| House of Representatives |
H.R. 3890, the "Accountability and Transparency in Rating Agencies Act." October 21, 2009
Description: To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to enhance oversight of nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, and for other purposes. | H.R. 3817, the "Investor Protection Act of 2009." October 15, 2009
Description: To provide the Securities and Exchange Commission with additional authorities to protect investors from violations of the securities laws, and for other purposes. | H.R. 3818, the "Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009." October 15, 2009
Description: To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to require advisers of certain unregistered investment companies to register with and provide information to the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes. | H.R. 3639, the "Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009." September 24, 2009
Description: To amend the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 to establish an earlier effective date for various consumer protections, and for other purposes. | H.R. 3310, the "Consumer Protection and Regulatory Enhancement Act." July 23, 2009
Description: Amends the Judicial Code to prescribe the venue for cases involving non-bank financial institutions. Amends federal bankruptcy law to prescribe procedures for the adjustment of the debts of a non-bank financial institution. | H.R. 3269, the "Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009." July 21, 2009
Description: To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation and to prevent perverse incentives in the compensation practices of financial institutions. | H.R. 3150 July 09, 2009
Description: To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, to provide compensation to certain poultry producers whose poultry production contracts were terminated or not renewed because of the closure of poultry processing plants and other cost cutting measures undertaken by a poultry processing company in bankruptcy protection. | H.R. 3126, the "Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009" July 08, 2009
Description: To establish the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, and for other purposes. | H.R. 3068, the "TARP for Main Street Act of 2009." June 26, 2009
Description: To use amounts made available under the Troubled Assets Relief Program of the Secretary of the Treasury for relief for homeowners and neighborhoods. | H.R. 2750, the "Automobile Dealer Economic Rights Restoration Act of 2009." June 08, 2009
Description: To restore the economic rights of automobile dealers, and for other purposes. | H.R. 2743, the "Automobile Dealer Economic Rights Restoration Act of 2009." June 08, 2009
Description: To restore the economic rights of automobile dealers, and for other purposes. | H.R 2695, the "Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2009." June 04, 2009
Description: To amend the antitrust laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems. | P.L. 111-24, the "Credit CARD Act of 2009" May 22, 2009
Description: H.R. 627, which was signed into law on May 22, 2009, becoming P.L. 111-24. To amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan, and for other purposes. | H.R. 2529, the "Neighborhood Preservation Act." May 20, 2009
| H.R. 2445 May 14, 2009
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income discharges of personal indebtedness outside of bankruptcy. | H.R. 2217, the "Student Credit Card Transparency Act of 2009." April 30, 2009
Description: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to require creditors to report the terms and conditions of all business, marketing, promotional agreements and college affinity card agreements with institutions of higher education and alumni organizations, and for other purposes. | H.R. 2007, the "American Credit Card Reform Act" April 21, 2009
Description: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prevent certain unfair practices by credit card issuers, and for other purposes. | H.R. 1882 April 02, 2009
Description: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide safeguards for credit card holders whose accounts were, or are about to be, terminated for inactivity, and for other purposes. | H.R. 1942, the "Business Reorganization and Job Preservation Act of 2009." April 02, 2009
Description: To amend title 11, and for other purposes. | H.R. 1793, the "Money Laundering Correction Act of 2009." March 30, 2009
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to money laundering. | H.R. 1728, the "Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act." March 26, 2009
Description: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans, and for other purposes. | H.R. 1748, the "Fight Fraud Act of 2009." March 26, 2009
Description: To amend title 18, United States Code, to enhance the investigation and prosecution of mortgage fraud and financial institution fraud, and for other purposes. | H.R. 1610, the "Interest Rate Equity Act." March 19, 2009
Description: To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to limit the annual percentage rate of interest that may be charged by recipients of financial assistance under such Act with respect to consumer credit card accounts, and for other purposes. | H.R. 1637, the "Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009." March 19, 2009
| H.R. 1575 March 17, 2009
Description: To authorize the Attorney General to limit or recover excessive compensation paid or payable by entities that have received Federal financial assistance on or after September 1, 2008. | H.R. 1456, the "Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act." March 12, 2009
Description: To extend the protections of the Truth in Lending Act to overdraft protection programs and services provided by depository institutions, to require customer consent before a depository institution may initiate overdraft protection services and fees, to enhance the information made available to consumers relating to overdraft protection services and fees, to prohibit systematic manipulation in the posting of checks and other debits to a depository account for the purpose of generating overdraft protection fees, and for other purposes. | H.R. 1106, the "Helping Families Save Their Homes Act" March 05, 2009
Description: To prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability. | H.R. 1301 March 05, 2009
Description: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the 180-day period for completion of a like-kind exchange in the case of the bankruptcy of a qualified intermediary or an exchange accommodation titleholder. | H.R. 1020, the "Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009" February 21, 2009
Description: To amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United States Code with respect to arbitration. | H.R. 901, the "Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act." February 04, 2009
Description: To amend title 11 of the United States Code to provide protection for medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill or disabled family members, and to exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious medical problems. | H.R. 712, the "Pension Security Act of 2009." January 27, 2009
Description: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require in the annual report of each defined benefit pension plan disclosure of plan investments in hedge funds. | H.R. 527, the "Home Retention and Economic Stabilization Act of 2009" January 14, 2009
Description: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to permit deferrals on certain home mortgage foreclosures for a limited period to allow homeowners to take remedial action, to require home mortgage servicers to provide advance notice of any upcoming reset of the mortgage interest rate, and for other purposes. | H.R. 472, the "Family Foreclosure Rescue Corporation Act of 2009." January 13, 2009
Description: To reform the Troubled Assets Relief Program of the Secretary of the Treasury by establishing the Family Foreclosure Rescue Corporation modeled on the successful Home Owner's Loan Corporation, and to purchase and insure home mortgage loans for the purposes of providing relief to homeowners, restoring stability to the financial system, preventing further harm to the economy, and protecting taxpayers. | H.R. 384, the "TARP Reform and Accountability Act of 2009" January 09, 2009
Description: To reform the Troubled Assets Relief Program of the Secretary of the Treasury and ensure accountability under such Program. | H.R. 313, the "Customs Business Fairness Act of 2009." January 08, 2009
Description: To amend title 11, United States Code, to establish a priority for the payment of claims for duties paid to the United States by licensed customs brokers and sureties on behalf of a debtor. | H.R. 225, the "Emergency Homeownership and Equity Protection Act" January 07, 2009
Description: To amend title 11 of the United States Code with respect to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, and for other purposes. | H.R. 200, the "Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009" January 06, 2009
Description: To amend title 11 of the United States Code with respect to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, and for other purposes. (House companion to S. 61; bill text forthcoming.) | H.R. 37 ,the "Systematic Foreclosure Prevention and Mortgage Modification Act." January 06, 2009
Description: To establish a systematic mortgage modification program at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes. |
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S. 1731, the "Preserving Homes and Communities Act of 2009." September 30, 2009
Description: A bill to require certain mortgagees to make loan modifications, to establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs, to create databases on foreclosures, and for other purposes. | S. 1624, the "Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2009." August 06, 2009
Description: To amend title 11 of the United States Code, to provide protection for medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill, injured, or disabled family members, and to exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious medical problems, and for other purposes. | S. 1212, the "Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2009" June 09, 2009
Description: A bill to amend the antitrust laws to ensure competitive market-based fees and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems. | P.L. 111-22, the "Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009." May 20, 2009
Description: S. 896 was signed into law on May 20, 2009, becoming P.L. 111-22. A bill to prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability. | S. 931, the "Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009." April 29, 2009
Description: A bill to amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration. | S. 900, the "Credit Card Safety Star Act of 2009" April 27, 2009
Description: A bill to require the establishment of a credit card safety star rating system for the benefit of consumers, and for other purposes. | S. 895, the "Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009" April 24, 2009
Description: A bill to prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability. | S. 842 April 21, 2009
Description: To repeal the sunset of certain enhancements of protections of servicemembers relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay mortgage holders unpaid balances on housing loans guaranteed by Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. | S. 566, the "Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2009." March 10, 2009
Description: A bill to create a Financial Product Safety Commission, to provide consumers with stronger protections and better information in connection with consumer financial products, and to give providers of consumer financial products more regulatory certainty. | S. 500, the "Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2009" February 26, 2009
Description: A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions. | S. 431, the "Economic Recovery Adjustment Act of 2009" February 12, 2009
Description: To establish the Temporary Economic Recovery Adjustment Panel to curb excessive executive compensation at firms receiving emergency economic assistance. | S. 414, the "Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009." February 11, 2009
Description: A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act, to ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures, protect underage consumers, and for other purposes. | S. 399, the "Universal Default Prohibition Act of 2009." February 09, 2009
Description: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit universal defaults on credit card accounts, and for other purposes. | S. 392, the "Credit Card Reform Act of 2009." February 06, 2009
Description: To protect consumers, and especially young consumers, from skyrocketing credit card debt, unfair credit card practices, and deceptive credit offers. | S. 386, the "Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009." February 05, 2009
Description: A bill to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud, and other frauds related to federal assistance and relief programs, for the recovery of funds lost to these frauds, and for other purposes. | S. 376, the "Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit Improvement Act of 2009." February 04, 2009
Description: To provide rules for the modification or disposition of certain assets by real estate mortgage investment conduits pursuant to division A of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, and for other purposes. | S. 344, the "Hedge Fund Transparency Act." January 29, 2009
Description: To require hedge funds to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and for other purposes. | S. 255, the "Empowering States' Right To Protect Consumers Act of 2009." January 15, 2009
Description: A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to empower the States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions, and for other purposes. | S. 257, the "Consumer Credit Fairness Act." January 15, 2009
Description: A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to disallow certain claims resulting from high cost credit debts, and for other purposes. | S. 235, the "Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2009" January 15, 2009
Description: A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan, and for other purposes. | S. 241, the "Home Retention and Economic Stabilization Act of 2009" January 14, 2009
Description: A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to permit deferrals on certain home mortgage foreclosures for a limited period to allow homeowners to take remedial action, to require home mortgage servicers to provide advance notice of any upcoming reset of the mortgage interest rate, and for other purposes | S. 165, the "Student Credit Card Protection Act of 2009" January 07, 2009
Description: A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act, to prevent credit card issuers from taking unfair advantage of college students and their parents, and for other purposes. (Bill text forthcoming). | S. 73, the "Systematic Foreclosure Prevention and Mortgage Modification Act" January 06, 2009
Description: To establish a systematic mortgage modification program at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and for other purposes. | S. 131, the "Credit Card Minimum Payment Notification Act of 2009" January 06, 2009
Description: To amend the Truth in Lending Act to provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan. | S. 61, the "Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act of 2009" January 06, 2009
Description: A bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code with respect to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, and for other purposes | S. 117, the "Foreclosure rescue Fraud Act of 2009." January 06, 2009
Description: A bill to protect the property and security of homeowners who are subject to foreclosure proceedings, and for other purposes. |
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