HR 4889 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

GSE Bailout Elimination and Taxpayer Protection Act

Latest action · Mar 19, 2010 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 19, 2010
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

GSE Bailout Elimination and Taxpayer Protection Act - Sets a deadline for the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to terminate the conservatorship of either the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) if the Director determines that it is financially viable. (Refers to both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as enterprises.)

Requires the Director to appoint the FHFA immediately as receiver of either enterprise if it is found not to be financially viable.

Amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (FHEFSSA) to repeal: (1) its housing goals if the Director determines that an enterprise is financially viable; and (2) the new housing price index.

Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to restrict the authority of an enterprise to acquire mortgage assets following its emergence from conservatorship.

Increases the minimum capital level required for each enterprise.

Instructs the Director to establish minimum levels of capital for the enterprises. Authorizes the Director to: (1) establish minimum capital levels in excess of levels specified in the FHEFSSA; and (2) deem failure of an enterprise to maintain revised minimum capital levels to constitute an unsafe and unsound condition.

Amends the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and the Economic Stimulus Act of 2009 to repeal temporary increases to conforming loan limits.

Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to repeal provisions governing enterprise authority to purchase and sell certain insured and conventional mortgages and to engage in certain lending activities (general limit and permanent high-cost area increases).

Amends the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 to repeal its conforming loan limits. Prescribes conforming loan limits for conventional mortgages that may be purchased by the enterprises.

Amends the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act to: (1) prohibit the enterprises from purchasing mortgages that exceed the median area price for the affected property; (2) prohibit the enterprises from purchasing mortgages if the mortgagor has paid less than the specified minimum downpayment; and (3) require the enterprises to pay state and local taxes.

Instructs the Director of FHFA to assess each enterprise for the amount necessary to recoup to the federal government the full value of the benefit received from the federal guarantee of its obligations and financial viability.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on a risk-based pricing mechanism to determine accurately the value of the benefit the enterprises receive from the federal guarantee of their obligations and financial viability.

Prescribes a deadline and procedures for the wind down of operations and dissolution of an enterprise.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2010 to May 13, 2010; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-OHJean SchmidtOriginalMar 19, 2010
R-AZJeff FlakeOriginalMar 19, 2010
R-TNJohn J. Duncan, Jr.OriginalMar 19, 2010
R-PAJoseph R. PittsOriginalMar 19, 2010
R-TXKenny MarchantOriginalMar 19, 2010
R-TXLamar SmithOriginalMar 19, 2010
R-INMike PenceOriginalMar 19, 2010
R-TXPete OlsonOriginalMar 19, 2010
R-OHRobert E. LattaOriginalMar 19, 2010
R-MDRoscoe G. BartlettOriginalMar 19, 2010
R-NJScott GarrettOriginalMar 19, 2010
R-PATodd Russell PlattsOriginalMar 19, 2010
R-GATom PriceOriginalMar 19, 2010
R-MOW. Todd AkinOriginalMar 19, 2010
R-ALSpencer BachusMar 25, 2010
R-CATom McClintockMar 25, 2010
R-NCWalter B. JonesMar 25, 2010
R-INDan BurtonApr 15, 2010
R-WIF. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.Apr 15, 2010
R-MIThaddeus G. McCotterApr 22, 2010
R-TXMichael C. BurgessMay 13, 2010

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred Mar 19, 2010

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 19, 2010Introduced in House
  2. Mar 19, 2010Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H4279, H4281–H4285Eric Cantor R-VA, Jeb Hensarling R-TX, Judy Biggert R-IL, Pete Sessions R-TX, Scott Garrett R-NJ, Shelley Moore Capito R-WV, Sue Wilkins Myrick R-NCJun 9, 2010

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 111-121HOUSING FINANCE--WHAT SHOULD THE PERSPECTIVES AND PROPOSALS ON THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT148 pagesFinancial Services CommitteeApr 14, 2010
Serial No. 111-115HOUSING FINANCE214 pagesFinancial Services CommitteeMar 23, 2010

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To establish a term certain for the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to provide conditions for continued operation of such enterprises, and to provide for the wind down of such operations and the dissolution of such enterprises.
Short Titles as Introduced
GSE Bailout Elimination and Taxpayer Protection Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 19, 2010Introduced in House

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