This bill amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize Federal Home Loan Banks to make investments related to rural infrastructure development. Federal Home Loan Banks may purchase investment-grade securities from nonmember lenders that are organized as cooperatives, have received financing from the Federal Financing Bank, and have experience providing loans to cooperatives eligible to receive loans from the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service.
Credit and credit marketsGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHousing and community development fundingInfrastructure developmentRural conditions and developmentSecurities
To amend the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to provide investment authority to support rural infrastructure development, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-2963| House
| Updated: 6/20/2017
This bill amends the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to authorize Federal Home Loan Banks to make investments related to rural infrastructure development. Federal Home Loan Banks may purchase investment-grade securities from nonmember lenders that are organized as cooperatives, have received financing from the Federal Financing Bank, and have experience providing loans to cooperatives eligible to receive loans from the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service.
Credit and credit marketsGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHousing and community development fundingInfrastructure developmentRural conditions and developmentSecurities