6 2022 KBA Federal Affairs Committee and KBA’s Bank Leaders of Kansas (BLOK) Classes March on Washington, D.C. a Success! Members of the KBA Federal Affairs Committee, KBA officer, and KBA Bank Leaders of Kansas (BLOK) classes from 2020-2021 and 2022 spent several days — Sept. 19-23 — in our 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 group included two BLOK classes and the 20202021 BLOK class could finally attend despite the pandemic’s best efforts to keep them home! BLOK classes started their visit with a guided night tour of Washington, D.C., with morning sessions beginning on Monday, Sept. 19, at the American Bankers Association (ABA) and the U.S. Capitol. On Tuesday, Sept. 20, the group teamed up with KBA’s officer team and KBA Federal Affairs committee and spent time with the OCC, FDIC and CFPB on regulatory priorities, including Overdraft Programs, CRA Modernization, and Climate Risk Management. On Wednesday, Sept. 21, almost 60 bankers visited Capitol Hill to talk about ECORA, Section 1071 Small Business Reporting relief, and Credit Card Interchange and Routing Mandates. The trip concluded with a networking evening reception open to all our Congressional Delegation members and their staff. U.S. Senator Jerry Moran U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, who serves on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, reaffirmed his support for several KBA initiatives during a briefing with the Senator on Capitol Hill. U.S. Senator Roger Marshall U.S. Senator Roger Marshall provided his perspective on headwinds threatening the U.S. economy during a special briefing for Kansas bankers hosted in the U.S. Senate Russell Office Building. KBA Chairman Shan Hanes and CFPB Director Chopra KBA Chairman Shan Hanes stressed the need for a broader community bank exemption from the CFPB’s 1071 Small Business Reporting Rule to CFPB Director Rohit Chopra.
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