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Latest Action: 04/12/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextA bill to address the regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises, and for other purposes. 4/12/2007--Introduced. Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to establish in lieu of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), an independent Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Agency, headed by a Director, which shall have authority over: the Federal Home Loan Banks, the Finance Facility, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). Establishes the Federal Housing Enterprise Board, without executive authority, to advise the Director. Sets forth operating, administrative, and regulatory provisions of the Agency, including: (1) assessment authority; (2) authority to limit nonmission-related assets; (3) minimum and critical [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy under authority of the order of the Senate of 05/25/2007 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Bill TextA bill to require Federal agencies, and persons engaged in interstate commerce, in possession of data containing sensitive personally identifiable information, to disclose any breach of such information. 5/31/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Requires any federal agency or business entity engaged in interstate commerce that uses, accesses, transmits, stores, disposes of, or collects sensitive, personally identifiable information, following the discovery of a security breach, to notify: (1) any U.S. resident whose information may have been accessed or acquired; and (2) the owner or licensee of any such information that the agency or business does not own or license. (Sec. 3) Exempts: (1) agencies and business entities from notification requirements for national security and law enforcement purposes and for security breaches that a risk assessment concludes [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextTo amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an increased maximum penalty for telemarketing fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes. 1/22/2007--Introduced. Seniors Taking on Phony Marketers Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to increase from 10 to 15 years the additional term of imprisonment for telemarketing fraud aimed at individuals over the age of 55. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008 for: (1) 50 new postal inspectors to investigate telemarketing fraud; (2) 30 new assistant U.S. attorneys to prosecute telemarketing fraud cases; and (3) public awareness and prevention initiatives to educate senior citizens about telemarketing fraud.
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Also tagged in: Bank capital, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Executive departments, Executive reorganization, Federal advisory bodies, Federal home loan banks, Federal Housing Finance Board, Finance, Fraud, Housing, Information disclosure (Securities law), Investments, Lobbying, Mortgages, Politics and government, Secondary mortgage market, Securities regulation, Single family housing
Latest Action: 04/12/2007 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Bill TextA bill to address the regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises, and for other purposes. 4/12/2007--Introduced. Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to establish in lieu of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), an independent Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Agency, headed by a Director, which shall have authority over: the Federal Home Loan Banks, the Finance Facility, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac). Establishes the Federal Housing Enterprise Board, without executive authority, to advise the Director. Sets forth operating, administrative, and regulatory provisions of the Agency, including: (1) assessment authority; (2) authority to limit nonmission-related assets; (3) minimum and critical [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Aged, Authorization, Communications, Conspiracy, Consumer protection, Consumers, Crime prevention, Crimes against the elderly, Criminal investigation, Criminal justice, Department of Justice, Employee training, Executive departments, Federal employees, Federal law enforcement officers, Federal Trade Commission, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Government attorneys, Government employees, Government information, Government publicity, Identity theft, Independent regulatory commissions, Job training, Law, Police training, Public prosecutors, Public service advertising, Recruiting of employees, Sentences (Criminal procedure), Telemarketing, Telephone, United States Postal Service
Latest Action: 03/23/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia. Bill TextTo amend title 18, United States Code, to provide an increased maximum penalty for telemarketing fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes. 1/22/2007--Introduced. Seniors Taking on Phony Marketers Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to increase from 10 to 15 years the additional term of imprisonment for telemarketing fraud aimed at individuals over the age of 55. Authorizes appropriations for FY2008 for: (1) 50 new postal inspectors to investigate telemarketing fraud; (2) 30 new assistant U.S. attorneys to prosecute telemarketing fraud cases; and (3) public awareness and prevention initiatives to educate senior citizens about telemarketing fraud.
Also tagged in: Actions and defenses, Armed forces, Bank accounts, Bank records, Business, Civil liberties, Classified defense information, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer credit, Consumer education, Consumers, Counterintelligence, Credit bureaus, Criminal justice, Data banks, Defense policy, Driver licenses, Espionage, Executive departments, Federal employees, Finance, Fines (Penalties), Fraud, Government contractors, Government employees, Government information, Government paperwork, Identification devices, Identity theft, Immigration, Injunctions, Intelligence activities, Law, National security, Passports, Public contracts, Right of privacy, Risk, Secret service, Social security, Social security numbers, Technology, Telecommunication, Telephone, Transportation
Latest Action: 05/31/2007 - Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy under authority of the order of the Senate of 05/25/2007 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. Bill TextA bill to require Federal agencies, and persons engaged in interstate commerce, in possession of data containing sensitive personally identifiable information, to disclose any breach of such information. 5/31/2007--Reported to Senate amended. (There is 1 other summary) Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Requires any federal agency or business entity engaged in interstate commerce that uses, accesses, transmits, stores, disposes of, or collects sensitive, personally identifiable information, following the discovery of a security breach, to notify: (1) any U.S. resident whose information may have been accessed or acquired; and (2) the owner or licensee of any such information that the agency or business does not own or license. (Sec. 3) Exempts: (1) agencies and business entities from notification requirements for national security and law enforcement purposes and for security breaches that a risk assessment concludes [...] show full description
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