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Financial Services Committee Announces Upcoming Schedule


Washington, November 21, 2011 - Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus on Monday announced the Committee’s planned hearing and mark up schedule for the weeks of November 28 and December 5.

Witnesses for each hearing will be announced at later dates.

Tuesday, November 29
The Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee will hold a field hearing in Danville, Virginia on “The State of Manufactured Housing” at 9:00 a.m.  The Subcommittee will examine the manufactured housing industry, oversight by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of the Manufactured Housing Standards Program, and HUD’s implementation of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000.  The field hearing will take place in the Danville City Council Chambers at the Danville Municipal Building, 427 Patton Street.

Wednesday, November 30:
At 10:00 a.m., the Financial Services Committee will meet to mark up the following bills:  H.R. 3213, the Small Company Job Growth and Regulatory Relief Act of 2011; H.R. 2682, the Business Risk Mitigation and Price Stabilization Act of 2011; H.R. 2779, to exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place by the Dodd-Frank Act; and H.R. 2586, the Swap Execution Facility Clarification Act.  The Committee will meet in 2128 Rayburn House Office Building.

Thursday, December 1
The Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing at 10:00 a.m. on the condition of the Federal Housing Administration’s Single Family Insurance Fund.  The Committee will meet in 2128 Rayburn House Office Building.

The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s performance as conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at 2:00 p.m. in 2128 Rayburn House Office Building.

Monday, December 5
The Financial Services Committee will meet in Chicago at 9:00 a.m. for a hearing to examine how new regulations are impacting financial institutions, small businesses and consumers in Illinois.  The hearing will take place in Room 2525 at the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, 219 South Dearborn Street, Chicago.

Tuesday, December 6
The Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing at 10:00 a.m. to review H.R. 1148, the STOCK Act.  The Committee will meet in 2128 Rayburn House Office Building.

The Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee will meet at 2:00 p.m. for a hearing on H.R. 3461, to improve the examination of depository institutions.  The Committee will meet in 2128 Rayburn House Office Building.

Wednesday, December 7:
The Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee will hold a hearing at 2:00 p.m. on the “Private Mortgage Market Investment Act.”  The Committee will meet in 2128 Rayburn House Office Building.

Thursday, December 8:
The Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee will markup H.R. 2446, the RESPA Home Warranty Clarification Act of 2011; H.R. 3298, the Homes for Heroes Act of 2011; and legislation relating to insurance provisions in the Dodd-Frank Act.

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