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Too Big To Fail, Too Big To Exist Act [HB-2600]
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Too Big To Fail, Too Big To Exist Act This bill directs the Financial Stability Oversight Council to compile and submit to the Secretary of the Treasury a list of entities that the Council deems Too Big To Fail (List), including U.S. bank holding companies the Financial Stability Board has identified as systemically important banks. The Secretary of the Treasury shall: (1) submit the List to Congress and the President, and (2) break up entities on the List so that their failure would no longer cause a catastrophic effect upon the U.S. or global
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Lieu
Introduced In House on 06/01/2015
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Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-2029]
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Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (Sec. 3) Provides that references to "this Act" included in any division refer only to the provisions of the division unless the bill expressly provides otherwise. (Sec. 4) Provides that the explanatory statement printed in the Congressional Record regarding this bill has the same effect as a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference. (Sec. 5) Provides that the sums in this bill are appropriated for FY2016. (Sec. 6) Provides that amounts designated
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Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Dent
Considered As Unfinished Business (consideration: Cr H10696) on 12/18/2015
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To repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. [HB-171]
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To repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Repeals the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Revives or restores the provisions of law amended by such Act as if it had not been enacted.
Sponsored by: Rep. Adrian Smith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 01/26/2015
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Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-1550]
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Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2015 Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to require the Financial Stability Oversight Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), including prudential standards, to consider the appropriateness of imposing such standards as opposed to other forms of regulation to mitigate identified risks to U.S. financial stability. Directs the Council to: (1) reevaluate annually
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gerald Connolly
Reported By The Committee On Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-871. on 12/12/2016
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Policyholder Protection Act of 2015 [HB-1478]
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Policyholder Protection Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to declare that any action of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) that requires a bank holding company to provide funds or other assets to a subsidiary depository institution is neither effective nor enforceable with respect to a savings and loan holding company that is also an insurance company, an affiliate of an insured depository institution that is an insurance company, or any other company that is an insurance company and directly or
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rod Blum
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 11/17/2015
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To clarify that funding for the Securities Investor Protection Corporation is not subject to the sequester. [HB-1049]
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To clarify that funding for the Securities Investor Protection Corporation is not subject to the sequester. Makes any sequestration ordered by the President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) inapplicable to funding of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Himes
Introduced In House on 02/24/2015
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Let the GSEs Pay Us Back Act of 2015 [HB-1036]
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Let the GSEs Pay Us Back Act of 2015 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and any affiliate, and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and any affiliate (government sponsored enterprises or GSEs), with each GSE acting through an appointed conservator, to enter into an agreement that modifies the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement for the GSE to provide that: (1) any Senior Preferred Stock purchased under the Agreement by the Treasury shall not accrue further dividends; and
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Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Capuano
Introduced In House on 02/24/2015
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A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023. [SCR-14]
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Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2014, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2014-FY2023. Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2014-FY2023 with respect to: (1) federal revenues, (2) new budget authority, (3) budget outlays, (4) deficits, (5) public debt, and (6) debt held by the public. Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (Social
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Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul
Referred To The Committee On The Budget. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2846-2852) on 04/22/2013
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TBTF Act [S.798]
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Terminating Bailouts for Taxpayer Fairness Act of 2013 or TBTF Act - Requires federal banking agencies to establish capital requirements for the ratio of equity capital to total consolidated assets for all financial institutions. Prohibits such requirements from requiring a financial institution with more than $50 billion in total consolidated assets to have a ratio of less than 8% of equity capital to total consolidated assets. Requires the equity capital requirement for a financial institution with $50 billion or less in total consolidated assets
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Subcommittee On Financial Institutions And Consumer Protection. Hearings Held. on 01/08/2014
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Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act [S.685]
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Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) submit to Congress, within 90 days after enactment of this Act, a list of all commercial banks, investment banks, hedge funds, and insurance companies that the Secretary believes are too big to fail ("Too Big To Fail List"), including, but not limited to, any U.S. bank holding companies identified by the Financial Stability Board as systemically important banks; and (2) break up entities on the list so that their failure would no longer cause a catastrophic effect
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 04/09/2013
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Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act [S.554]
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Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require: (1) biennial (currently annual) budget resolutions, (2) biennial appropriations Acts, and (3) biennial government strategic and performance plans. Defines the budget biennium as the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on October 1 of any odd-numbered year. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) determine the impact and feasibility of changing the definition of a fiscal year and the budget process based on that
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Budget. on 03/13/2013
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Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act [S.474]
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Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act with respect to the prohibition against certain federal assistance to swaps entities, namely the use of any advances from specified Federal Reserve credit facilities or discount windows, or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance or guarantees, for the purpose of: (1) making any loan to, or purchasing any stock, equity interest, or debt obligation of, any swaps entity; (2) purchasing the assets of any swaps entity; (3) guaranteeing
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Warner
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 03/06/2013
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Job Preservation and Economic Certainty Act of 2013 [S.277]
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Job Preservation and Economic Certainty Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to revise discretionary spending limits for FY2012-FY2021. Repeals the requirement that the President order a sequestration for FY2013. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million to pay a minimum tax rate of 30% of the excess of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income over the taxpayer's modified charitable contribution deduction for the taxable year; (2)
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Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/11/2013
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Financial Takeover Repeal Act of 2013 [S.20]
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Financial Takeover Repeal Act of 2013 - Repeals the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Revives or restores the provisions of law amended by such Act as if it had not been enacted.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/27/2013
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014 [S.1371]
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for FY2014 to the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices, (2) department-wide systems and capital investments programs, (3) the Office of Inspector General, (4) the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, (5) the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), (6) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, (7) the Alcohol
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Committee On Appropriations Senate Subcommittee On Financial Services And General Government. Hearings Held Prior To Introduction And/or Referral. Hearings Printed: S.hrg. 113-417. on 09/11/2013
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Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act [HB-992]
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Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act with respect to the prohibition against certain federal assistance to swaps entities, namely the use of any advances from specified Federal Reserve credit facilities or discount windows, or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance or guarantees, for the purpose of: (1) making any loan to, or purchasing any stock, equity interest, or debt obligation of, any swaps entity; (2) purchasing the assets of any swaps entity; (3) guaranteeing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 10/31/2013
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Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 [HB-83]
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Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish within the Empowering Insular Communities activity a team of technical, policy, and financial experts to: (1) develop an energy action plan addressing the energy needs of each of the insular areas (American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) and Freely Associated States (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau); and (2) assist each of the insular areas and Freely Associated States in implementing
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregorio Sablan
Became Public Law No: 113-235. on 12/16/2014
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To require a report on procurement supply chain vulnerabilities within the Department of Defense. [HB-5855]
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Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to report to Congress regarding how sole source suppliers of components to the DOD procurement supply chain create vulnerabilities to military attack, terrorism, natural disaster, industrial shock, financial crisis, or geopolitical crisis, such as an embargo of key raw materials or industrial inputs. Requires the report to include: (1) a list of the supply chain components for which there is a supplier that controls over 50% of the global market; (2) a list of parts of the supply chain where there is inadequate
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alan Grayson
Referred To The House Committee On Armed Services. on 12/11/2014
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SAVE for Small Businesses Act [HB-5427]
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SAVE for Small Businesses Act or the Savings Accounts for a Variable Economy for Small Businesses Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for tax-exempt small business savings accounts. Allows tax deductible contributions to such accounts of not more than 10% of the gross profits of an eligible small business (persons employing an average of 50 or fewer full-time employees) for the preceding taxable year. Excludes qualified distributions from such accounts from gross income for income tax purposes. Defines "qualified distribution" as:
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Sponsored by: Rep. Timothy Bishop
Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 09/09/2014
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Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2014 [HB-5180]
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Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to subject the Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council) to the Administrative Procedure Act. Requires the Council to make publicly available any final report study or analysis it has prepared, unless exempt from disclosure. Requires the Council, when determining whether to subject a U.S. or a foreign nonbank financial company to supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and to prudential standards, to consider
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Delaney
Referred To The House Committee On Financial Services. on 07/23/2014