Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act
Sponsored By: Senator Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced
Summary
Expands liquidity and targeted capital for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). The bill strengthens the CDFI Bond Guarantee Program, broadens capitalization tools that let the CDFI Fund buy loans and provide credit support, and creates a Native CDFI relending set-aside to boost rural homeownership in Native communities.
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- CDFIs and lenders: Raises the baseline capitalization pool from $5 million to $20 million and removes the prior three-year activity cap. It lets the Fund buy loans, offer guarantees and loan-loss reserves to improve liquidity, and sets a minimum bond guarantee of $25 million with a $1.0 billion program-year cap.
- Native communities and Native CDFIs: Establishes a Native CDFI Relending Program with a set-aside up to $50.0 million per year for direct loans to Native CDFIs. It requires a 20 percent non-Federal cost share with waivers for qualifying borrowers, allows grants equal to 20 percent of a loan for operations, and funds outreach at $1.0 million per year for 2025–2027.
- Oversight and reporting: Requires Treasury testimony to congressional banking committees at chair discretion, a three-year effectiveness report on the bond program, and annual Treasury reports on Fund use and CDFI liquidity and competitiveness.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Home loans for Native communities
If enacted, this would create a Native CDFI Relending Program to increase home loans for members of Indian Tribes, Alaska Native communities, and Native Hawaiian communities. The Department would be able to set aside up to $50,000,000 per year for direct loans to Native CDFIs. Native CDFIs would generally need to match 20% of each loan, but the Secretary must waive that match for loans to priority borrowers on Tribal land. Eligible Native CDFIs could receive operational grants equal to 20% of the direct loan amount. The Secretary could use up to 3% for administration and $1,000,000 is authorized for each of FY2025, FY2026, and FY2027 for outreach and technical help. Recipient lenders would report yearly and the departments would evaluate the program within three years.
CDFI funding boost with new caps
If enacted, this would change several CDFI funding programs and how Treasury runs them. The CDFI bond guarantee would be extended to the later of four years after enactment or December 31, 2030, and guarantees could not be less than $25,000,000 per deal while total guarantees could not exceed $1,000,000,000 in any fiscal year. The bill would let the Fund buy CDFI loans, require that all proceeds from those buys go back into the Fund to make financial and technical assistance, raise a baseline grant reference from $5 million to $20 million, let the Fund set eligibility and prioritization criteria (not requiring CDFI certification), treat certain Housing and Community Development Act funds as federal for liquidity uses, and authorize Treasury to write implementing rules.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Daines, Steve [R-MT]
MT • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
VA • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
ID • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
MN • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Mike Rounds
SD • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ]
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
ID • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Charles Schumer
NY • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV]
WV • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Amy Klobuchar
MN • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
NE • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
NJ • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Roger Wicker
MS • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
John Hickenlooper
CO • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
MT • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
MD • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Dan Sullivan
AK • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
NY • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
DE • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Gary Peters
MI • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
CO • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Katie Britt
AL • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
OR • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
LA • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
IL • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
AK • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
ND • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
John Boozman
AR • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 2/26/2026
John Hoeven
ND • R
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD]
MD • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE]
DE • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
VA • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]
CA • D
Sponsored 4/27/2026
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