Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act

1984 United States law

(colloquial)SMMEAEnacted bythe 98th United States CongressCitationsPublic lawPub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 98–440Statutes at Large98 Stat. 1689Legislative history

Introduced in the Senate by Jake Garn (R-UT) on November 2, 1983
Committee consideration by Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, House Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House Energy and Commerce
Passed the Senate on February 9, 1984 (voice vote)
Passed the House on September 11, 1984 (voice vote)
Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 3, 1984

The Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984 (SMMEA) was an Act of Congress intended to improve the marketability of private label mortgage-backed security passthroughs.^[1] It is mentioned as a significant contributing factor in the subprime mortgage crisis.^[2]

It declared nationally recognized statistical rating organization (NRSRO) AA-rated mortgage-backed securities to be legal investments equivalent to Treasury securities and other federal government bonds for federally chartered banks (such as federal savings banks, federal savings associations, etc.), state-chartered financial institutions (such as depository banks and insurance companies) unless overridden by state law before October 1991 (of which 21 states did so),^[3] and Department of Labor-regulated pension funds.^[4]

References

^ Fabozzi & Modigliani 1992, p. 31.
^ Beer & Faulkner 2011, p. 50.
^ The 21 states that utilized the exemption provisions were Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.
^ Fabozzi & Modigliani 1992, p. 32.

Fabozzi, Frank J.; Modigliani, Franco (1992). Mortgage and Mortgage-backed Securities Markets. Harvard Business School Press. ISBN 0-87584-322-0.
Beer, Andrew; Faulkner, Debbie (2011). Housing Transitions Through The Life Course: Aspirations, Needs and Policy. Policy Press. ISBN 978-1-847-42428-0.

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