Homeowner Information Privacy Protection Act

Bill: 114-hr-4993
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14]
Introduced: 2016-04-19
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Banking and financial institutions regulation

Computer security and identity theft

Congressional oversight

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Government information and archives

Government liability

Government studies and investigations

Housing finance and home ownership

Marketing and advertising
Latest action: action_date: 2016-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Homeowner Information Privacy Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study whether the data required to be published, made available, or disclosed under the final rule of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), entitled &quot;Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C),&quot; in connection with other publicly available data sources, could allow for or increase the probability of:</p> <ul> <li>exposure of the identity of mortgage applicants or mortgagors through reverse engineering;</li> <li>exposure of mortgage applicants or mortgagors to identity theft or the loss of sensitive personal financial information;</li> <li>the marketing or sale of unfair, deceptive, or abusive products to mortgage applicants or mortgagors based on such data;</li> <li>personal financial loss or emotional distress resulting from the exposure of mortgage applicants or mortgagors to identity theft or the loss of sensitive personal financial information; and</li> <li>the potential legal liability facing the CFPB.</li> </ul> <p>The prior rule, also entitled &quot;Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C),&quot; was issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) transferred authority over Regulation C from the Federal Reserve Board to the CFPB. The new final rule, issued by the CFPB, adds several new home mortgage reporting requirements and revises several existing ones, and also modifies Regulation C's institutional and transactional coverage.</p> <p>Depository institutions shall not be required to publish, disclose, or otherwise make available to the public, pursuant to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975, any data that was not so required on the day before the enactment of Dodd-Frank.</p> <p>The CFPB and the Financial Institutions Examination Council shall not publish, disclose, or otherwise make available to the public any such information from a depository institution.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4993 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 19, 2016 Mr. Hultgren (for himself, Mr. Barr , and Mrs. Love ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study regarding the privacy of information collected under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Homeowner Information Privacy Protection Act . 2. Study regarding privacy of information collected under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 (a) Study The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to determine whether the data required to be published, made available, or disclosed under the final rule, in connection with other publicly available data sources, including data made publicly available under Regulation C (12 C.F.R. 1003) before the effective date of the final rule, could allow for or increase the probability of— (1) exposure of the identity of mortgage applicants or mortgagors through reverse engineering; (2) exposure of mortgage applicants or mortgagors to identity theft or the loss of sensitive personal financial information; (3) the marketing or sale of unfair, deceptive, or abusive financial products to mortgage applicants or mortgagors based on such data; (4) personal financial loss or emotional distress resulting from the exposure of mortgage applicants or mortgagors to identify theft or the loss of sensitive personal financial information; and (5) the potential legal liability facing the Bureau and market participants in the event the data required to be published, made available, or disclosed under the final rule leads or contributes to identity theft or the capture of sensitive personal financial information. (b) Report The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report that includes— (1) the findings and conclusions of the Comptroller General with respect to the study required under subsection (a); and (2) any recommendations for legislative or regulatory actions that— (A) would enhance the privacy of a consumer when accessing mortgage credit; and (B) are consistent with consumer protections and safe and sound banking operations. 3. Suspension of data sharing requirements Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the final rule— (1) depository institutions shall not be required to publish, disclose, or otherwise make available to the public, pursuant to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 (or regulations issued under such Act) any data that was not required to be published, disclosed, or otherwise made available pursuant to such Act (or regulations issued under such Act) on the day before the date of the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; and (2) the Bureau and the Financial Institutions Examination Council shall not publish, disclose, or otherwise make available to the public any such information received from a depository institution pursuant to the final rule. 4. Definitions For purposes of this Act: (1) Bureau The term Bureau means the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. (2) Depository institution The term depository institution has the meaning given that term under section 303 of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act of 1975 ( 12 U.S.C. 2802 ). (3) Final rule The term final rule means the final rule issued by the Bureau titled Home Mortgage Disclosure (Regulation C) (October 28, 2015; 80 Fed. Reg. 66128).