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Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017 [S.16]
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Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017 This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to complete, within 12 months, an audit of the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks. In addition, the bill allows the GAO to audit the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks with respect to: (1) international financial transactions; (2) deliberations, decisions, or actions on monetary policy matters; (3) transactions made under the direction of the Federal Open Market Committee; and (4) discussions or communications among Federal
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 01/03/2017
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Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017 [HB-24]
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Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to complete, within 12 months, an audit of the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks. In addition, the bill allows the GAO to audit the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks with respect to: (1) international financial transactions; (2) deliberations, decisions, or actions on monetary policy matters; (3) transactions made under the direction of the Federal Open Market Committee; and (4) discussions or communications
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Committee Consideration And Mark-up Session Held. Markup Report Cq on 03/28/2017
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Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 [HB-10]
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Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill repeals provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and other laws. Any rule that was issued or revised pursuant to a provision repealed by the bill is nullified. TITLE I--ENDING "TOO BIG TO FAIL" AND BANK BAILOUTS Subtitle A--Repeal of the Orderly Liquidation Authority (Sec. 111) The bill repeals the orderly liquidation authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The FDIC's orderly liquidation authority, as established under the Dodd-Frank Act, allows
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. Hearings Held. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 115-108. on 07/13/2017
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Pension, Endowment, and Mutual Fund Access to Banking Act [HB-2121]
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Pension, Endowment, and Mutual Fund Access to Banking Act This bill excludes, for purposes of calculating a custodial bank's supplementary leverage ratio, funds of a custodial bank that are deposited with certain central banks. ("Supplementary leverage ratio" is a capital adequacy measure that refers to the ratio of a banking organization's tier-one capital to its leverage exposure.) The amount of such funds shall be limited, as specified by the bill.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Reported (amended) By The Committee On Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-656. on 04/26/2018
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Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act [HB-1948]
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Small Bank Holding Company Relief Act This bill requires the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) to revise its Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement on Assessment of Financial and Managerial Factors (which allows smaller bank companies to have higher debt levels than are generally allowed). Specifically, the FRB must raise the consolidated asset threshold at which the statement applies from $1 billion to $10 billion.
Sponsored by: Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer
Introduced In House on 04/05/2017
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A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets, and for other purposes. [S.828]
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A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2B liquid assets, and for other purposes. This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require certain municipal obligations to be treated as level 2B liquid assets if they are investment grade, liquid, and readily marketable. Under current law, corporate debt securities and publicly traded common-equity shares, but not municipal obligations, may be treated as level 2B liquid assets (which
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 04/05/2017