H.R. 5612 — Introduced in House

I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5612 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 15, 2020Ms. Gabbard introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to allow for advances to certain community development financial institutions and credit unions, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business and Community Investments Expansion Act of 2020. 2. Expanding the purposes of advances and collateral available to certain community development financial institutions and credit unions (a) In general Section 10(a) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1430(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting , eligible community development financial institution, or eligible insured credit union after community financial institution; and (2) in paragraph (3)(E), by inserting , eligible community development financial institution, or eligible insured credit union after community financial institution. (b) Definitions Section 2 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1422) is amended by adding at the end the following: (13) Eligible community development financial institution The term eligible community development financial institution means an entity that— (A) has been certified as a community development financial institution (as such term is defined in section 103 of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994) by the Secretary of the Treasury; and (B) satisfies the average total assets threshold requirement for a community financial institution set forth in paragraph (10). (14) Eligible insured credit union The term eligible insured credit union means an insured credit union (as defined in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act) that satisfies the average total assets threshold requirement for a community financial institution set forth in paragraph (10). .