IIB
117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7733
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 28, 2022
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
AN ACT
To amend the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 to reauthorize and improve the community development financial institutions bond guarantee program, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program Improvement Act of 2022
.
Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that the authority to guarantee bonds under section 114A of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a) (commonly referred to as the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program
) provides community development financial institutions with a sustainable source of long-term capital and furthers the mission of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (established under section 104(a) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 4703(a)) to increase economic opportunity and promote community development investments for underserved populations and distressed communities in the United States.
Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for community or economic development purposes
Section 114A of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a) is amended—
in subsection (c)(2), by striking , multiplied by an amount equal to the outstanding principal balance of issued notes or bonds
;
in subsection (e)(2)(B), by striking $100,000,000
and inserting $25,000,000
; and
in subsection (k), by striking September 30, 2014
and inserting the date that is 4 years after the date of enactment of the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program Improvement Act of 2022
.
Report on the CDFI bond guarantee program
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and not later than 3 years after such date of enactment, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue a report to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate on the effectiveness of the CDFI bond guarantee program established under section 114A of the Community Development Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4713a).
Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2022.
Cheryl L. Johnson,
Clerk.