)
Termination of
dividends
That after such modification, any Senior Preferred
Stock purchased under such Agreement by the Department of the Treasury shall
not accrue further dividends.
(2)
Treatment of
enterprise draws on Treasury
That any amounts received, before or after
such modification, during a single year by the enterprise as a draw on the
commitment made by the Department of the Treasury under such an Agreement,
shall be treated as a loan made by the Treasury to the enterprise that—
(A) was originated on
the date of the last such draw during such year;
(B) has an original
principal obligation in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of such
draws;
(C) has a term to
maturity of 30 years;
(D) has an annual
interest rate of 5 percent for the entire term of the loan;
(E) has terms that
provide for full amortization of the loan over such term to maturity;
and
(F) shall be repaid by
the enterprise in accordance with the amortization schedule established for the
loan pursuant to subparagraph (E) of this paragraph, subject to paragraph
(3).
(3)
Treatment of
dividends paid
That any dividends paid by the enterprise to the
Department of the Treasury under the Senior Preferred Stock Agreement before
such modification of such Agreement shall be treated as payments of principal
and interest due under the loan referred to in paragraph (2), and shall be
credited against payments due under the terms of such loan (in accordance with
the amortization schedule established for such loan pursuant to paragraph
(2)(E)), first to such loan have the earliest origination date that has not yet
been fully repaid until such loan is repaid, and then to the next such loan
having the next earliest origination date until such loan is repaid.
3.
Definitions
For purposes of this Act, the following
definitions shall apply:
(1)
Enterprise
The term enterprise has the
meaning given such term in section 1303 of the Federal Housing Enterprises
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4502).
(2)
Preferred stock
purchase agreement
The term
Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement means, with respect to an
enterprise, the Amended and Restated Senior Preferred Stock Purchase
Agreements, dated September 26, 2008, amended May 6, 2009, further amended
December 24, 2009, and further amended December 24, 2009 (as such agreements
may be further amended), between the United States Department of the Treasury
and such enterprise.