U.S. Congress - S.2856 Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006
S.2856 - Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006
An original bill to provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)
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- Short: Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006 as introduced.
- Short: Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006 as reported to senate.
- Short: Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006 as passed senate.
- Official: An original bill to provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions, and for other purposes. as introduced.
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5/25/2006--Passed Senate, without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries)(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006 - Title I: Broker Relief - (Sec. 101)Official Summary
5/25/2006--Passed Senate, without amendment. (There are 2 other summaries)
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)
Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006 - Title I: Broker Relief -
(Sec. 101)
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to implement by rule the statutory exceptions ("traditional banking activities") to the definition of "broker" subject to such Act.States that such rule supersedes any other proposed or final rules issued by the SEC on or after the definition of "broker" as enacted by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
Provides for expedited judicial review of any objections to the final rule by a federal banking agency.
Title II: Monetary Policy Provisions -
(Sec. 201)
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to:(1) authorize payment of interest on funds maintained by a depository institution at a Federal Reserve bank; and
(2) authorize the Federal Reserve Board to reduce to 0% the reserves required to be maintained by a depository institution against its transaction accounts. (The current requirement ranges from 3% to 14%).
Title III: National Bank Provisions -
(Sec. 301)
Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to allow cumulative voting by shareholders for directors of a national bank only if authorized by the bank's articles of association (thus repealing the current requirement of cumulative voting).(Sec. 302)
Repeals the statutory formula for determining when lawful national bank dividend declarations may be made. Allows national bank directors to declare a dividend of so much of the bank's undivided profits as they judge to be expedient.(Sec. 303)
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to repeal the prerequisite to a removal or suspension order by the Comptroller of the Currency concerning an institution-affiliated party (IAP) requiring a notice to provide for a hearing, and for the findings and conclusions of an administrative law judge to have been certified to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for final determination. (Thus repeals a limitation placed upon the removal authority of the Comptroller.)(Sec. 304)
Amends the Revised Statutes to repeal the prohibition against reduction of capital stock by a national bank if it would reduce the capital of the association below the amount required for its outstanding circulation.Title IV: Savings Association Provisions -
(Sec. 401)
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to extend their purview to savings associations (thereby exempting such associations from the same investment adviser and broker-dealer registration requirements as banks).(Sec. 402)
Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act (HOLA) to repeal special rules governing purchased mortgage servicing rights.(Sec. 403)
Considers a federal savings association to be a citizen only of the state in which its home office is located for purposes of determining federal court diversity jurisdiction.(Sec. 404)
Revises the conditions under which a savings association may make loans (up to a certain amount of the association's unimpaired capital and unimpaired surplus) to one borrower to develop domestic residential housing units. Repeals the limitation of the purchase price of each single family dwelling unit to $500,000.Title V: Credit Union Provisions -
(Sec. 501)
Amends the Federal Credit Union Act (FCUA) to allow military and civilian authorities responsible for buildings erected on federal property to extend real estate leases at minimal charge to credit unions that finance the construction of credit union facilities on federal land.(Sec. 502)
Increases the maturity date on Federal Credit Union loans from 12 years to 15 years or longer, as permitted by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board.(Sec. 503)
Permits a federal credit union to offer money transfer instruments, including international and domestic electronic fund transfers, to persons in the field of membership (currently limited to actual members).(Sec. 504)
Revises the meaning of net worth, with respect to prompt corrective action by a credit union, to include (in addition to the credit union's retained earnings balance) any amounts that were previously retained earnings of any other credit union with which the credit union has combined.Title VI: Depository Institution Provisions -
(Sec. 601)
Amends the FRA and the Bank Holding Company Act Amendments of 1970 to repeal specified reporting requirements regarding loans to bank executive officers and principal shareholders (insider lending).(Sec. 602)
Amends the Bank Service Company Act to permit savings association and bank investments in bank service companies.(Sec. 603)
Amends the Federal Reserve Act to repeal the limitation to nonmember banks of the authority to count as reserves the deposits in other banks "passed through" by those banks to the Federal Reserve as required reserve balances. (Thus extends such authority to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.)(Sec. 604)
Amends the FDIA to:(1) direct the federal banking agencies to reduce or eliminate mandatory reports of condition filed by insured depository institutions if the agency determines such reports are no longer appropriate;
(2) increase from $250 million to $500 million the maximum total assets of a depository institution eligible for 18-month (instead of annual) examinations;
(3) revises the application requirements for depository institution mergers to reduce to the Attorney General's report the number of competitive factor reports required; and
(4) provide that a depository institution does not waive its privileges by submitting information to a banking authority in the course of a regulatory procedure.
(Sec. 608)
Amends HOLA to prescribe conditions under which a federal savings association may convert to a national or state bank, including prior Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) approval for each bank if more than one national or state bank results from the conversion.(Sec. 609)
Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to exempt from its privacy policy disclosure requirements certified public accountants who are subject to state prohibitions against disclosure of nonpublic personal information without the knowing and expressed consent of the consumer.(Sec. 610)
Amends the Depository Institution Management Interlocks Act to increase from $20 million to $50 million the ceiling on the assets of a small depository institution exempt from the prohibition against depository institution management interlocks in the same metropolitan statistical area.Title VII: Banking Agency Provisions -
(Sec. 701)
Amends the National Bank Receivership Act and the FDIA to authorize a depository institution action for judicial review within 30 days of being placed in receivership or liquidation.(Sec. 702)
Allows the appropriate federal banking agency to enforce conditions imposed in writing and written agreements in which an IAP or controlling shareholder agrees to provide capital to the depository institution. Amends the FDIA to repeal the prohibition placed on claims against a federal banking agency for the return of certain assets transferred to an undercapitalized insured depository institution.(Sec. 703)
Amends the FDIA to extend cross guarantee liability to all insured depository institutions commonly controlled by the same company.(Sec. 704)
Amends the FDIA to authorize the FDIC to prohibit or limit a nonbank holding company's golden parachute payment or indemnification payments to IAPs.(Sec. 705)
Amends the FDIA regarding a change in bank control to cite conditions under which the appropriate federal banking agency may extend the period of review and disapproval of a proposed acquisition of an insured depository institution.(Sec. 706)
Amends the BHCA to authorize the Federal Reserve Board on case-by-case basis to waive the attribution rule which deems a bank holding company to control any shares of a company held by trustees for the benefit of the bank holding company or its shareholders, members, or employees.(Sec. 707)
Amends the FDIA and the FCUA to authorize interagency data sharing of confidential supervisory information by federal banking agencies.(Sec. 708)
Amends the FDIA and the FCUA to grant the appropriate regulatory agency the authority to suspend, remove, or prohibit an IAP charged with a felony from participating in the affairs of any depository institution.(Sec. 709)
Amends the International Banking Act of 1978 to cite circumstances in which compulsory disclosure by federal banking regulators is prohibited regarding confidential information received from foreign banking supervisors.(Sec. 710)
Amends the FDIA to prohibit individuals convicted of a criminal offense from participating in the affairs of either a bank holding company or specified corporations operating under the Federal Reserve Act.(Sec. 711)
Amends the FDIA to revise requirements governing the coordination of state examination authority.(Sec. 712)
Amends HOLA to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint a Deputy Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) to serve as Acting Director in the event of a vacancy in the position of Director or during the Director's absence or disability.Authorizes appointment of up to three additional Deputy Directors.
(Sec. 713)
Amends the International Lending Supervision Act of 1983 to include OTS among the federal bank regulatory agencies whose members are represented upon the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.(Sec. 714)
Amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to add the Chairman of the State Liaison Committee to the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.(Sec. 717)
Amends the FDIA to grant each of the federal banking agencies authority to enforce deposit insurance conditions.(Sec. 718)
Requires the consent of the conservator or receiver:(1) in connection with termination, acceleration, or declaration of default under any contract to which the depository institution is a party; or
(2) to obtain possession of or exercise control over any property of the institution or affect any of its contractual rights.
(Sec. 719)
Amends the the Fair Credit Reporting Act to permit a consumer reporting agency to furnish a consumer report to either the FDIC or the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) to facilitate the agency's role as conservator, receiver, or liquidating agent for an insured depository institution or insured credit union.(Sec. 720)
Amends the FDIA and the FCUA regarding supervised institutions to:(1) exempt FDIC and NCUA from prosecution for criminal acts committed by an institution prior to FDIC or NCUA appointment as receiver or liquidating agent;
(2) treat a determination by FDIC or NCUA for insurance coverage as a final agency action reviewable in district court;
(3) permit disposal of insured depository institution or credit union records after ten years; and
(4) treat electronically preserved FDIC and NCUA records as original records. (Sec. 727 ) Amends the BHCA to repeal the exclusion of certain savings banks and the Investors Fiduciary Trust Company of Kansas City, Missouri, from the meaning of "bank" covered by the Act (thus subjecting them to BHCA jurisdiction). Removes qualified savings banks from coverage by the Act.
(Sec. 728)
Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to prescribe a model privacy disclosure form to be used at the option of the financial institution.Title VIII: Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Amendments -
(Sec. 801)
Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exempt from federal regulatory oversight certain bad check enforcement programs operated by private entities under state regulatory oversight, if they meet specified requirements.Title IX: Cash Management Modernization -
(Sec. 901)
Amends federal law governing sureties and surety bonds to permit the use of any security designated acceptable by the Secretary of the Treasury in lieu of surety bonds, if such securities have a market value equal to or greater than the amount of the required surety bond.Title X: Studies and Reports -
(Sec. 1001)
Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on:(1) currency transaction reports;
(2) the impact made by diversity in size and overall complexity among financial institutions on regulatory oversight, efficiency, safety and soundness, and charter options for financial institutions; and
(3) the possible efficacy and efficiency of the consolidation of financial regulators, as well as charter simplification and homogenization.
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