Letters to Congress

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

Title	Recipient	Date
Joint Letter on CDFI Certification to Senate	Senate Banking Committee	12/20/22
Joint Letter on CDFI Certification to House	House Financial Services Committee	12/20/22
State Association Letter on Senate ILC Bill	Sens. Brown, Casey, Van Hollen	12/06/22
Letter of Support for the Close the Shadow Banking Loophole Act	U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs	12/06/22
Letter Supporting Improving Cybersecurity of Credit Unions Act	Sens. Ossof, Lummis, Warner	12/05/22
Joint Letter on SBA Affiliation and Loan Authorization Proposals	SBA	12/02/22
State Association Letter on SAFE Banking Act	Senate leaders	11/28/22
Joint Letter on Mortgage Insurance Tax Deduction	Senate Finance, House Ways and Means Committees	11/17/22
Letter on ICBA Lame Duck Agenda	Senate, House	11/17/22
State Letter Opposing Credit Card Competition Act	House, Senate	10/11/22
Joint Letter Opposing Marshall-Durbin NDAA Amendments	Senate	10/04/22
Joint Letter on Credit Card Competition Act	House	09/27/22
Letter Opposing House Interchange Bill	House	09/21/22
Letter Urging National Flood Insurance Program Extension	House, Senate leaders	09/15/22
ICBA Letter Opposing Credit Card Competition Act	Senate	08/31/22
Support for Making the CFPB Accountable to Small Business Act	Rep. Scott Fitzgerald	08/18/22
ICBA Letter Supporting HR 4590 De Novo Bill	House	07/26/22
ICBA Letter Opposing HR 4277 Overdraft Legislation	House Financial Services Committee	07/26/22
State Letter Opposing HR 4277 Overdraft Bill	House Financial Services Committee	07/26/22
Letter on Stablecoin Legislation	House Financial Services Committee	07/22/22
Letter Supporting Amendments to Block Postal Banking Funds	House Rules Committee	07/18/22
Letter Supporting Senate CFPB Cost-Benefit Analysis Bill	Sen. John Kennedy	07/17/22
Letter Opposing New Tax Increases	Senate, House	07/14/22
Joint Letter on Defense Act	House	07/12/22
Joint Letter on Patent Reform Legislation	Senate and House judiciary committees	06/27/22
Support for Passage of SECURE Notarization Act	House Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce	06/23/22
Opposition to Postal Banking Pilot Funding	House Appropriations Committee	06/23/22
Senate Letter Opposing FCA Independent Authority Act	Senate Agriculture, Banking Committees	06/23/22
House Letter Opposing FCA Independent Authority Act	House Agriculture, Financial Services Committees	06/23/22
Letter on June 22 Markup	Commitee on Financial Services	06/22/22
Letter Opposing Postal Banking Appropriations Amendments	House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government	06/15/22
State Association Letter Opposing HR 2543	House	06/14/22
Letter Supporting Amendment to Repeal Section 1071	House	06/14/22
Joint Letter on Bill to Close ILC Loophole	House Financial Services Committee	06/13/22
ICBA Letter on June 14 House Markup	House Financial Services Committee	06/13/22
Rules Committee Letter Opposing HR 7003	House Rules Committee	06/09/22
Letter on June 14 Markup	House Financial Services Committee	06/08/22
Joint State Letter on SAFE Banking Act	Senate, House leaders	06/07/22
Joint Letter Supporting SECURE Notarization Act	Reps. Madeleine Dean, Kelly Armstrong	05/26/22
Letter in Opposition to HR 7003	House Financial Services Committee	05/13/22
Letter on Including SAFE Banking Act in COMPETES Act	Senate	05/05/22
Joint State Trades Letter to the Senate Judiciary Committe Interchange Hearing	Senate Judiciary Committee	05/04/22
Joint Letter for Senate Interchange Hearing	Senate Judiciary Committee	05/02/22
Joint Fiscal 2023 Letter on CDFI Fund Appropriation	Appropriations Subcommittees	04/27/22
ICBA Letter in Support of HR 7412	Rep. Alex X. Mooney	04/11/22
Letter Supporting Small LENDER Act	Sens. Boozman, Cramer, Lummis, and Tillis	04/07/22
Joint Letter Supporting the Close the ILC Loophole Act	House Financial Services Committee	04/05/22
Support for Senate CBDC, FedAccount Bill	Sens. Cruz, Braun, Grassley	04/04/22
Support for House CBDC, FedAccount Bill	Rep. Tom Emmer	04/04/22
Joint Letter Opposing FAIR Act	House	03/15/22
Letter Supporting E-SIGN Modernization Act	Sen. John Thune	03/13/22
Support for the TAILOR Act	Sen. Mike Rounds	03/08/22
Joint Letter on Arbitration	Senate Banking Committee	03/07/22
Support for Close the ILC Loophole Act	Reps. Jesús G. (“Chuy”) García, Lance Gooden	03/07/22
Support for Amendment to Postal Service Reform Act	Senate	03/07/22
Support for LIBOR Fix Legislation	Senate	02/28/22
Letter on Credit Union Form 990 Submissions	Committee on Ways and Means, Committee on Finance	02/28/22
504 Program Authorization Industry Letter to Congress	U.S. Congress	02/23/22
Letter Supporting Bills to Modify Section 1071 Proposal	U.S. House of Representatives	02/16/22
Letter Opposing Senate Postal Banking Amendment	U.S. Senate	02/14/22
	Senate	02/14/22
Crop Insurance Coalition Letter to Budget Committee	House, Senate Budget Committees	01/27/22
Crop Insurance Coalition Letter to Appropriations	House, Senate Appropriations Committees	01/27/22
Letter of Support for Senate SBA Direct Lending Bill	Sen. Tim Scott	12/14/21
Letter Supporting Community Bank Relief Act	Rep. Tracey Mann	12/09/21
Joint Letter on House LIBOR Bill	House	12/07/21
Letter on Senate SAFE Banking Act NDAA Amendment	U.S. Senate	12/02/21
ICBA Letter of Support for HR 6037	Committee on Small Business	11/29/21
Joint Letter Opposing OCC Nomination	Senate Banking Committee	11/17/21
Joint Letter Opposing SBA Direct Lending	Senate	11/17/21
Joint Letter Requesting NCUA Hearing	House Financial Services, Senate Banking Committees	11/17/21
SBA 7(a) Direct Lending Letter	House, Senate	11/12/21
Letter on LIBOR Transition Legislation	Senate Banking Committee	11/01/21
Letter on Grantor Trusts and Passive Assets	House Ways and Means Committee	10/28/21
Letter Opposing Proposed Tax Increases	House Ways and Means, Senate Finance	10/28/21
State Banking Letter on IRS Reporting Plan	House Ways and Means, Senate Finance committees	10/27/21
Letter on Senate Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act	Sen. Tim Scott	10/25/21
Letter on Cyber Incident Reporting Bill	Senate Committee on Homeland Security	10/19/21
Letter on Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act	Rep. Drew Ferguson	10/19/21
Joint Trades IRS Charge and Response.pdf	Congress	10/14/21
Joint Trades Letter on Tax Info Reporting	Congress	10/14/21
Joint Letter on 199A Deduction	Senate Finance, House Ways and Means committees	10/12/21
Minority Bank Advisory Council Letter on IRS Reporting Plan	Congressional Black, Asian Pacific American, and Hispanic Caucuses	10/01/21
Letter Supporting Protecting Financial Privacy Act	Sen. Tommy Tuberville	09/27/21
Joint Letter Opposing Consumer Financial Account Reporting	House, Senate leaders	09/17/21
Letter Opposing SBA Direct 7(a) Lending Provision	House, Senate Small Business Committees	09/17/21
Joint Letter on NFIP Reauthorization	House, Senate leaders	09/14/21
Letter on Future of Banking Hearing	House Financial Services Committee	09/13/21
ICBA Letter In Opposition to Proposed Tax Increases	Ways and Means Committee	09/10/21
Joint Letter in Support of Stepped-Up Basis	House Ways and Means Committee	09/09/21
Joint Letter Opposing Reconciliation Tax Hikes	House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal	09/08/21
ICBA Letter in Opposition to IRS Reporting	Committee on Ways and Means	09/08/21
Joint Letter Supporting Consumer Financial Protection Commission Act	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer	08/18/21
ICBA Letter in Support of Senator Crapo's Amendment Regarding Bank Reporting of Account Information to the IRS	Congress	08/10/21
Markup Letter on LIBOR, De Novo Bills	House Financial Services Committee	07/28/21
Joint Letter Opposing Account Reporting Proposal	House, Senate leaders	07/27/21
Joint Trades Credit Interchange Cap Letter	Congress	07/27/21
Joint Letter Opposing National Rate Cap	Senate Banking Committee	07/23/21
Joint Letter on Guarantee Fees	Senate	07/22/21
Opposition to Funding of Postal Banking Pilot Program	Congress	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
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
Joint Letter on Minding the Tax Gap	House Ways and Means Committee	06/09/21
Joint Trades Opposition to House Consideration of SJ Res 15 True Lender	House of Representatives	06/08/21
Joint Letter to House on True Lender	House of Representatives	05/24/21
Joint Letter on Stepped-Up Basis	Senate Finance, House Ways and Means committees	05/24/21
Joint Letter on CDFI Fund Appropriation	Appropriations Subcommittees	05/14/21
Support for SECURE Notarization Act	Sens. Cramer, Warner	05/13/21
Joint Trades Letter Title VIII of HR 2547	117th Congress	05/11/21
Joint Trades Statement for the Record Senate Finance Subcommitte Hearing on Closing the Tax Gap	Senate Finance Subcommitte	05/10/21
Joint Trades Letter Opposing SJ Res 15 True Lender	117th Congress	05/06/21
Opposition to Assembly Bill 1177	California Legislature	04/21/21
Support for Promoting Access to Capital in Underbanked Communities Act	Rep. Andy Barr	04/19/21
ICBA Letter in Support of SAFE Banking Act, HR 1996	U.S. House of Representatives	04/16/21
ICBA Statement For HFSC Charter Hearing 4.15.21	117th Congress	04/14/21
ICBA Letter in Support of HR 2040.	117th Congress	04/06/21
Threat Extracted FBETC Support Letter HR 1712	117th Congress	04/02/21
ICBA Letter in Support of House ECORA	U.S. House of Representatives	03/25/21
ICBA Letter in Support of Senate Safe Banking Act	117th Congress	03/24/21
ICBA Letter To Request Ways And Means Hearing On Credit Union Tax Exemption		03/23/21
ICBA Letter To Request Senate Finance Hearing On Credit Union Tax Exemption	Committee on Finance	03/23/21
ICBA Letter in Support of House Safe Banking Act	U.S. House of Representatives	03/18/21
Letter Supporting Senate PPP Extension Act	Senate co-sponsors	03/16/21
Letter in Support of PPP Extension Act	House of Representatives	03/12/21
Joint Banking Trades and Consumer Group Letter Urging Garnishment Exemption	117th Congress	03/09/21
Joint Letter Urging Garnishment Exemption	House, Senate leaders	03/08/21
Joint Trades Letter to Small Business Committees on PPP Extension	Committees on Small Business	03/05/21
ICBA Letter to Request Senate Banking Hearing on NCUA	Committee on Banking, Housing	03/04/21
Letter to Senate Ag Committee on B&I Programs	Senate Agriculture Committee	02/26/21
Joint Letter on Main Street Tax Certainty Act	Senate Finance, House Ways and Means Committees	02/26/21
COVID Relief Package Should Include USDA Business and Industry Funding	House Rules Committee	02/25/21
Crop Insurance Coalition Budget Letter: Budget	House, Senate Budget Committees	02/24/21
Crop Insurance Coalition Budget Letter: Appropriations	House, Senate Appropriations Committees	02/24/21
Joint Letter Supporting Garnishment Protections	House, Senate	02/23/21
Lender Letter to House Committees Regarding USDA Rural Development Loans		02/22/21
Recommendations for Additional Pandemic Relief	U.S. Congress	02/09/21
ICBA's Open Letter to the 117th Congress	117th Congress	02/01/21
ICBA Letter in Support of Yellen Nomination	Committee on Finance	01/15/21
Coalition Letter Regarding Guzman Nomination to SBA	Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship	01/15/21
Joint State Association Letter on EIDL Advances	Senate, House leaders	12/11/20
Letter to Congress on COVID Relief Package	Senate, House leaders	12/08/20
Letter Supporting Fiscal 2021 NDAA	Senate, House Armed Services Committees	12/04/20
Letter Opposing CoBank Amendment	House, Senate Appropriations Subcommittees	12/04/20
PPP Deductibility Coalition Letter	Senate, House leaders	12/03/20
Joint Letter on PPP Relief	Senate, House leaders	11/19/20
ICBA Letter Supporting House EIDL Relief Bill	Reps. Joe Neguse and John Curtis	11/19/20
ICBA Letter Supporting Senate EIDL Relief Bill	Sen. Marsha Blackburn	11/18/20
Joint Letter to Congress on SBA Questionnaire	House, Senate leadership	11/17/20
ICBA Letter to Congress on SBA Questionnaire	House, Senate Small Business Committees	11/17/20
ICBA Lame Duck Letter on COVID Relief	House, Senate leaders	11/09/20
ICBA Letter Regarding the Heroes Small Business Lifeline Act	Committee on Small Business	10/21/20
Joint Trades Letter EIDL Advances and PPP Forgiveness 10-19-2020	116th Congress	10/19/20
ICBA Letter on Including PPP Forgiveness Relief in Senate Stimulus	Sen. Mitch McConnell	10/15/20
Hill Payments Charter Letter	116th Congress	10/15/20
ICBA Letter in Support of H.R. 8410	Rep. Andy Barr	10/08/20
Letter to Congress on Passing 'Beneficial Owner' Reform	House, Senate Armed Services Committees	10/07/20
Joint Trades Letter Supporting PPP funding and modified forgiveness	116th Congress	09/29/20
Hill Payments Charter Letter 9.29	U.S. House Task Force on Financial Technology	09/29/20
Letter Seeking GAO Study of Credit Unions and NCUA	Senate Banking Committee	09/17/20
Coalition Letter Supporting PPP Forgiveness Bill	House, Senate leaders	09/17/20
Letter Seeking National Flood Insurance Program Extension	House, Senate leaders	09/15/20
Coalition Letter in Support of H.R. 7894	House leaders	09/15/20
ICBA Pandemic Response Letter	116th Congress	09/10/20
CBM Joint Trades Letter Sept Sens. Perdue and Blumenthal:	Sens. Perdue and Blumenthal	09/08/20
Letter on PPP Asset Thresholds -- Senate	Senate Banking Committee	08/31/20
Letter on PPP Asset Thresholds -- House	House Financial Services Committee	08/31/20
ICBA MDI CDFI Letter to Senate Banking	116th Congress	08/18/20
ICBA MDI CDFI Letter to HFSC	U.S. House of Representatives	08/17/20
ICBA Letter in Support of PPP Reforms	Sen. Marco Rubio	08/06/20
Credit Reporting Joint Trade Letter 8-3-2020	Sens. Mike Crapo and Sherrod Brown	08/04/20
Main Street Loan Forgiveness	116th Congress	08/04/20
HR 7777 Coalition Support Letter	U.S. House of Representatives	07/31/20
Joint Trades Letter Opposing Pascrell Kaptur Amendment to FSGG Approps	U.S. House of Representatives	07/30/20
BPI-CRL-ICBA ILC Letter Regarding Moratorium	HUD, CFS	07/29/20
ICBA Letter in Support of H.R. 7777	Rep. Chrissy Houlahan	07/29/20
Lender Livestock Trust Letter 7-28-20	U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry	07/28/20
ICBA Letter in Opposition to Postal Banking Amendment Rules	Committee on Rules, U.S. House of Representatives	07/24/20
Phase IV Support Letter - S.4159 - E-SIGN Modernization Act of 2020	116th Congress	07/23/20
AML Reform NDAA Letter	U.S. House Committee on Armed Services	07/20/20
Pandemic Relief Letter for State Sign-On	116th Congress	07/16/20
ICBA Letter in Support of S. 4159	Sen. John Thune	07/15/20
Coalition Letter Regarding Forgiveness Proposal	Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship	07/09/20
ICBA Letter Opposing FCS Expansion in Defense Approps Subcommittee Bill 7-7-20	Subcommittee on Defense, House Committee on Appropriations	07/08/20
ICBA Letter of Support for S.4171	Sens. Angus King and John Kennedy	07/06/20
Joint Trades Letter Supporting Section 2885 in S.4049 - FY2021 NDAA	Senate and House Armed Services Committee	06/30/20
ICBA Letter in Support of the Calculate PPP Forgiveness Act	Reps. Ann Wagner and William Lacy Clay	06/30/20
Anti-Money Laundering Reform NDAA Letter	Sens. James Inhofe and Jack Reed	06/29/20
ICBA Recommendations for Additional Pandemic Relief	116th Congress	06/24/20
Letter Relating to CARES Act and Net Operating Losses	Sens. Wyden and Grassley	06/22/20
Joint Letter on CFPB Commission Bill	Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)	06/18/20
Joint Letter on JOBS Credit Act of 2020	House, Senate leadership	06/17/20
Letter of Support for Senators Thune and Baldwin	Sen. John Thune and Sen. Tammy Baldwin	06/08/20
Senate Appropriations USDA Ag and Rural Business Loan	Senate Agriculture Appropriations	06/04/20
House Appropriations USDA Ag and Rural Business Loan	House Agriculture Appropriations	06/04/20
ICBA Testimony for Hearing on Inclusive Lending	Congress	06/03/20
Joint Letter Supporting S.3841 Garnishment Bill	Senate Finance Committee	05/28/20
PPP State Sign-On Letter	116th Congress	05/27/20
ICBA Letter Regarding Paycheck Protection Programs Reforms	116th Congress	05/27/20
ICBA Letter Regarding Additional COVID Response Recommendations	116th Congress	05/21/20
ICBA Letter Regarding Credit Unions Crisis Exploitation	Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs	05/11/20
Joint Letter on PPP Loan Tax Deductibility	Senate Finance Committee, House Ways and Means Committee	05/07/20
ICBA Response to Senators Brown and Warren	Sen. Sherrod Brown, Sen. Elizabeth Warren	04/20/20
Credit Union Dear Colleague Letter Response	116th Congress	04/20/20
Parity for Main Street Employers	Rep. Warren Davidson	04/16/20
Joint Letter on Extending Paycheck Protection Program Funding	House, Senate leaders	04/15/20
ICBA Recommendations for COVID-19 New Legislation	116th Congress	04/14/20
Credit Letter with CARES 2 Requests	116th Congress	04/10/20
CDFI Support in Next Stimulus Bill	House, Senate leadership and committees	04/07/20
Coalition Support Letter Regarding S3533 - HR 6364 SECURE Notarization Act	116th Congress	03/26/20
Joint Letter Supporting SBA Enhancements	House, Senate leaders	03/21/20
Response To Chairwoman Waters RE Coronavirus Measures	Rep. Maxine Waters	03/20/20
Main Street Response to COVID-19	116th Congress	03/18/20
ICBAs COVID-19 Legislative Recommendations	116th Congress	03/18/20
Joint Financial Institutions Trades Response to COVID	U.S. Senate	03/17/20
Ag Policy Recommendations to Congress	116th Congress	03/17/20
ICBA Letter of Support for S.3502	Sen. Kevin Cramer	03/17/20
Trade Letter in Support of CFPB Commission Bill	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer	03/13/20
Support for IMPACT for Small Business Act of 2020	Senate Small Business Committee Chairman Marco Rubio	03/13/20
G-Fee Coalition Letter	Congress	03/09/20
ICBA Request for Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Credit Union Purchases of Community Banks	Ways and Means Committee	01/29/20
ICBA Request for Financial Services Committee Hearing on Credit Union Purchases of Community Banks	Financial Services Committee	01/29/20
ICBA Request for Finance Committee Hearing on Credit Union Purchases of Community Banks	Committee on Finance	01/29/20
ICBA Request for Banking Committee Hearing on Credit Union Purchases of Community Banks	Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs	01/29/20
ICBA Letter in Support of H.R. 5574	Rep. Roger Williams	01/17/20
ICBA Input on Cannabis Banking	Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs	01/13/20
An Open Letter to Congress: Community Banks Focused on Achievable Bipartisan Solutions	116th Congress	01/06/20
Crop Insurance Coalition Budget Letter - FY21	Sec. Sonny Perdue and Acting Director Russell Vought	12/16/19
ICBA Markup Letter for the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2019	Rep. Maxine Waters and Rep. Patrick McHenry	12/11/19
ICBA Letter in Support of S. 2839	Sen. John Kennedy	12/05/19
ICBA Testimony for MDI Hearing	Congress	10/22/19
Open Letter to Congress	116th Congress	01/15/19
Letter to Farm Bill Conferees Urging Farm Bill Reconciliation	House, Senate Agriculture Committees	08/13/18
ICBA Letter in Support of Kimberly Reed For Ex-Im President	Senate Banking Committee	07/03/18
ICBA Thanks 67 Senators in Favor of S. 2155 Motion to Proceed	U.S. Senate	03/08/18
Vote YES on the Motion to Proceed to S. 2155	U.S. Senate	03/06/18
Support for Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act of 2018 (H.R. 4743)	House Small Business Committee	01/16/18
Industry Letter on Tax Reform	Senator Hatch	11/27/17
ICBA Letter In Support of S. 2116	United States Congress	11/20/17
ICBA Letter RE H.R. 1 Floor Version	United States Congress	11/16/17
ICBA Letter regarding Senate Tax Cuts and Jobs Act	Senate Finance Committee	11/16/17
ICBA, State Banking Trade Associations Support S.J. Res. 47	Senate	07/27/17