H.J. Res. 52 (119th)Bill Overview

Disapprove the Federal Housing Finance Agency Quality Control Standards for Aut…

CRA DisapprovalHousing and Community Development|Housing and Community Development
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Republican
Introduced
Feb 12, 2025
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Current stageCommittee

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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01 · The brief
Plain-English summaryWhat this bill actually does

This joint resolution uses the Congressional Review Act (chapter 8, title 5, U.S. Code) to disapprove and nullify the Federal Housing Finance Agency rule titled "Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models" (89 Fed. Reg. 64538, Aug. 7, 2024).

Why people may split

Progressives emphasize consumer protections and anti-bias rules

Watch point

Single-issue, procedurally simple in House; political alignment and member incentives determine outcome.

This joint resolution uses the Congressional Review Act (chapter 8, title 5, U.S. Code) to disapprove and nullify the Federal Housing Finance Agency rule titled "Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models" (89 Fed.

Reg. 64538, Aug. 7, 2024).

If enacted, the rule would be without force or effect and Congress would bar reissuing a substantially similar rule under CRA provisions.

Passage40/100

Narrow, low-cost repeal increases feasibility, but lack of compromise language and partisan tendencies lower the chance of bicameral approval.

CredibilityPartial

How solid the drafting looks.

Contention70/100

Progressives emphasize consumer protections and anti-bias rules

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

Likely benefits vs burdens50% / 50%
LendersFederal agencies · Taxpayers

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

Likely helped
  • LendersReduces compliance costs for lenders and AVM vendors who would have implemented the FHFA standards.
  • Potential benefitPreserves operational flexibility for mortgage originators and vendors to use varied valuation methods.
  • Potential benefitMay lower some mortgage origination costs and fees that could have risen from new compliance burdens.
Likely burdened
  • Federal agenciesRemoves federal quality controls intended to improve AVM accuracy and valuation reliability.
  • Potential burdenCould increase valuation errors, affecting loan pricing, underwriting, and credit availability.
  • TaxpayersMay raise risks to government-sponsored enterprises and taxpayers from inaccurate collateral valuations.
03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

Progressives emphasize consumer protections and anti-bias rules
Progressive10%

Likely opposes the resolution as removing necessary federal oversight of AVMs.

Views the FHFA rule as consumer protection, bias mitigation, and market-stability measures.

Sees nullification as rolling back safeguards for borrowers and fairness in housing finance.

Likely resistant
Centrist45%

Views the resolution with caution: supportive of oversight but concerned about regulatory cost, clarity, and technical feasibility.

Wants clearer cost-benefit analysis and targeted, proportionate standards rather than broad, prescriptive rules.

Split reaction
Conservative85%

Likely supports the resolution as a check on regulatory overreach.

Views the FHFA rule as burdensome, costly, and likely to stifle AVM innovation and private-sector efficiency.

Prefers market-driven standards or lighter supervisory guidance.

Leans supportive
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Floor

Still ahead

President

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Passage likelihood40/100

Narrow, low-cost repeal increases feasibility, but lack of compromise language and partisan tendencies lower the chance of bicameral approval.

Scope and complexity
24%
Scopenarrow
24%
Complexitylow
Why this could stall
  • Level of organized stakeholder support or opposition
  • Absent cost or agency justification details in bill text
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

No vote history yet

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06 · Go deeper

Go deeper than the headline read.

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Progressives emphasize consumer protections and anti-bias rules

Narrow, low-cost repeal increases feasibility, but lack of compromise language and partisan tendencies lower the chance of bicameral approv…

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