H.J. Res. 49 (119th)Bill Overview

Disapprove FDIC Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models

CRA DisapprovalFinance and Financial Sector|Finance and Financial Sector
Cosponsors
Support
Republican
Introduced
Feb 12, 2025
Discussions
Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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01 · The brief
CRA DisapprovalWhat this resolution actually does

This resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to reject a specific federal agency rule. If Congress passes the joint resolution and the President signs it, the named rule would be nullified and would have no force or effect. It also prevents the agency from issuing a new rule that is substantially the same unless Congress passes new legislation. The resolution is a formal disapproval that undoes that particular rule.

Rule targeted

The FDIC rule titled "Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models" published at 89 Fed. Reg. 64538 on August 7, 2024.

Issuing agency

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Passage rules

Under the Congressional Review Act, disapproval resolutions receive expedited consideration in the Senate and cannot be filibustered, so they need only a simple majority to pass; if both houses approve the joint resolution and the President signs it, the rule is blocked. These disapprovals must be acted on within a limited period after the rule was submitted to Congress.

This joint resolution uses the Congressional Review Act to disapprove and nullify the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation rule titled “Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models” (89 Fed.

Reg. 64538 (Aug 7, 2024)).

If enacted, the rule would have no force or effect.

Passage40/100

Content is narrow and procedurally straightforward, increasing plausibility, but final outcome hinges on chamber majorities and executive approval or veto risk.

CredibilityAligned

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill functions as a concise Congressional Review Act disapproval: it identifies the specific Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation rule and states that the rule shall have no force or effect under chapter 8 of title 5. The mechanism and integration with existing law are clear, but explanatory findings, fiscal acknowledgement, and attention to downstream or transitional matters are absent.

Contention68/100

Progressives emphasize consumer protection and bias prevention.

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
Likely helpedLikely burdened

These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.

Likely helped
  • Potential benefitReduces compliance costs for banks and AVM vendors by eliminating new quality-control requirements.
  • Potential benefitPreserves industry flexibility and innovation in developing and applying automated valuation technologies.
  • Potential benefitAvoids potential loan processing delays that additional AVM validation steps could introduce.
Likely burdened
  • Potential burdenRemoves FDIC oversight intended to ensure consistent quality control across automated valuation models.
  • Potential burdenCould increase the incidence of inaccurate valuations affecting lending decisions and credit risk.
  • Potential burdenMay raise potential losses to FDIC insurance if weaker valuations contribute to bank loan deterioration.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Progressives emphasize consumer protection and bias prevention.
Progressive20%

Likely opposed; views the FDIC rule as a consumer- and fairness-oriented safeguard for automated valuation models (AVMs).

Disapproval is seen as removing protections against biased or inaccurate valuations.

Some may accept congressional oversight in principle but not this rollback.

Likely resistant
Centrist50%

Mixed/uncertain.

Sees value in agency standards for AVM reliability, but also acknowledges congressional review of federal rules.

Would want clearer evidence of rule harms or benefits before full support.

Split reaction
Conservative85%

Likely supportive; views disapproval as limiting regulatory burden and agency overreach.

Considers nullifying the rule beneficial for industry flexibility and innovation in AVMs.

Prefers congressional check on financial regulators.

Leans supportive
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

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Floor

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President

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Law

Still ahead

Passage likelihood40/100

Content is narrow and procedurally straightforward, increasing plausibility, but final outcome hinges on chamber majorities and executive approval or veto risk.

Scope and complexity
24%
Scopenarrow
24%
Complexitylow
Why this could stall
  • Level of floor support in each chamber
  • Whether the President (or administration) would sign or veto
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

No vote history yet

The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.

06 · Go deeper

Go deeper than the headline read.

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Progressives emphasize consumer protection and bias prevention.

Content is narrow and procedurally straightforward, increasing plausibility, but final outcome hinges on chamber majorities and executive a…

Unlocked analysis

Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill functions as a concise Congressional Review Act disapproval: it identifies the specific Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation rule and states that the rule shall have…

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