I 112th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6158 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 19, 2012 Mr. Gary G. Miller of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To amend the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to specify that courses offered by lenders for their own employees may not satisfy the pre-licensing education or continuing education requirement.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protecting Independence in the Education of Loan Originators Act of 2012.

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Limitation on educational courses

(a)

Pre-Licensing courses

Section 1505(c)(3)(A) of the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5104(c)(3)(A)) is amended to read as follows: (A)

Limitation

To maintain the independence of the approval process— (i)the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry shall not directly or indirectly offer pre-licensure educational courses for loan originators; and (ii)no course offered directly or indirectly by a lender for the lender’s own employees shall qualify for purposes of paragraph (1). . (b)

Continuing education courses

Section 1506(b)(5)(A) of the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5105(b)(5)(A)) is amended to read as follows: (A)

Limitation

To maintain the independence of the approval process— (i)the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry shall not directly or indirectly offer pre-licensure educational courses for loan originators; and (ii)no course offered directly or indirectly by a lender for the lender’s own employees shall qualify for purposes of paragraph (1). .