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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Dec 6, 2017
GSE Jumpstart Reauthorization Act of 2017
This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury, until 2019, from selling shares acquired from the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) under the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement. The bill also requires Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to suspend their annual contributions to specified affordable housing trust funds in any year in which they do not make dividend payments to Treasury.
People & committees
Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2] · R–AR
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 497.
Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-648.
Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-648.
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 27.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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