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<dc:title>115 HR 1153 : Mortgage Choice Act of 2017</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. House of Representatives</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2018-02-12</dc:date>
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		<distribution-code display="yes">IIB</distribution-code>
		<congress display="yes">115th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session>
		<legis-num display="yes">H. R. 1153</legis-num>
		<current-chamber display="yes">IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
		<action><action-date date="20180212">February 12, 2018</action-date><action-desc>Received; read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSBK00">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>AN ACT</legis-type>
		<official-title display="yes">To amend the Truth in Lending Act to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in
			 connection with a mortgage transaction.</official-title>
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 <section id="HB271855D6DAB47949EF5FD24C73D16A2" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Mortgage Choice Act of 2017</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H324610CDDD174DE599BF5A4E97549532" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Definition of points and fees</header> <subsection id="HE196051E7161443B888D556FA4E31EEE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment to section 103 of TILA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103(bb)(4) of the Truth in Lending Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1602">15 U.S.C. 1602(bb)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
 <paragraph id="H6A72FF175F9147738841B7FB2037A4ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraph (1)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)(A) and section 129C</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H51844DAF6F834CD387ACF52E598DC200"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
 <subparagraph id="H81545C903A8544B1B9284534FEBE98A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and insurance</quote> after <quote>taxes</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB2F31105A3D7426089D3794C9B99324C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>, except as retained by a creditor or its affiliate as a result of their participation in an affiliated business arrangement (as defined in section 2(7) of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2602">12 U.S.C. 2602(7)</external-xref>)</quote> after <quote>compensation</quote>; and</text>
 </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27A72AD16F1B481E8FEB2CB1C91670BA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82C1720777A34D03958FAD9365CC1FDD" style="OLC"> <clause id="H50B8C4F7DC3549B89A1CB9DC692A5F8B" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the charge is—</text>
 <subclause id="HFBDA2DE50E6A424E9AB7939204935DF8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a bona fide third-party charge not retained by the mortgage originator, creditor, or an affiliate of the creditor or mortgage originator; or</text>
 </subclause><subclause id="H646ED37D3F914D8E9D829CD4A0B7658B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a charge set forth in section 106(e)(1);</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA15D436F74104A979AD9DADF073EF470"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text>
 <subparagraph id="H24C66F2A12D1414E849E15CF8CD0FBF0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>accident,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEDF552EB31D74EE48D984AFB746EBFE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or any payments</quote> and inserting <quote>and any payments</quote>.</text>
 </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7DC7981C61BD4584B9C18086787EB9A1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment to section 129C of TILA</header><text>Section 129C of the Truth in Lending Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/1639c">15 U.S.C. 1639c</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC6C2DA3A35FC4FB489A9E9AD663A9345"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(5)(C), by striking <quote>103</quote> and all that follows through <quote>or mortgage originator</quote> and inserting <quote>103(bb)(4)</quote>; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="H17305500B5584EEF87E8A9422CA6E18D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(C)(i), by striking <quote>103</quote> and all that follows through <quote>or mortgage originator)</quote> and inserting <quote>103(bb)(4)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA2517AAD7FB84FAFB8F3B23A1EC3AD56"><enum>3.</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall issue final <pagebreak></pagebreak>regulations to carry out the amendments made by this Act, and such regulations shall be effective upon issuance.</text>
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	<attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date chamber="House" date="20180207">Passed the House of Representatives February 8, 2018.</attestation-date><attestor display="yes">Karen L. Haas,</attestor><role>Clerk</role></attestation-group></attestation>
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