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Responsible Borrower Protection Act of 2025

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Introduced:
Jan 3, 2025
Policy Area:
Finance and Financial Sector

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Actions
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Cosponsors
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Summaries
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Jan 3, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries (1)

Introduced in House - Jan 3, 2025 00
<p><strong>Responsible Borrower Protection Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill prohibits the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) from implementing changes to the single-family home loan pricing framework for upfront fees on certain home loans, announced in January 2023. The changes revise the fee charts that provide percentage adjustments based on a borrower's credit score and other risk factors.&nbsp;Overall, these changes increase the percentage adjustments, with variations based on the particular risk profile of the loan.</p>

Actions (3)

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Jan 3, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Jan 3, 2025

Subjects (6)

Credit and credit markets Finance and Financial Sector (Policy Area) Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) Housing finance and home ownership Inflation and prices User charges and fees

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Text Versions (1)

Introduced in House

Jan 3, 2025

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Length: 2,090 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Jan 3, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 13, 2025 6:40 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 53 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 53

To cancel certain proposed changes to credit fees charged by the
Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 3, 2025

Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Burlison, Mr. Weber
of Texas, Mr. Cline, Mr. Bost, and Mr. Cloud) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To cancel certain proposed changes to credit fees charged by the
Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.

This Act may be cited as the ``Responsible Borrower Protection Act
of 2025''.
SEC. 2.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency and the enterprises (as such
term is defined in
section 1303 of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4502)) may not
implement the changes to the single-family housing mortgage credit fee
pricing framework of the enterprises announced by the Federal Housing
Finance Agency on January 19, 2023 (``FHFA Announces Updates to the
Enterprises' Single-Family Pricing Framework''), and set forth in
Federal National Mortgage Association Lender Letter LL-2023-01 and
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Bulletin 2023-1, and such
changes, Lender Letter, and Bulletin shall have no force or effect.
SEC. 3.

This Act may not be construed to prohibit the enterprises from
applying risk-based pricing for credit fees for single-family housing
mortgages.
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