WASHINGTON, DC (March 26, 2015) -- National Association of Federal Credit Unions (NAFCU) Vice President of Legislative Affairs Brad Thaler issued the following statement today in response to the House Financial Services Committee’s 49-9 vote approving H.R. 1408, the “Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirement Act of 2015” - a NAFCU-backed bill that requires federal regulators to “stop and study” the impact of their rules, including National Credit Union Administration’s (NCUA) risk-based capital proposal, on financial institutions’ mortgage servicing assets. “We thank Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., and subcommittee Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., for their leadership in introducing this legislation and Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, and panel members for their support in helping to advance this critical measure, which would provide credit unions much-needed regulatory relief. This is the first legislative action seeking to slow the implementation of NCUA’s onerous risk-based capital proposal,” said Thaler. “We look forward to working with lawmakers to win passage of H.R. 1408.” H.R. 1408 was one of several measures marked-up today that would provide NAFCU-sought relief from onerous rules. As approved today, H.R. 1408, the “Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirement Act of 2015,” would require NCUA to take time to study its second risk-based capital proposal’s impact on credit unions’ mortgage servicing assets before setting a final RBC rule that covers such assets. NCUA would be required to report study findings to Congress within six months following enactment of the bill; no final RBC rule that includes mortgage servicing assets could be issued for three months following that date. NAFCU has specific concerns about RBC’s impact on mortgage servicing assets, which would have a risk weight of 250 percent under RBC2. That is unchanged from the first RBC proposal. NAFCU believes the weight is artificially high and excessive; it has recommended a risk weight of 150 percent for these assets. Comments on NCUA’s second RBC proposal are due to the agency on April 27. NAFCU encourages credit unions to comment and has produced a set of talking points to aid that effort. Other measures that passed today’s mark-up include:
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NAFCU applauds HFSC favorable reporting of H.R. 1408, the “Mortgage Servicing Asset Capital Requirement Act of 2015”
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