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On the recordMay 13, 2010
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To restore to the States the right to protect consumers from usurious lenders) On page 1320, strike line 23 and all that follows through the end of the undesignated matter on page 1321 between lines 17 and 18 and insert the following: ``(g) Transparency of OCC Preemption Determinations.--The Comptroller of the Currency shall publish and update not less frequently than quarterly, a list of preemption determinations by the Comptroller of the Currency then in effect that identifies the activities and practices covered by each determination and the requirements and constraints determined to be preempted.''. (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter one of title LXII of the Revised Statutes of the United States is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5136B the following new item: ``Sec. 5136C. State law preemption standards for national banks and subsidiaries clarified.''. (c) Usurious Lenders.--Chapter 2 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1631 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 141. LIMITS ON ANNUAL PERCENTAGES RATES.…
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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