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115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1958
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 5, 2017
Mr. Sherman (for himself and Mr. Royce of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To amend the Truth in Lending Act to include retrofit loans such as property assessed clean energy loans, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Protecting Americans from Credit Entanglements Act of 2017
or the PACE Act of 2017
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Real property retrofit loans
In general
Section 103 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1602) is amended—
in subsection (g), in the last sentence, by inserting and a person who lends money to consumers for real property retrofit loans
before for purposes
;
by redesignating subsection (cc) (relating to definitions relating to mortgage origination and residential mortgage loans) and (dd) as subsections (dd) and (ee), respectively; and
adding at the end the following:
The term consumer credit transaction includes a real property retrofit loan extended to a consumer.
The term real property retrofit loan means a financing instrument—
secured by an interest in real property;
that is repayable in installments through payments made concurrently with the payment of property taxes on the real property; and
that is used to finance real property retrofits, including property assessed clean energy loans for the purposes of energy efficiency upgrades, renewable energy installations, windproofing or seismic retrofits, water conservation upgrades, septic tanks, or other similar real property improvements or retrofits to a particular parcel of property.
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Real property retrofit loan disclosure
Section 128 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1638) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Real property retrofit loan disclosure
At the time of application for a real property retrofit loan, the creditor shall disclose that the real property retrofit loan will result in a lien on the real property securing the loan
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