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ICBA expressed support for several pending House bills designed to support minority depository institutions and community development financial institutions.
ICBA-Supported Bills: ICBA’s statement for a House Financial Services Committee hearing included support for legislation to:
Create a new “Impact Designation” for banks with a specified percentage of loans to low-income borrowers.
Create a Treasury Department program for larger banks to mentor MDIs and community banks under $2 billion.
Make the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program more available to smaller CDFIs.
Broaden types of collateral that may be pledged for Federal Home Loan Bank advances.
Establish a pilot program to provide competitive grants for the creation of MDIs and CDFIs.
Opposition: Meanwhile, ICBA expressed opposition to legislative proposals that would further complicate the CDFI certification process or expand reporting requirements.