H.R. 2543: Financial Services Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Economic Justice Act
Bill · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Passed House, 15 Jun 2022. Introduced 14 Apr 2021.
Official title: To amend the Federal Reserve Act to add additional demographic reporting requirements, to modify the goals of the Federal Reserve System, and for other purposes.
Vote results
- House, 15 Jun 2022: Passed, 215 Yea, 207 Nay, 0 Present, 6 Not voting. The House’s roll call
- President: Not presented to the President.
How each member voted
House
Yea (215): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR-4); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); David E. Price (D-NC-4); Jim Cooper (D-TN-5); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-18); Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX-30); Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12); Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40); Bobby L. Rush (D-IL-1); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-35); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); Ron Kind (D-WI-3); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Brad Sherman (D-CA-30); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-13); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-32); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-5); James R. Langevin (D-RI-2); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-28); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-3); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); Tim Ryan (D-OH-13); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-16); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Al Green (D-TX-9); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-23); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-6); Albio Sires (D-NJ-8); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Jerry McNerney (D-CA-9); Ed Perlmutter (D-CO-7); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Peter Welch (D-VT-AL); John A. Yarmuth (D-KY-3); André Carson (D-IN-7); Jackie Speier (D-CA-14); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Kurt Schrader (D-OR-5); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-27); John Garamendi (D-CA-3); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Karen Bass (D-CA-37); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-7); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Lois Frankel (D-FL-21); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-5); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ-2); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Alan S. Lowenthal (D-CA-47); Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY-18); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-52); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-36); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-15); Mark Takano (D-CA-41); Juan Vargas (D-CA-51); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-31); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-11); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-7); Brenda L. Lawrence (D-MI-14); Ted Lieu (D-CA-33); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Kathleen M. Rice (D-NY-4); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Anthony G. Brown (D-MD-4); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Val Butler Demings (D-FL-10); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-15); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Al Lawson, Jr. (D-FL-5); Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ-1); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Conor Lamb (D-PA-17); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Cynthia Axne (D-IA-3); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Josh Harder (D-CA-10); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Andy Levin (D-MI-9); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Elaine G. Luria (D-VA-2); Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-7); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-45); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-8); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-9); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-13); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-53); Mondaire Jones (D-NY-17); Kaiali’i Kahele (D-HI-2); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Marie Newman (D-IL-3); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Michael F. Doyle (D-PA-18); G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1); Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL-22); A. Donald McEachin (D-VA-4); Charlie Crist (D-FL-13).
Nay (207): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Fred Upton (R-MI-6); Ken Calvert (R-CA-42); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Steve Chabot (R-OH-1); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kevin Brady (R-TX-8); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-50); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Louie Gohmert (R-TX-1); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-7); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Tom McClintock (R-CA-4); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Mo Brooks (R-AL-5); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Bob Gibbs (R-OH-7); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-4); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Vicky Hartzler (R-MO-4); Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA-3); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-2); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Adam Kinzinger (R-IL-16); Billy Long (R-MO-7); David B. McKinley (R-WV-1); Steven M. Palazzo (R-MS-4); David Schweikert (R-AZ-6); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Rodney Davis (R-IL-13); Richard Hudson (R-NC-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-2); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Tom Rice (R-SC-7); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); Jody B. Hice (R-GA-10); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); John Katko (R-NY-24); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-4); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); David G. Valadao (R-CA-21); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-18); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Ted Budd (R-NC-13); Liz Cheney (R-WY-AL); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN-9); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-18); Stephanie N. Murphy (D-FL-7); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-4); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH-16); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-3); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Van Taylor (R-TX-3); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-22); Fred Keller (R-PA-12); Dan Bishop (R-NC-9); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-25); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Chris Jacobs (R-NY-27); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-7); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Madison Cawthorn (R-NC-11); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-15); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-26); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-1); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-39); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-10); Peter Meijer (R-MI-3); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-2); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-8); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-AL); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-48); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Connie Conway (R-CA-22); Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2).
Not voting (6): Lee M. Zeldin (R-NY-1); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Yvette Herrell (R-NM-2); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15).
Speaker, not listed (1): Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-12).
Not in office (20): Mayra Flores (R-TX-34); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-19); Joseph Sempolinski (R-NY-23); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Don Young (R-AK-AL); Alcee L. Hastings (D-FL-20); Devin Nunes (R-CA-22); Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-1); Marcia L. Fudge (D-OH-11); Tom Reed (R-NY-23); Steve Stivers (R-OH-15); Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-2); Filemon Vela (D-TX-34); Antonio Delgado (D-NY-19); Jim Hagedorn (R-MN-1); Debra A. Haaland (D-NM-1); Ron Wright (R-TX-6).
Summary
Main subject: Amends federal financial laws on the Federal Reserve's duties, credit discrimination, mortgage language access, minority depository institutions and community development financial institutions, diversity reporting, and retail cash acceptance. Sec. 101, Sec. 312, Sec. 322, Sec. 331, Sec. 445, Sec. 1103
Its core areas: Federal Reserve duties and reporting on racial and ethnic disparities; Equal Credit Opportunity Act protections and penalties; Language access in mortgage origination and servicing; Community development financial institutions and minority depository institutions; Diversity data reporting by public companies and financial regulators; Use of non-credit-bureau information in mortgage lending; Retail acceptance of cash payments.
Unexpected Items: 20 provisions
These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.
Not related to the bill’s main subject (8)
- Sec. 521: Credit union service to underserved areas: Amends the Federal Credit Union Act so the Board can add an underserved area to a Federal credit union's field of membership, and requires a business and marketing plan and a report on members gained.
- Sec. 522: Member business lending in underserved areas: Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to add member business loans made to a member or associated borrower that lives or operates in an underserved area to the list in section 107A(c)(1)(B).
- Sec. 523: Underserved area defined: Adds a definition of "underserved area" to the Federal Credit Union Act based on census tracts or counties, investment areas, low-income communities, or distance from a branch.
- Sec. 524: Reports by the National Credit Union Administration: Requires the National Credit Union Administration to report to Congress on implementation of the credit union amendments in this subtitle, with an update 5 years after the initial report.
- Sec. 702: GAO study and report on reducing homelessness through public housing and section 8 rental assistance: Directs the Comptroller General to study barriers that limit public housing agencies in providing Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher assistance to populations experiencing homelessness, and to report within 12 months.
- Sec. 801: Interagency working group reports: Establishes an interagency working group that produces two reports each year on the state of housing in the United States, including recommendations on housing fairness, affordability and supply.
- Sec. 802: Testimony on the state of housing affordability and supply: Requires each member of the housing interagency working group to testify before the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on each housing report.
- Sec. 901: HUD report: Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to report to Congress within 6 months on Department efforts to provide access to affordable permanent and temporary housing for persons who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning/queer, or another non-heterosexual identity.
Applies only to a specific place or group (1)
- Sec. 445: Establishment of impact bank designation: Creates an optional impact bank designation for depository institutions under $10,000,000,000 in assets whose loans to low-income borrowers equal at least 50 percent of the bank's assets. ($10,000,000,000)
Funds a specific named project or event (3)
- Sec. 332: Capital investments, grants, and technology support for MDIs and CDFIs: Authorizes $4,000,000,000 for the Emergency Capital Investment Fund, directs at least $1,000,000,000 of it to CDFI grants, and sets technology grant and de novo pilot funding from it. ($4,000,000,000)
- Sec. 333: Supporting Young Entrepreneurs Program: Creates the Supporting Young Entrepreneurs Program with awards to community development financial institutions, allows up to $100,000,000 from the Emergency Capital Investment Fund, and waives the matching requirement for these awards. ($100,000,000)
- Sec. 442: Sense of Congress on funding the loan-loss reserve fund for small dollar loans: States the sense of Congress that appropriations should be prioritized for the loan loss reserve fund and technical assistance programs run by the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; no amount is stated.
Different amount for specific places or groups (2)
- Sec. 331: Strengthening diverse and mission-driven community financial institutions: Requires the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to reserve 40 percent of any assistance it provides to community development financial institutions for minority lending institutions, and creates an office and reporting for them.
- Sec. 450: Investments in minority depository institutions and impact banks: Sets a 30 percent voting-securities control threshold for impact banks and minority depository institutions, versus 25 percent for other insured depository institutions, and gives de novo ones 3 years to meet capital requirements.
Exception or delay for a subset (5)
- Sec. 337: Access to the discount window of the Federal Reserve System for MDIs and CDFIs: Requires the Federal Reserve Board to set up a process, within 1 year, giving only minority depository institutions and community development financial institutions access to the discount window at the published seasonal credit interest rate.
- Sec. 421: Diversity and inclusion ratings: Adds a diversity and inclusion component to depository institution ratings, but requires minority depository institutions to receive the most favorable rating on that component and exempts them from related examination procedures.
- Sec. 432: Diversity advisory group: Establishes a Diversity Advisory Group at the Securities and Exchange Commission and states that the Federal Advisory Committee Act does not apply to it.
- Sec. 446: Minority Depositories Advisory Committees: Requires each covered regulator to set up a Minority Depositories Advisory Committee and states that the Federal Advisory Committee Act termination requirements do not apply to it.
- Sec. 1103: Retail businesses prohibited from refusing cash payments: Requires retail businesses to accept cash for sales under $2,000, but for 5 years does not require acceptance of $50 or larger bills, and exempts persons who provide on-premises cash-to-card conversion or face a temporary system failure or cash shortage. ($50)
Changes a government process (1)
- Sec. 603: Federal reserve bank presidents: Amends the Federal Reserve Act to require a Federal reserve bank to interview at least one individual reflective of gender diversity and one reflective of racial or ethnic diversity when appointing a president, and requires an annual applicant-pool report.
What it does
- Sec. 101: Adds section 2C to the Federal Reserve Act, requiring the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee to exercise all duties and functions in a manner that fosters the elimination of disparities across racial and ethnic groups in employment, income, wealth, and access to affordable credit.
- Sec. 312: Requires the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to issue a rule establishing a standard language preference form in each of the 8 languages most commonly spoken by individuals with limited English proficiency, which creditors include in residential mortgage loan application packages.
- Sec. 322: Amends the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to make it unlawful to discriminate in a credit transaction on the basis of sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), among other listed bases, or on the basis of a person's zip code or census tract.
- Sec. 323: Adds criminal penalties to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, including a fine of not more than $50,000, imprisonment of not more than 1 year, or both, for knowing and willful violations.
- Sec. 331: Requires the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to reserve 40 percent of its assistance to community development financial institutions for minority lending institutions, and establishes an Office of Minority Lending Institutions within the Fund.
- Sec. 332: Authorizes $4,000,000,000 to be appropriated to the Emergency Capital Investment Fund, and sets requirements for transfers and grants from that fund to community development financial institutions.
- Sec. 445: Requires each Federal banking agency to establish a program under which a depository institution with total consolidated assets of less than $10,000,000,000 may elect to be designated an impact bank if its loans to low-income borrowers are at least 50 percent of its assets.
- Sec. 431: Requires issuers filing annual reports to disclose in proxy and information statements voluntary self-identified data on the racial, ethnic, gender identity, and sexual orientation composition of their boards, board nominees, and executive officers.
- Sec. 1003: Requires a creditor extending a mortgage loan to consider credit information not reported through a consumer reporting agency when the applicant requests it and provides it, and to give applicants a notice of that right.
- Sec. 1103: Requires retail businesses accepting in-person payments to accept cash for sales of less than $2,000 and bars charging cash-paying customers a higher price, with listed exceptions and civil penalties for violations.
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