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H.R. 507

U.S. HouseIn House Committee

Summary

H.R. 507, the Veterans Member Business Loan Act, was introduced in the House on Jan 16, 2025 by Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D) with 70 co-sponsors. It was referred to Financial Services, and last saw action on Jan 16, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.


Record

Text

H.R. 507 has 70 co-sponsors.

hb507/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 507 IH: Veterans Member Business Loan Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2025-01-16
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Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 507 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 16, 2025 Mr. Vicente Gonzalez of Texas (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Costa , Ms. Tokuda , Mr. Ciscomani , Ms. Brownley , Mr. Golden of Maine , Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick , Mr. Connolly , Mr. Biggs of Arizona , Mr. Valadao , Mr. Cuellar , Ms. Titus , Ms. Bonamici , Mr. Lynch , Mr. Carson , Mr. Rogers of Kentucky , Mr. Cole , Mr. Gottheimer , Mr. Ryan , Mr. Rutherford , and Mr. Crane ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Veterans Member Business Loan Act
2.
Member business loan definition
(a)
In general
Section 107A(c) of the Federal Credit Union Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1757a(c) ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1)(B)—
(A)
in clause (iv), by striking or at the end;
(B)
in clause (v), by striking the period and inserting ; or ; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:
(vi)
made to a veteran;
;
(2)
in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end;
(3)
in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and
(4)
by adding at the end the following:
(4)
the term veteran has the meaning given such term under section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
.
(b)
Effective date
The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect after the end of the 6-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-01-16
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

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Introduced in House Jan 16, 2025

hb507/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (01/16/2025)

Veterans Member Business Loan Act

This bill excludes from credit union aggregate loan limitations member business loans made to veterans.

Sponsors

Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D) sponsors H.R. 507, and 70 members have co-sponsored it, 21 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 507 went before 1 committee: Financial Services.

Financial Services
Financial Services
Referred To · Jan 16, 2025 · 559 Bills

Actions

H.R. 507 has taken 2 actions since Jan 16, 2025.

ChamberAction
Jan 16, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Jan 16, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.Financial Services Committee

Votes

H.R. 507 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 507.

Titles

H.R. 507 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Veterans Member Business Loan Act — Display Title
  • Veterans Member Business Loan Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

8 clients hired 8 firms and 29 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 507 in 29 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Banking, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Small Business, Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Veterans, Energy/Nuclear.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONSDistrict of Columbia16
GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATIONCredit Union Trade AssociationWashington16
MICHIGAN CREDIT UNION LEAGUECredit Union Trade AssociationMichigan16
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA CREDIT UNION LEAGUESCalifornia14
DEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCILNational Trade Assocation for Defense, Veterans and related Credit UnionsDistrict of Columbia14
CALIFORNIA/NEVADA CREDIT UNION LEAGUEFinancial services associationCalifornia11$20K
ALTERNATIVE FUELS & CHEMICALS COALITIONDistrict of Columbia11
NEW YORK CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION, INC.Advocates, educates, unites, and supports the interests of New York credit unions.New York11

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 29.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONSCREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS2026 second_quarter$1.3M2nd Quarter - Report
CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONSCREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS2025 first_quarter$1.2M1st Quarter - Report
CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONSCREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS2025 second_quarter$1.2M2nd Quarter - Report
CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONSCREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS2026 first_quarter$1.1M1st Quarter - Report
CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONSCREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS2025 third_quarter$1.1M3rd Quarter - Report
CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONSCREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. INC. DBA AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS2025 fourth_quarter$1.1M4th Quarter - Report
DEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCILDEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCIL2025 fourth_quarter$190K4th Quarter - Report
DEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCILDEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCIL2025 third_quarter$170K3rd Quarter - Report
DEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCILDEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCIL2025 second_quarter$150K2nd Quarter - Report
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA CREDIT UNION LEAGUESCALIFORNIA AND NEVADA CREDIT UNION LEAGUES2026 second_quarter$110K2nd Quarter - Report
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA CREDIT UNION LEAGUESCALIFORNIA AND NEVADA CREDIT UNION LEAGUES2026 first_quarter$110K1st Quarter - Report
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA CREDIT UNION LEAGUESCALIFORNIA AND NEVADA CREDIT UNION LEAGUES2025 fourth_quarter$110K4th Quarter - Report
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA CREDIT UNION LEAGUESCALIFORNIA AND NEVADA CREDIT UNION LEAGUES2025 third_quarter$110K3rd Quarter - Report
DEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCILDEFENSE CREDIT UNION COUNCIL2025 first_quarter$110K1st Quarter - Report
GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATIONGOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION2026 first_quarter$90K1st Quarter - Report
GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATIONGOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION2026 second_quarter$80K2nd Quarter - Report
MICHIGAN CREDIT UNION LEAGUEMICHIGAN CREDIT UNION LEAGUE2025 fourth_quarter$60K4th Quarter - Report
GOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATIONGOWEST CREDIT UNION ASSOCIATION2025 second_quarter$60K2nd Quarter - Report
MICHIGAN CREDIT UNION LEAGUEMICHIGAN CREDIT UNION LEAGUE2026 second_quarter$40K2nd Quarter - Report
MICHIGAN CREDIT UNION LEAGUEMICHIGAN CREDIT UNION LEAGUE2026 first_quarter$40K1st Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 507 under Finance and Financial Sector, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 507’s is Finance and Financial Sector.

hr507/policy-areas.txt
Finance and Financial SectorAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 507, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 9 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. VICENTE GONZALEZ of Texas:H.R. 507.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution[Page H222]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com