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<item congress="115" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1321" measure-id="id115hr1321" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2017-03-02" update-date="2018-02-08">
<title>To amend the National Housing Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue guidance to reduce up-front premiums for FHA-insured mortgages if the capital ratio of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund exceeds the statutory limit, and for other purposes.</title>
<summary summary-id="id115hr1321v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2018-02-08">
<action-date>2017-03-02</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This bill amends the National Housing Act to require the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to: (1) on a monthly basis, review the capital ratio of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund; and (2) upon determining whether the fund's capital ratio exceeds a specified limit, either issue guidance to reduce up-front premiums on mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration or report to Congress on why HUD has determined not to reduce such premiums.</p>]]></summary-text>
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