Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 635, I call up the bill (H.R. 1699) to amend the Truth in Lending Act to modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage, to amend the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to modify the definition of a loan originator, and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 635, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-42 is adopted, and the bill, as amended, is considered read. The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows: H.R. 1699 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2017''. SEC. 2. MORTGAGE AND LOAN ORIGINATOR DEFINITIONS. (a) Mortgage Originator Definition.--Section 103 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C.…
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