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tive and programs of the Small Business 
Administration; and 
(viii) to participate in Financial Agent 
Mentor-Prote´ge´ Program of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury and other Federal 
programs designed to support private sec-
tor partnerships; 
(C) to provide resources to the public wish-
ing to learn more about minority depository in-
stitutions, community development financial in-
stitutions, and minority lending institutions, in-
cluding helping the Secretary implement the re-
quirements under section 5, publishing reports 
issued by the Office on the website of the De-
partment of the Treasury and providing 
hyperlinks to other relevant reports and mate-
rials from other Federal agencies; 
(D) to provide policy recommendations to 
the Secretary, the CDFI Fund, other relevant 
Federal agencies, and Congress on ways to fur-
ther strengthen Federal support for community 
development financial institutions, minority de-
pository institutions, and minority lending insti-
tutions; 
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(E) to assist the Secretary in carrying out 
the Secretary’s responsibilities under section 
308 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Re-
covery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 
U.S.C. 1463 note) to preserve and promote mi-
nority depository institutions in consultation 
with the Chairman of the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System, the Comptroller 
of the Currency, the Chairman of the National 
Credit Union Administration, and the Chair-
person of the Board of Directors of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation; and 
(F) to carry out other duties of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury required by this Act and 
the amendments made by this Act, and to per-
form such other related duties and authorities 
as may be assigned by the Secretary. 
(f) STRENGTHENING
FEDERAL
EFFORTS
AND 
INTERAGENCY COORDINATION TO PROMOTE DIVERSE 
AND MISSION-DRIVEN COMMUNITY FINANCIAL INSTITU-
TIONS.— 
(1) 
SENIOR
OFFICIALS
DESIGNATED.—The 
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System, the Comptroller of the Currency, 
the Chairman of the National Credit Union Admin-
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istration, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors 
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and 
the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection shall each, in consultation with their re-
spective Director of Office of Minority and Women 
Inclusion, designate a senior official to be their re-
spective agency’s officer responsible for promoting 
minority depository institutions, community develop-
ment financial institutions, and minority lending in-
stitutions, including to fulfill obligations under sec-
tion 308 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Re-
covery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 
1463 note) to preserve and promote minority deposi-
tory institutions. 
(2) INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.—The Dep-
uty Assistant Secretary for Diverse and Mission- 
Driven Community Financial Institutions shall regu-
larly convene meetings, no less than once a quarter, 
of an interagency working group to be known as the 
‘‘Interagency Working Group to Promote Diverse 
and Mission-Driven Community Financial Institu-
tions’’, which shall consist of the senior officials des-
ignated by their respective agencies under paragraph 
(1), along with the Director of the Community De-
velopment Financial Institutions Fund and such 
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other government officials as the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary may choose to invite, to examine and dis-
cuss the state of minority depository institutions, 
community development financial institutions, and 
minority lending institutions, and actions the rel-
evant agencies can take to preserve, promote, and 
strengthen these institutions. 
(3) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of 
the Treasury, the Chairman of the Board of Gov-
ernors of the Federal Reserve System, the Comp-
troller of the Currency, the Chairman of the Na-
tional Credit Union Administration, the Chairperson 
of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit In-
surance Corporation, and the Director of the Bureau 
of Consumer Financial Protection shall submit a 
joint report to the Committee on Financial Services 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Sen-
ate regarding the work that has been done the prior 
year to preserve, promote, and strengthen commu-
nity development financial institutions, minority de-
pository institutions, and minority lending institu-
tions, along with any policy recommendations on ac-
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tions various government agencies and Congress 
should take to preserve, promote, and strengthen 
community development financial institutions, mi-
nority depository institutions, and minority lending 
institutions. 
SEC. 3. CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, GRANTS, AND TECH-
NOLOGY SUPPORT FOR MDIS AND CDFIS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Emergency Capital 
Investment Fund $4,000,000,000. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO ALLOW FOR AD-
DITIONAL PURCHASES OF CAPITAL.—Section 104A of the 
Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improve-
ment Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4703a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2); 
and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking paragraph (2). 
(c) USE
OF FUNDS
FOR CDFI FINANCIAL
AND 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 104A of the Riegle 
Community Development and Regulatory Improvement 
Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4703a) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(p) USE OF FUNDS FOR CDFI FINANCIAL AND 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may transfer 
amounts in the Emergency Capital Investment Fund to 
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the Fund for the purpose of providing financial and tech-
nical assistance grants to community development finan-
cial institutions certified by the Secretary.’’. 
(d) TECHNOLOGY GRANTS FOR MDIS AND CDFIS.— 
Section 104A of the Riegle Community Development and 
Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4703a), 
as amended by subsection (c), is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(q) 
TECHNOLOGY
GRANTS
FOR
MDIS
AND 
CDFIS.— 
‘‘(1) STUDY AND REPORT ON CERTAIN TECH-
NOLOGY CHALLENGES.— 
‘‘(A) STUDY.—The Secretary shall carry 
out a study on the technology challenges im-
pacting minority depository institutions and 
community development financial institutions 
with respect to— 
‘‘(i) internal technology capabilities 
and capacity of the institutions to process 
loan applications and otherwise serve cur-
rent and potential customers through the 
internet, mobile phone applications, and 
other tools; 
‘‘(ii) technology capabilities and ca-
pacity of the institutions, provided in part-
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nership with third party companies, to 
process loan applications and otherwise 
serve current and potential customers 
through the internet, mobile phone applica-
tions, and other tools; 
‘‘(iii) cybersecurity; and 
‘‘(iv) challenges and solutions related 
to algorithmic bias in the deployment of 
technology. 
‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this sub-
section, the Secretary shall submit 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 that includes the results of the study re-
quired under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) PROGRAM
AUTHORIZED.—The Sec-
retary shall carry out a technology grant pro-
gram to make grants to minority depository in-
stitutions and community development financial 
institutions to address technology challenges 
impacting such institutions. 
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‘‘(B) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to be 
awarded a grant under this paragraph, a mi-
nority depository institution or community de-
velopment financial institution shall submit an 
application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(C) USE OF FUNDS.—A minority deposi-
tory institution or community development fi-
nancial institution that is awarded a grant 
under this paragraph may use the grant funds 
to— 
‘‘(i) enhance or adopt technologies 
that— 
‘‘(I) shorten loan approval proc-
esses; 
‘‘(II) improve customer experi-
ence; 
‘‘(III) provide additional services 
to customers; 
‘‘(IV) facilitate compliance with 
applicable laws, regulations, and pro-
gram requirements, including testing 
to ensure that the use of technology 
does not result in discrimination, and 
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helping to satisfy data reporting re-
quirements; and 
‘‘(V) help ensure privacy of cus-
tomer records and cybersecurity resil-
ience; or 
‘‘(ii) carry out such other activities as 
the Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(3) 
FUNDING.—The 
Secretary 
may 
use 
amounts in the Emergency Capital Investment Fund 
to make grants under paragraph (2), but not to ex-
ceed $250,000,000 in the aggregate.’’. 
(e) PILOT PROGRAM FOR ESTABLISHING DE NOVO 
CDFIS AND MDIS.—Section 104A of the Riegle Commu-
nity Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 
1994 (12 U.S.C. 4703a), as amended by subsections (c) 
and (d), is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(r) PILOT PROGRAM FOR ESTABLISHING DE NOVO 
CDFIS AND MDIS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Fund and the ap-
propriate Federal banking agencies, shall establish a 
pilot program to provide competitive grants to a per-
son for the purpose of providing capital for such per-
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son to establish a minority depository institution or 
a community development financial institution. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—A person desiring a grant 
under this subsection shall submit to the Secretary 
an application in such form and containing such in-
formation as the Secretary determines appropriate. 
‘‘(3) DISBURSEMENT.—Before disbursing grant 
amounts to a person selected to receive a grant 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure 
that such person has received approval from the ap-
propriate Federal banking agency (or such other 
Federal or State agency from whom approval is re-
quired) to establish a minority depository institution 
or a community development financial institution, as 
applicable. 
‘‘(4) 
FUNDING.—The 
Secretary 
may 
use 
amounts in the Emergency Capital Investment Fund 
to make grants under paragraph (2), but not to ex-
ceed $100,000,000 in the aggregate.’’. 
(f) GUIDANCE FOR SUBCHAPTER S AND MUTUAL 
BANKS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System and the Secretary shall issue guidance re-
garding how Emergency Capital Investment Program in-
vestments (whether made before or after the date of enact-
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ment of this Act) are considered for purposes of various 
prudential requirements, including debt to equity, leverage 
ratio, and double leverage ratio requirements with respect 
to subchapter S and mutual bank recipients of such invest-
ments. 
SEC. 4. SUPPORTING YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS PROGRAM. 
Section 108 of the Riegle Community Development 
and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 
4707), as amended by section 2(a)(1), is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) SUPPORTING YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS PRO-
GRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Fund shall establish a 
Supporting Young Entrepreneurs Program under 
which the Fund may provide financial awards to the 
community development financial institutions that 
the Fund determines have the best programs to help 
young entrepreneurs get the start up capital needed 
to start a small business. 
‘‘(2) 
NO
MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—The 
matching requirement under subsection (e) shall not 
apply to awards made under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) FUNDING.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the Fund may use— 
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‘‘(A) amounts in the Emergency Capital 
Investment 
Fund, 
but 
not 
to 
exceed 
$100,000,000 in the aggregate; and 
‘‘(B) such other funds as may be appro-
priated by Congress to the Fund to carry out 
the Supporting Young Entrepreneurs Pro-
gram.’’. 
SEC. 5. MAP OF MINORITY DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL IN-
STITUTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the CDFI Fund and the Federal bank-
ing agencies, shall establish an interactive, searchable map 
showing the geographic locations of the headquarters and 
branch locations of minority depository institutions and 
community development financial institutions that have 
been certified by the Secretary. Such map shall also pro-
vide a link to the website of each such minority depository 
institution and community development financial institu-
tion. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CDFI FUND.—The term ‘‘CDFI Fund’’ 
means the Community Development Financial Insti-
tutions Fund established under section 104(a) of the 
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Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Im-
provement Act of 1994. 
(2) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL IN-
STITUTION.—The term ‘‘community development fi-
nancial institution’’ has the meaning given in section 
103 of the Riegle Community Development and Reg-
ulatory Improvement Act of 1994. 
(3) FEDERAL
BANKING
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘Federal banking agency’’— 
(A) has the meaning given in section 3 of 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; and 
(B) means the National Credit Union Ad-
ministration. 
(4) MINORITY DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.—The 
term ‘‘minority depository institution’’ has the 
meaning given in section 308(b) of the Financial In-
stitutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act 
of 1989. 
SEC. 6. REPORT ON CERTIFIED COMMUNITY DEVELOP-
MENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 
Section 117(a) of the Riegle Community Develop-
ment and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 
U.S.C. 4716(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Fund’’ and inserting the 
following: 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Fund’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘and the Congress’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘, the Congress, and the public’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) REPORT ON CERTIFIED COMMUNITY DE-
VELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The annual 
report required under paragraph (1) shall include a 
report on community development financial institu-
tions (‘CDFIs’) that have been certified by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, including a summary with 
aggregate data and analysis, to the fullest extent 
practicable, regarding— 
‘‘(A) a list of the types of organizations 
that are certified as CDFIs, and the number of 
each type of organization; 
‘‘(B) the geographic location and capacity 
of different types of certified CDFIs; 
‘‘(C) the primary lines of business for dif-
ferent types of certified CDFIs, as well as any 
secondary lines of business; 
‘‘(D) human resources and staffing infor-
mation for different types of certified CDFIs, 
including— 
‘‘(E) the types of development services pro-
vided by different types of certified CDFIs; 
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‘‘(F) the target markets of different types 
of certified CDFIs and the amount of products 
and services offered by CDFIs to those target 
markets, including— 
‘‘(i) the number and amount of loans 
and loan guarantees made in those target 
markets; 
‘‘(ii) the number and amount of other 
investments made in those target markets; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the number and amount of de-
velopment services offered in those target 
markets; and 
‘‘(G) such other information as the Direc-
tor of the Fund may determine necessary to 
promote transparency of the impact of different 
types of CDFIs, while carrying out this report 
in a manner that seeks to minimize data report-
ing requirements from certified CDFIs when 
feasible, including utilizing information gath-
ered from other regulators under section 
104(l).’’. 
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SEC. 7. CONSULTATION AND MINIMIZATION OF DATA RE-
QUESTS. 
Section 104 of the Riegle Community Development 
and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 
4703) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) CONSULTATION AND MINIMIZATION OF DATA 
REQUESTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out its duties, 
the Fund shall— 
‘‘(A) periodically, and no less frequent 
than once a year, consult with the applicable 
Federal regulator of certified CDFIs and appli-
cants to be a certified CDFI (‘applicants)’; and 
‘‘(B) seek to gather any relevant informa-
tion on certified CDFIs and applicants from the 
applicable Federal regulator to minimize dupli-
cative data collection requests made by the 
Fund of certified CDFIs and applicants and to 
expedite certification, re-certification, or other 
relevant processes administered by the Fund. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE
FEDERAL
REGULATOR
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘applicable 
Federal regulator’ means— 
‘‘(A) with respect to a certified CDFI or 
an applicant that is regulated by both an appro-
priate Federal banking agency and the Bureau 
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of Consumer Financial Protection, the Bureau 
of Consumer Financial Protection; 
‘‘(B) with respect to a certified CDFI or 
an applicant that is not regulated by the Bu-
reau of Consumer Financial Protection, the ap-
propriate Federal banking agency for such ap-
plicant; or 
‘‘(C) the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection, with respect to a certified CDFI or 
an applicant— 
‘‘(i) that is not regulated by an appro-
priate Federal banking agency; and 
‘‘(ii) that offers or provides consumer 
financial products or services (as defined in 
section 1002 of the Consumer Financial 
Protection 
Act 
of 
2010 
(12 
U.S.C. 
5481).’’. 
SEC. 8. ACCESS TO THE DISCOUNT WINDOW OF THE FED-
ERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR MDIS AND 
CDFIS. 
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys-
tem shall establish a process under which minority deposi-
tory institutions and community development financial in-
stitutions may have access to the discount window, at the 
seasonal credit interest rate most recently published on 
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the Federal Reserve Statistical Release on selected inter-
est rates (daily or weekly). 
SEC. 9. STUDY ON SECURITIZATION BY CDFIS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Community Development Financial 
Institutions Fund and such other Federal agencies as the 
Secretary determines appropriate, shall carry out a study 
on— 
(1) the use of securitization by CDFIs; 
(2) any barriers to the use of securitization as 
a source of liquidity by CDFIs; and 
(3) any authorities available to the Government 
to support the use of securitization by CDFIs to the 
extent it helps serve underserved communities. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than the end of the 1-year 
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall issue a report to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 
the Senate containing— 
(1) all findings and determinations made in car-
rying out the study required under subsection (a); 
and 
(2) any legislative or administrative rec-
ommendations of the Secretary that would promote 
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the responsible use of securitization to help CDFIs 
in reaching more underserved communities. 
(c) CDFI DEFINED.—The term ‘‘CDFI’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘community development finan-
cial institution’’ under section 103 of the Riegle Commu-
nity Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 
1994. 
Æ 
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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7981 
AN ACT 
To require qualifying smoke alarms in certain federally 
assisted housing, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public and Federally 
Assisted Housing Fire Safety Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. SMOKE ALARMS IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING. 
(a) PUBLIC HOUSING, TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE, 
AND PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE.—The United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 3(a) (42 U.S.C. 1437a(a)), by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) QUALIFYING SMOKE ALARMS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each public housing 
agency shall ensure that a qualifying smoke 
alarm is installed in accordance with applicable 
codes and standards published by the Inter-
national Code Council or the National Fire Pro-
tection Association and the requirements of the 
National Fire Protection Association Standard 
72, or any successor standard, in each level and 
in or near each sleeping area in any dwelling 
unit in public housing owned or operated by the 
public housing agency, including in basements 
but excepting crawl spaces and unfinished at-
tics, and in each common area in a project con-
taining such a dwelling unit.
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, the following definitions shall apply: 
‘‘(i) SMOKE
ALARM
DEFINED.—The 
term ‘smoke alarm’ has the meaning given 
the term ‘smoke detector’ in section 29(d) 
of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2225(d)). 
‘‘(ii) QUALIFYING SMOKE ALARM DE-
FINED.—The 
term 
‘qualifying 
smoke 
alarm’ means a smoke alarm that— 
‘‘(I) in the case of a dwelling unit 
built before the date of enactment of 
this paragraph and not substantially 
rehabilitated after the date of enact-
ment of this paragraph is— 
‘‘(aa) hardwired; or 
‘‘(bb) uses 10-year non re-
chargeable, nonreplaceable pri-
mary batteries and— 
‘‘(AA) is sealed; 
‘‘(BB) is tamper resist-
ant; 
‘‘(CC) contains silenc-
ing means; and