WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-644) on the CDFI Fund Transparency Act (H.R. 3161), which aims to amend the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to require the Director of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to testify on an annual basis before the House Financial Services Committee and Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-645) on the Yes In My Backyard Act (H.R. 3507), which aims to require certain grantees under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to submit a plan to track discriminatory land use policies. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, on Aug. 30, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary Introduced on May 18, 2023, by Representative Derek Kilmer more ST

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-643) on the No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act (H.R. 1425), which aims to require any convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response reached by the World Health Assembly to be subject to Senate ratification. The report was advanced by Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, on Aug. 30, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY  more ST