NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS (FKA NAT'L ASSN OF FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS) for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FEDERALLY-INSURED CREDIT UNIONS

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Preserving the credit union tax exemption; Repeal of the Durbin Amendment on debit interchange; Regulatory relief for credit unions and other community financial institutions; Exempting credit unions from the CFPB; CFPB should make greater use of its exemption authority granted by section 1022 of the Dodd-Frank Act; Reforms to the structure of the CFPB and its powers; data and cyber security - create a national datasecurity standard for retailers and others in the payments ecosystem not covered by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; Housing Finance Reform - any reforms should ensure that credit unions have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market based on loan quality rather than quantity; Member Business Lending - raise the arbitrary cap, exempt loans to veterans from the definition of MBL, and exclude non-owner occupied, 1-4-family dwellings from the calculation of the cap on credit union member business loans (H.R. 389); field of membership improvements for credit unions; reforms to credit union capital requirements, including creating a true risk-based capital system and allowing credit unions access to supplemental capital; H.R. 1244 - the Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act; regulation of FinTech companies; E-SIGN; Truth in Lending Act/Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (TILA/RESPA); Bank Secrecy Act; Anti-Money Laundering requirements; underwriting standards for loans; state usury laws; TCPA Reform - do not hinder credit unions their ability to contact members; Patent Reform - provide relief from practices of patent trolls; NFIP - flood insurance reauthorization and ensure that any changes do not negatively impact credit unions; The REINS Act (H.R. 26); Improve small business input on federal regulations; Regulatory Flexibility Act; Improvements to SBREFA panels; Improve or require agency regulatory guidance; the Financial CHOICE Act; requiring cost-benefit analysis; Community Financial Institution Exemption Act; Financial Services for the Underserved Act; NCUA's MBL rule for credit unions; Senior$afe Act (S. 223); Stop scams on Seniors; H.R. 916 - do not use g-fees for any purpose other than risk mitigation; the importance of CDFIs to credit unions; Raise thresholds in Dodd-Frank; Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act; Greater pre-emption authority for the NCUA; Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 1153 - points and fees; Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; the TAILOR Act; operational improvements for credit unions; Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; Small Business Administration SBA 7(a) business loan program; Regulatory Accountability Act; Financial Institution Customer Protection Act - ending Operation Choke Point; use the appropriations process for regulatory relief; Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards - Private Flood Insurance (RIN 3133-AE64); Future of the Payments system; Regulation D; Regulation CC; Military Lending Act; Protect responsible overdraft services; CECL implementation; National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund Premium and issues related to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Funds Equity Ratio; Federal Credit Union Loan Interest Rate Ceiling; Asset Securitization (RIN 3133-AE29); Freedom of Information Act; Federal Government Participation in the Automated Clearing House FISCAL-2016-0001; Consumer Access to Financial Records Docket No. CFPB-2016-0048; Executive Order on Core Principles for Regulating the US Financial System; FSOC Review Authority; UDAAP; CFPBs outline on debt collection practices; Qualified Mortgages; Mortgage Servicing and Mortgage Servicing Assets; Consumer Complaint Database; HMDA Requirements; Payday Lending; Prevent arbitration restrictions; TCPA - In the Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, CG Docket No. 02-278 and CG Docket No. 05-338; CDFI certification - eliminate redundant required documentation and lesses reporting burden; concerns regarding the entrance of Fannie and Freddie into the chattel loan market; DOL's Fiduciary Duty Rule, Conflict of Interest Rule - Retirement Investment (RIN 1210-AB79); DOD should exercise its authority to extend the MLA credit card exemption; Credit Union Small Business Lending Act - exclude SBA loans from the definition of "member business loans"; Issuing, improving, and adhering to guidance or published "best practices" at the SBA; streamline approval process for SBA loans; improve the user friendliness of the SBA One software; temporarily increase the guarantee on SBA loans; make it easier for credit unions to participate in SBA loan programs; provide more services to help credit unions form; streamline and shorten the application process including approval process for services allowed, and improve communication during the chartering process; NCUA should do more to provide structure and flexibility for the unique challenges that new credit unions face; NCUA and its examiners should establish timetables for responses at various stages of the chartering process and have some limited authority to provide flexibility on a case-by-case basis with new credit unions, such as additional time to build capital requirements or meet certain requirements; Congress should work to allow more flexibility in the Federal Credit Union Act when it comes to prompt corrective action capital requirements for de novo credit unions; field-of-membership (FOM) restrictions should be more accommodating for new credit unions; NCUA should ensure its examiners who are in the field and working with new credit unions, are carrying out the mission of OSCUI, have the ability and flexibility to work with new credit unions, and have the experience to understand business plans adopted by new credit unions; NCUA should take steps to ensure that there are not disconnects between headquarters and regional offices, and assign a specific contact at NCUA for the de nov credit union during the chartering process; modernize outdated governance provisions in the Federal Credit Union Act and its rules and regulations, and taking steps to reform its standard credit union bylaws.

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Federal Reserve System; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Small Business Administration (SBA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Government Accountability Office (GAO); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); SENATE; Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Treasury, Dept of; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); White House Office; Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Defense, Dept of (DOD)

Bills named: H.R. 26 (115th), H.R. 1244 (115th), H.R. 916 (115th), H.R. 1153 (115th), S. 223 (115th), H.R. 389 (115th)

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Preserving the credit union tax exemption; Repeal of the Durbin Amendment on debit interchange; Regulatory relief for credit unions and other community financial institutions; Exempting credit unions from the CFPB; CFPB should make greater use of its exemption authority granted by section 1022 of the Dodd-Frank Act; Reforms to the structure of the CFPB and its powers; data and cyber security - create a national datasecurity standard for retailers and others in the payments ecosystem not covered by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act; Housing Finance Reform - any reforms should ensure that credit unions have unfettered access to the secondary mortgage market based on loan quality rather than quantity; Member Business Lending - raise the arbitrary cap, exempt loans to veterans from the definition of MBL, and exclude non-owner occupied, 1-4-family dwellings from the calculation of the cap on credit union member business loans (H.R. 389); field of membership improvements for credit unions; reforms to credit union capital requirements, including creating a true risk-based capital system and allowing credit unions access to supplemental capital; H.R. 1244 - the Capital Access for Small Businesses and Jobs Act; regulation of FinTech companies; E-SIGN; Truth in Lending Act/Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (TILA/RESPA); Bank Secrecy Act; Anti-Money Laundering requirements; underwriting standards for loans; state usury laws; TCPA Reform - do not hinder credit unions their ability to contact members; Patent Reform - provide relief from practices of patent trolls; NFIP - flood insurance reauthorization and ensure that any changes do not negatively impact credit unions; The REINS Act (H.R. 26); Improve small business input on federal regulations; Regulatory Flexibility Act; Improvements to SBREFA panels; Improve or require agency regulatory guidance; the Financial CHOICE Act; requiring cost-benefit analysis; Community Financial Institution Exemption Act; Financial Services for the Underserved Act; NCUA's MBL rule for credit unions; Senior$afe Act (S. 223); Stop scams on Seniors; H.R. 916 - do not use g-fees for any purpose other than risk mitigation; the importance of CDFIs to credit unions; Raise thresholds in Dodd-Frank; Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act; Greater pre-emption authority for the NCUA; Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act; H.R. 1153 - points and fees; Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act; Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses; EMV chip technology is what makes the new cards more secure - PIN is a distraction from the real issue that is data security; party responsible for breached data should be liable for costs associated with breach; the TAILOR Act; operational improvements for credit unions; Subjects CFPB to Congressional appropriations process; Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act; the FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act; Small Business Administration SBA 7(a) business loan program; Regulatory Accountability Act; Financial Institution Customer Protection Act - ending Operation Choke Point; use the appropriations process for regulatory relief; Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards - Private Flood Insurance (RIN 3133-AE64); Future of the Payments system; Regulation D; Regulation CC; Military Lending Act; Protect responsible overdraft services; CECL implementation; National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund Premium and issues related to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Funds Equity Ratio; Federal Credit Union Loan Interest Rate Ceiling; Asset Securitization (RIN 3133-AE29); Freedom of Information Act; Federal Government Participation in the Automated Clearing House FISCAL-2016-0001; Consumer Access to Financial Records Docket No. CFPB-2016-0048; Executive Order on Core Principles for Regulating the US Financial System; FSOC Review Authority; UDAAP; CFPBs outline on debt collection practices; Qualified Mortgages; Mortgage Servicing and Mortgage Servicing Assets; Consumer Complaint Database; HMDA Requirements; Payday Lending; Prevent arbitration restrictions; TCPA - In the Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, CG Docket No. 02-278 and CG Docket No. 05-338; CDFI certification - eliminate redundant required documentation and lesses reporting burden; concerns regarding the entrance of Fannie and Freddie into the chattel loan market; DOL's Fiduciary Duty Rule, Conflict of Interest Rule - Retirement Investment (RIN 1210-AB79); DOD should exercise its authority to extend the MLA credit card exemption; Credit Union Small Business Lending Act - exclude SBA loans from the definition of "member business loans"; Issuing, improving, and adhering to guidance or published "best practices" at the SBA; streamline approval process for SBA loans; improve the user friendliness of the SBA One software; temporarily increase the guarantee on SBA loans; make it easier for credit unions to participate in SBA loan programs; provide more services to help credit unions form; streamline and shorten the application process including approval process for services allowed, and improve communication during the chartering process; NCUA should do more to provide structure and flexibility for the unique challenges that new credit unions face; NCUA and its examiners should establish timetables for responses at various stages of the chartering process and have some limited authority to provide flexibility on a case-by-case basis with new credit unions, such as additional time to build capital requirements or meet certain requirements; Congress should work to allow more flexibility in the Federal Credit Union Act when it comes to prompt corrective action capital requirements for de novo credit unions; field-of-membership (FOM) restrictions should be more accommodating for new credit unions; NCUA should ensure its examiners who are in the field and working with new credit unions, are carrying out the mission of OSCUI, have the ability and flexibility to work with new credit unions, and have the experience to understand business plans adopted by new credit unions; NCUA should take steps to ensure that there are not disconnects between headquarters and regional offices, and assign a specific contact at NCUA for the de nov credit union during the chartering process; modernize outdated governance provisions in the Federal Credit Union Act and its rules and regulations, and taking steps to reform its standard credit union bylaws.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Federal Reserve System; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); SENATE; White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Bills named: H.R. 1153 (115th), H.R. 1244 (115th), H.R. 916 (115th), S. 223 (115th), H.R. 26 (115th), H.R. 389 (115th)

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Protect the credit union tax exemption

Contacted: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC); Natl Credit Union Administration (NCUA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA); White House Office; Small Business Administration (SBA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Treasury, Dept of; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Government Accountability Office (GAO); Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); Federal Reserve System; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Labor, Dept of (DOL)