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H.R. 1694 (115th): Fannie and Freddie Open Records Act of 2017

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About the bill

Source: Republican Policy Committee

This bill would make Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act, which would make their records available to the public on request.

The Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”) are government-sponsored enterprises (private corporations with federal charters that confer special privileges) that buy mortgages from lenders and either hold those mortgages in their portfolios or package the loans into mortgage-backed securities that may be sold.

To stabilize the housing market in the aftershock of the financial crisis, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) used its authority in 2008 to place Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into its conservatorship. In conservatorship, the government takes control of a failing financial institution with the goal of ...

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Jason Chaffetz

Sponsor. Representative for Utah's 3rd congressional district. Republican.

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Last Updated: Apr 28, 2017
Length: 4 pages
Introduced
Mar 23, 2017
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on April 27, 2017 but was never passed by the Senate.

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Position statements

What legislators are saying

“House passes Johnson amendment to protect privacy and sensitive information”
    — Rep. Henry “Hank” Johnson [D-GA4] on Apr 28, 2017

“On the House Floor This Week - 4/24/17”
    — Rep. John Delaney [D-MD6, 2013-2018] on Apr 24, 2017

“Loudermilk: Every Government Enterprise Should Be Subject to Oversight”
    — Rep. Barry Loudermilk [R-GA11] on Apr 28, 2017

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What stakeholders are saying

R Street Institute SpendingTracker.org estimates H.R. 1694 will add $218 million in new spending through 2027.
R Street Institute SpendingTracker.org estimates H.R. 1694 will add $218 million in new spending through 2027.

History

Mar 23, 2017
 
Introduced

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Mar 28, 2017
 
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Apr 24, 2017
 
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Apr 27, 2017
 
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H.R. 1694 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 1694. This is the one from the 115th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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