Letters and Testimony

ICBA members and staff regularly communicate with Congress and regulators on behalf of the community bank industry.

Letters to Congress Letters to Regulators

Letters

Title Recipient Date
Joint Letter Opposing National Rate Cap Senate Banking Committee 07/23/21
Joint Letter on Guarantee Fees Senate 07/22/21
Comments on Farm Credit System Appraisals Farm Credit Administration 07/20/21
Letter to FHFA on Duty to Serve Proposals FHFA 07/19/21
Comment Letter to FDIC on Digital Assets FDIC 07/15/21
ICBA Interagency Artificial Intelligence-Machine Learning RFI Comment Letter OCC, Fed, FDIC, CFPB, NCUA 07/14/21
Opposition to Funding of Postal Banking Pilot Program Congress 07/12/21
Joint Comments on Fed Accounts Proposal Fed 07/12/21
ICBA Minority Bank Council Letter RE Bank Account Reporting Proposal Congress 07/09/21
ICBA Opposes Financial Account Reporting Congress 07/09/21
Fact Sheet Opposing Financial Account Reporting Plan Congress 07/09/21
Misrepresentation of Insured Status and Misuse of the FDIC Name or Logo FDIC 07/09/21
ICBA Letter to Treasury on Credit Union Acquisition of Community Banks Treasury 07/06/21
FHFA Short Term Rental Unit RFI FHFA 07/06/21
State Sign-on Letter Regarding Account Reporting Congress 06/23/21
USDA Implementation of Section 1005 of the American Rescue Plan Committee on Agriculture 06/14/21
House SECURE Support Letter - Coalition Reps. Madeleine Dean and Kelly Armstrong 06/11/21
RFI Model Risk Management Principles Comment Letter OCC, FDIC, Fed, FinCEN, NCUA 06/11/21
SEC Comment Letter on Climate Risk Regulation SEC 06/11/21
Joint Letter on Minding the Tax Gap House Ways and Means Committee 06/09/21

Testimony

Title Committee Presenter Date
Hearing Statement on Banking the Unbanked House Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Written statement 07/21/21
ICBA Statement for Tax Gap Hearing House Ways and Means Committee Written statement 06/09/21
ICBA Statement for True Lender Hearing Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs ICBA 04/28/21
ICBA to Congress Don't Leave PPP Applicants Stranded House Small Business Committee Alice P. Frazier 03/10/21
ICBA Statement for HFSC Fintech Hearing 9-29-2020 HSFC 09/29/20