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House Republican leadership is expected to remove a provision repealing the Durbin Amendment from House Financial Services Committtee Chairman Jeb Hensarling’s Financial Choice Act before it receives a vote on the House floor, according to news reports last night.

Mortgage

As part of the banking industry’s continuing response to President Trump’s executive order outlining “core principles” for financial regulation, ABA submitted two white papers to the Treasury Department today with recommendations for reforming current mortgage lending rules and regulations and the government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Compliance and Risk

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta today announced that the Department of Labor will not delay the June 9 effective date for the fiduciary rule, which greatly expanded the definition of who counts as a “fiduciary” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code.

Ag Banking

Highlighting the critical role the nation’s 1,912 farm banks play in financing the operations of America’s farmers and ranchers, ABA called for changes in the upcoming Farm Bill to the USDA Guaranteed Farm Loan Program in a written statement for the record of a House Agriculture Committee hearing yesterday.

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