03/01/2023, 828 Section 1002.12(b)(1) provides that creditors must retain records for 12 months for business credit, except as provided in 1002.12(b)(5). The Bureau is finalizing the amendments to 1002.12(b)(1)(i) and comment 12(b)-2 as proposed. Having considered the comments received and for the reasons discussed above, the Bureau is finalizing 1002.13(a)(1)(i) as proposed. A creditor that receives an application to refinance an existing extension of credit made by that creditor for the purchase of the applicant's dwelling may request the monitoring information again but is not required to do so if it was obtained in the earlier transaction. Paragraph 13(b)Obtaining of information is revised. Use the PDF linked in the document sidebar for the official electronic format. The Enterprises, not the Bureau, mandate the adoption of the 2016 URLA. A credit application related to a vacation home or a rental unit is not covered. The proposal was published in the Federal Register on April 4, 2017.[22]. The spouses of rejected married applicants also have the right to this information. 6. 2. 03/01/2023, 239 (vi) A creditor that is collecting information regarding the ethnicity, race, and sex of an applicant or first co-applicant may collect information regarding the ethnicity, race, and sex of a second or additional co-applicant for a covered loan under 12 CFR 1003.2(e) or for a second or additional co-applicant for a loan described in paragraphs (a)(4)(i) through (v) of this section. The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), as amended by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, requires each agency to consider the potential impact of its regulations on small entities, including small business, small governmental units, and small nonprofit organizations. 15. Authorization for this collection, consistent with the other provisions of 1002.5(a)(4), is not limited to collection using the 2016 URLA. However, the commenter did not address the Bureau's conclusion, mentioned in the proposal and again above, that the benefits of mandatory disaggregated collection are quite limited. Section 1002.5(a)(2) provides several exceptions to that prohibition for information that creditors are required to request for certain dwelling-secured loans under 1002.13, and for information required by a regulation, order, or agreement issued by or entered into with a court or an enforcement agency to monitor or enforce compliance with ECOA, Regulation B or other Federal or State statutes or regulations, including Regulation C. Section 1002.13 sets forth rules for collecting information about an applicant's ethnicity, race, sex, marital status, and age under Regulation B. Section 1002.5(a)(2) further provides that a creditor may obtain information required by a regulation, order, or agreement issued by, or entered into with, a court or an enforcement agency to monitor or enforce compliance with ECOA, Regulation B, or other Federal or State statutes and regulations. Rules concerning requests for information. corresponding official PDF file on govinfo.gov. See Fannie Mae, Uniform Residential Loan Application, https://www.fanniemae.com/singlefamily/uniform-residential-loan-application# (last visited Sept. 6, 2017); see also Press Release, Uniform Mortgage Data Program, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at the direction of the FHFA, The Redesigned URLA and ULAD Mapping Document Are Here!, (Aug. 23, 2016), available at https://www.fanniemae.com/content/news/urla-announcement-august-2016.pdf. Sec. 10. 4, 2017). Written applications. Proposed 1002.5(a)(4)(i) and (ii) would permit a creditor that is a financial institution under revised Regulation C 1003.2(g) to collect demographic information of an applicant for a closed-end mortgage loan or an open-end line of credit that is an excluded transaction under revised Regulation C 1003.3(c)(11) or 1003.3(c)(12) if it submits HMDA data concerning those applications and loans or if it submitted HMDA data concerning closed-end mortgage loans or open-end lines of credit in any of the preceding five calendar years.[31]. Interagency guidance was issued in 2005. Industry commenters proposed two additional, narrowly tailored exceptions that the Bureau is substantially adopting. Reg B mandates that lenders provide explanations to rejected applicants within 30 days of receiving their completed applications. [39] See U.S. Census Bureau, Overview of Race and Hispanic Origin: 2010, at 2 (Mar. Proposed 1002.5(a)(4)(iii) would permit a creditor that falls below both of the revised Regulation C loan-volume thresholds to continue to collect applicant demographic information for five calendar years after first becoming exempt from HMDA reporting. To facilitate compliance with Regulation B and further align the collection requirements of Regulations B and Regulation C, the Bureau is also amending 1002.13(b) to permit, but not require, creditors to collect the information set forth in 1002.13(a) from a second or additional co-applicant. The Bureau also proposed to remove the outdated 2004 URLA from the Regulation B appendix, add generic model forms for compliance with 1002.13, and maintain approval of the 2016 URLA through a freestanding approval notice. In practice, the final rule simply makes clear that the existing collection required under revised Regulation C is sufficient for compliance with Regulation B. 82 FR 43088, 43100-43102 (Sept. 13, 2017); see also id. Currently the disaggregated race and ethnicity categories required by the amendments to Regulation C in the 2015 HMDA Final Rule, effective January 1, 2018, do not match the categories specified in current Regulation B. These changes to Regulation C and the URLA require updates to Regulation B to ensure consistency among regulations and facilitate compliance with Regulation B and Regulation C by financial institutions. Some Regulation B-only creditors sell mortgages to the Enterprises, and would benefit from being able to use the 2016 URLA. The Public Inspection page Sec. Thus, a small entity that is in compliance with current law need not take any additional action, save those already required by the 2015 HMDA Final Rule. The Bureau concluded that the proposal, if adopted, would not have a significant economic impact on any small entities and that an IRFA was therefore not required. [3] Other permissible collection of information. See also comment 5(a)(2)-2. has no substantive legal effect. Redlining has often been used to discriminate against Black Americans. This appendix contains five model credit application forms, each designated for use in a particular type of consumer credit transaction as indicated by the bracketed caption on each form. The regulation covers topics such as: Prohibition on kickbacks and unearned fees Mortgage origination and servicing disclosures Affiliated business arrangements Title insurance Escrow accounts List of homeownership counseling organizations Mortgage loan servicing requirements Force-placed insurance Finally, the Bureau believes many entities will adopt the 2016 URLA as part of the course of business and thus permit applicants to self-identify using disaggregated race and ethnicity categories. With the introduction of the 2016 URLA the Bureau believes that permitting collection of applicant demographic information in this narrowly tailored circumstance may be beneficial for some financial institutions because it would allow them to use more easily standard forms for collection of applicant demographic information without identifying at the time of collection which applicants are the primary and first co-applicant. Changes to Applicant Information Collection for Regulation B Creditors, C. Changes to Applicant Information Collection for HMDA Reporters, A. Prohibited basis under Regulation B refers to a borrower's race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, or age. Regulation B creditors will also be able to collect voluntarily certain information about applicants for certain mortgage loan scenarios as provided for in 1002.5(a)(4). iii. One industry commenter also noted that the 2016 URLA includes a form for the collection of applicant demographic information for additional borrowers and does not necessarily limit the collection to the applicant and the first co-applicant, even though Regulation C requires financial institutions to provide the ethnicity, race and sex information only for the applicant and first co-applicant. 2430 0 obj <> endobj One industry commenter generally supported the proposal, noting the flexibility would reduce compliance burden. 37. Sections with amendments are marked with an asterisk (*). 28. For example, Hispanic or Latino as defined by OMB for the 2010 Census refers to a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin. When you visit the site, Dotdash Meredith and its partners may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Appendix B to 12 CFR part 1003 provides a data collection model form for collecting information concerning an applicant's ethnicity, race, and sex that complies with the requirements of 1002.13(a)(1)(i)(B) and (ii). [FR Doc. One commenter stated that extending the requirement to collect applicant demographic information on the basis of visual observation or surname to Regulation B-only creditors is outside the scope of ECOA. endstream endobj 2434 0 obj <>stream Various consumer advocacy groups also opposed proposed comment 13(a)-8, arguing that the instruction could encourage creditors to develop and maintain haphazard, inaccurate, and inconsistent data collection methods. For applications subject to 1002.13(a)(1), a creditor may choose on an application-by-application basis whether to collect aggregate information pursuant to 1002.13(a)(1)(i)(A) or disaggregated information pursuant to 1002.13(a)(1)(i)(B) about the ethnicity and race of the applicant. documents in the last year, by the Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Food and Drug Administration On the other hand, the Bureau believes that requiring disaggregated collection for Regulation B-only creditors would impose additional burden on creditors without significant benefits. This information is not part of the official Federal Register document. All lenders are required to comply with Regulation B when extending credit to borrowers under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), which is regulated and enforced by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The information provided to applicants about the rejection helps them take constructive steps to build their credit. d. Appendix BModel Application Forms is removed. Some commenters proposed other changes to Regulation B unrelated to alignment with Regulation C or applicant demographic information collection for mortgage applicants. 1691 et seq., 12 CFR part 1002. In general, 1002.5(b) prohibits a creditor from inquiring about protected applicant-characteristic information in connection with a credit transaction, except under certain circumstances. A creditor that accepts an application by mail need not make a special request for the monitoring information if the applicant has failed to provide it on the application form returned to the creditor. 82 FR 16307, 16315 (Apr. 15 U.S.C. Register documents. 1. The Bureau received no comments on its proposal and so is removing the commentary to the Regulation B appendix in this final rule. 2. For Regulation B creditors making mortgage loans subject to 1002.13, the rule will allow creditors to collect the applicant's information using either the aggregate ethnicity and race categories or disaggregated ethnicity and race categories and subcategories, as set forth in appendix B to Regulation C (the Regulation C appendix) as amended by the 2015 HMDA Final Rule. [32] Information about this document as published in the Federal Register. the material on FederalRegister.gov is accurately displayed, consistent with He has 8 years experience in finance, from financial planning and wealth management to corporate finance and FP&A. The notice provides that, although the use of the 2016 URLA by creditors is not required under Regulation B, a creditor that uses the 2016 URLA without any modification that would violate 1002.5(b) through (d) acts in compliance with 1002.5(b) through (d). The second substantive change will remove the outdated 2004 URLA as a model form. (ii) Section 1002.12(b) relating to record retention. [19] Under 1002.12(b)(1)(i), these records include any information required to be obtained concerning characteristics of credit applicants to monitor compliance with ECOA and Regulation B or other similar law. One commenter indicated that the Bureau's proposed effective date for this rule creates concerns that it does not indicate that the collection of disaggregated applicant demographic information is permitted for applications received in 2017 for which final action is taken in 2018. Comments related to the data collection model forms are addressed in the section-by-section analysis of the Regulation B appendix. New Documents 8. It creates consumer protections and rights and imposes responsibilities on banks as users of consumer reports and entities furnishing information to the consumer reporting agencies. The commenters proposed that the requirement to collect applicant demographic information on the basis of visual observation or surname should be eliminated or that the Bureau provide additional instructions to aid creditors to identify an applicant's ethnicity and race based on visual observation or surname. The notice must explain why the applicant was rejected or give instructions for how the applicant can request this information. 7. To determine whether the credit union discriminated against members of one or more protected classes in any aspect of its credit operations. Commenters noted that being able to collect applicant demographic data when not required by HMDA would facilitate better data collection procedures, aid in retaining system and organizational knowledge, help prepare for reporting data in subsequent years, and help creditors transition to the 2016 URLA. [21] B prohibited practices (12 C.F.R. [42] Through this proposed change, creditors taking applications for loans subject to 1002.13(a)(1) but not required to submit HMDA data under Regulation C would have the option of either maintaining their current collection practices or transitioning to the revised Regulation C collection practices and the 2016 URLA. These tools are designed to help you understand the official document The commenter noted that the Bureau Approval Notice applied to all applications taken in 2017 and suggested that the proposed effective date for this rule sends a mixed message. Section 1002.12 provides rules concerning permissible and required record retention. The benefits may be somewhat larger for depository institutions and credit unions with less than $10 billion in assets because the relative costs of duplicative collection will be greater for these entities. iii. 2017-20417 Filed 9-29-17; 8:45 am], updated on 11:15 AM on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, updated on 8:45 AM on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Because Regulation B and Regulation C do not provide inconsistent instructions on the scope of the term natural person, the Bureau declines to provide additional guidance on this issue within this final rule, which, as related to 1002.13, is limited to modifications that harmonize the collection requirements of Regulation B and Regulation C. The Bureau proposed revised comment 13(a)-7 to provide that, for applications subject to 1002.13(a)(1), a creditor that collects information about the ethnicity, race, and sex of an applicant in compliance with the requirements of the revised Regulation C appendix will be acting in compliance 1002.13 concerning the collection of an applicant's ethnicity, race, and sex information. Regulation C implements HMDA and sets out specific requirements for the collection, recording, reporting, and disclosure of mortgage lending information, including a requirement to collect and report applicant demographic information. (b) Securities credit (1) Definition. on Public Law 111-203, 124 Stat. 8. 33. In keeping with the broad reach of the statute's prohibition, the regulation covers creditor activities before, during, and after the extension of credit. To the extent that consumers would benefit from disaggregated race and ethnicity collection, this alternative would provide greater benefits than the Bureau's proposal. (i) A refusal to grant credit in substantially the amount or on substantially the terms requested in an application unless the creditor makes a counteroffer (to grant credit in a different amount or on other terms) and the applicant uses or expressly accepts the credit offered; Official interpretation of Paragraph 2 (c) (1) (i). hb```l~1DFFAFFfFFAAFg=5v_-09# O;$pIr$;[S3kX}],FO"em b?yrYZZFGD(A(fU6'UWlQ+\s0 $Hie+H[qUReJ,'$( b0ptxt0 @` vqm9@i#1;s{/8pqoFGiM [j iq+:Hc` c0 5 [34] Redlining is the discriminatory practice of denying services (typically financial) to residents of certain areas based on their race or ethnicity. The effective date of the 2015 HMDA Final Rule applies to covered loans and applications with respect to which final action is taken beginning on January 1, 2018, even if the application is received in 2017. When originally enacted, ECOA gave the Federal Reserve Board responsibility for prescribing the implementing regulation. =+f=?z)0p0+~#zSsTib5MuC={0z7&8J8],?8A eMa`?P2EDJaq{%c documents in the last year, 662 However, the Bureau believes it may impose costs on consumers. Document Drafting Handbook New principal residence. Some or all of these institutions may also not have been required to report HMDA data. For the reasons provided below, the Bureau is adopting the revisions to 1002.13(b) concerning the collection of ethnicity and race information on the basis of visual observation or surname as proposed. 4, 2017). Many of these commenters stated that the proposal would simplify the collection process and reduce regulatory burden by ensuring that creditors are not subject to differing collection requirements under Regulation B and Regulation C. Commenters also expressed the view that the proposal would ease compliance burden because it would provide creditors the flexibility to use the method most suitable for them. 1. The permitted collection may also alleviate concerns about violating 1002.5(b) if a financial institution collects applicant demographic information for a particular dwelling-secured loan made primarily for a business or commercial purpose, based on the financial institution's belief that it is a home purchase loan, a refinancing, or a home improvement loan, but the financial institution later discovers that this belief was mistaken, and therefore collection of applicant demographic information was not required under Regulation C. The Bureau is adopting 1002.5(a)(4)(v) to address the commenter's suggestion. Section 1061 of the Dodd-Frank Act transferred to the Bureau consumer financial protection functions previously vested in certain other Federal agencies, including the authority to prescribe rules or issue orders or guidelines pursuant to any Federal consumer financial law and perform appropriate functions to promulgate and review such rules, Start Printed Page 45684orders, and guidelines. If the Bureau were to require creditors to adopt a consistent collection method across applications, the Bureau would also need to issue additional guidance in the official commentary concerning how often and under what circumstances a creditor may change its collection method, among other implementation issues. 2443 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<30EF4E5AA22E03459A9EF6E0C2536565><7935FD3A29EF9D43BC143B64EE87FEEF>]/Index[2430 29]/Info 2429 0 R/Length 72/Prev 288071/Root 2431 0 R/Size 2459/Type/XRef/W[1 2 1]>>stream Procedures for providing disclosures. british citizenship by marriage living abroad. 0 , which is implemented by Regulation B (12 CFR Part 1002 ), applies to all creditors, including credit unions. A purpose of ECOA is to promote the availability of credit to all creditworthy applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, or age (provided the applicant has the capacity to contract) or other protected characteristics. The industry service provider commented that this distinction makes data collection more complex and burdensome, and requested that the Bureau clarify the collection requirements for co-applicants under Regulation B. The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is issuing a final rule that amends Regulation B to permit creditors additional flexibility in complying with Regulation B in order to facilitate compliance with Regulation C, adds certain model forms and removes others from Regulation B, and makes various other amendments to Regulation B and its commentary to facilitate the collection and retention of information about the ethnicity, sex, and race of certain mortgage applicants. See Fannie Mae, Guide Forms, available at https://www.fanniemae.com/singlefamily/selling-servicing-guide-forms (last visited Sept. 6, 2017) (listing all current selling and servicing guide forms); see also Freddie Mac, Forms and Documents, available at http://www.freddiemac.com/singlefamily/guide/ (last visited Sept. 6, 2017) (same). All classes of transactions remain subject to 1002.4 (a), the general rule barring discrimination on a prohibited basis, and to any other provision not specifically excepted. The issues raised by these comments were considered as part of the rulemaking to revise Regulation C and addressed in the 2015 HMDA Final Rule, and the Bureau has not reassessed those issues as part of this rulemaking, which concerns only issues relating to the alignment of collection of certain information about applicants under Regulation B and Regulation C and the status and use of the URLA. documents in the last year, 83 This will allow the information to be available for monitoring and enforcing compliance with ECOA, Regulation B, and other Federal or State statutes or regulations. Appendix B to this part provides for two alternative data collection model forms for use in complying with the requirements of 1002.13(a)(1)(i) and (ii) to collect information concerning an applicant's ethnicity, race, and sex. regulatory information on FederalRegister.gov with the objective of The Bureau is issuing this final rule pursuant to its authority under section 703 of ECOA, as amended by section 1085 of the Dodd-Frank Act. The commenter suggested that the Bureau revise 1002.5(b) to permit collection of demographic information for any additional co-applicants using the 2016 URLA. The Bureau does not believe that these comments are relevant to the 2017 ECOA Proposal and do not provide a basis to change the approach proposed by the Bureau in the 2017 ECOA Proposal, which, as related to 1002.13, is limited to modifications that harmonize the collection requirements of Regulation B and Regulation C. For the reasons discussed above, the Bureau is adopting 1002.13(a)(1)(i) and comments 13(a)-7 and 13(a)-8 as proposed. 210.2 Definitions.*. Accordingly, the Bureau is not making disaggregated race and ethnicity categories mandatory for compliance with Regulation B at this time. Only official editions of the The consumer advocacy groups further expressed the view that mandatory disaggregated collection would prepare lenders to submit HMDA data in the future should they cross a reporting threshold and that the burden of mandatory disaggregated collection would not be significant because the 2016 URLA makes it easy to record these categories. 1375, 2035-39 (2010) (codified at 12 U.S.C. In addition to the amendment to Regulation B in the proposal, the Bureau Start Printed Page 45692considered two alternatives to address the differing race and ethnicity requirements of Regulation B and revised Regulation C. The Bureau considered requiring all creditors subject to the collection and retention requirement of Regulation B to permit applicants to self-identify using disaggregated race and ethnicity categories. The Bureau also proposed comments 13(a)-7 and 13(a)-8 to provide that a creditor that collects applicant information in compliance with the revised Regulation C appendix will be acting in compliance with 1002.13 concerning the collection of an applicant's ethnicity, race, and sex information and to clarify that a creditor may choose on an application-by-application basis whether to collect aggregate or disaggregated information. When a creditor collects ethnicity and race information pursuant to 1002.13(a)(1)(i)(B), the creditor must comply with any restrictions on the collection of an applicant's ethnicity or race on the basis of visual observation or surname set forth in appendix B to 12 CFR part 1003. 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