Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Banking and financial institutions regulation

Bill Introduced: S.888 A bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

2013-05-06T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide end user exemptions from certain provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Bill Introduced: S.872 Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013

2013-05-06T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to make the shareholder threshold for registration of savings and loan holding companies the same as for bank holding companies.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1779 Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2013

2013-04-25T20:00:00Z

To amend the Truth in Lending Act to modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1750 Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory Relief Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase individual savings, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.848 PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

A bill to promote transparency by permitting the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to allow its disciplinary proceedings to be open to the public, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1694 Money Remittances Improvement Act of 2013

2013-04-23T20:00:00Z

To allow the Secretary of the Treasury to rely on State examinations for certain financial institutions, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1706 Mortgage Settlement Monitoring Act of 2013

2013-04-23T20:00:00Z

To establish an Independent Monitor to maintain oversight of the settlement by mortgage servicing companies that were subject to enforcement actions for unsafe and unsound practices related to residential mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1693 To provide an exemption for community banks from the application of Basel III capital standards.

2013-04-23T20:00:00Z

To provide an exemption for community banks from the application of Basel III capital standards.

Bill Introduced: S.798 Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act

2013-04-23T20:00:00Z

A bill to address equity capital requirements for financial institutions, bank holding companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1679 To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify the application of that Act to American Samoa.

2013-04-22T20:00:00Z

To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify the application of that Act to American Samoa.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1627 Investment Adviser Examination Improvement Act of 2013

2013-04-17T20:00:00Z

To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to require certain investment advisers to pay fees to help cover the costs of inspecting and examining investment advisers under such Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1603 Mutual Community Bank Competitive Equality Act

2013-04-16T20:00:00Z

To support and promote community financial institutions in the mutual form, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1576 Dollar Bill Act of 2013

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

To stimulate the economy, provide for a sound United States dollar by defining a value for the dollar, to remove the authority of Federal Reserve banks to pay earnings on certain balances maintained at such banks, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.737 Basel III Impact Study Act

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

A bill to require the Federal banking agencies to conduct a quantitative impact study on the cumulative effect of the Basel III framework devised by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision before issuing final rules amending the agencies' general risk-based capital requirements for determining risk-weighted assets, as proposed in the Advanced Approaches Risk-Based Capital Rules Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the Standardized Approach for Risk-Weighted Assets Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, and the Implementation of Basel III, Minimum Regulatory Capital Ratios Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued in June 2012, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.731 Basel III Commonsense Approach for Small Entities Act

2013-04-15T20:00:00Z

A bill to require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to conduct an empirical impact study on proposed rules relating to the International Basel III agreement on general risk-based capital requirements, as they apply to community banks.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1554 Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

To restrict the use of offshore tax havens and abusive tax shelters to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1553 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

To improve the examination of depository institutions, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1566 Consumer Credit Access, Innovation, and Modernization Act

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

To create a Federal charter for Internet consumer credit corporations, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.727 Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act

2013-04-14T20:00:00Z

A bill to improve the examination of depository institutions, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1538 National Financial Literacy Act of 2013

2013-04-11T20:00:00Z

To provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers, and employees, and for other purposes.