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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7914
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 31, 2020Mr. Luetkemeyer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To specify that no person shall be required to comply with the CECL Rule under any Federal statute or regulation.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Eliminating CECL Accounting Standard Act.
2.
Removing any requirement to comply with the CECL Rule
(a)
In general
No person shall be required to comply with the CECL Rule under any Federal statute or regulation.
(b)
CECL Rule defined
In this section, the term CECL Rule means the accounting standard contained in the Accounting Standards Update No. 2016–13 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, titled Financial Instruments–Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments issued June 2016.