2024 KBA Board of Directors, Federal Affairs Committee and Bank Leaders of Kansas (BLOK) Class March on Washington, D.C. The KBA Board of Directors, members of the KBA Federal Affairs Committee and the 2024 KBA Bank Leaders of Kansas (BLOK) spent several days last week in the nation’s capital to lobby Kansas’ members of Congress and to visit with Federal banking regulators about issues of importance to the banking industry. The BLOK class started their visit with a guided night tour of Washington, D.C.’s memorials and monuments on Sunday evening, Sept. 15. Morning sessions began on Monday, Sept. 16, with an ABA 101 at the American Bankers Association’s new office and a panel with two of Kansas’ Congressional Chiefs of Staff. On Tuesday, Sept. 17, the entire group resumed meetings at the ABA office, having a dialogue with the FDIC, the OCC and the CFPB on regulatory priorities, including Section 1071 compliance, CRA modernization, credit card late fees, overdraft and NSF fees and modernizing deposit insurance. Bankers also heard a Farm Bill briefing from ABA staff and learned more about the new tax plan that is being drafted for whoever is the next president. On Wednesday, Sept. 18, a group of almost 60 bankers visited Capitol Hill to talk about the ACRE Act, the Farm Bill, the Credit Card Competition Act, the potential repeal of Section 1071 Small Business Reporting, and prohibiting selling mortgage trigger leads, among other issues. The trip concluded with an evening reception at the ABA Rooftop open to all Kansas Congressional Delegation members and their staff. The following are highlights from the trip. U.S. Senator Jerry Moran Kansas bankers met with Senator Jerry Moran in the Senate Appropriations Committee Room to express their thanks to the senator for his continued support of ACRE! They also discussed his efforts to repeal overreaching CFPB regulations, and his continued work on the development of a Farm Bill that addresses the financial conditions in the agricultural sector. 12
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