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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 31, 2009
TARP Executive Disclosure Act - Requires each chief executive officer of any financial institution that receives federal assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA), or other specified federal law, to report to the Secretary of the Treasury specified financial information required under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
Treats the Secretary as the designated agency ethics official for purposes of: (1) taking any action under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 with respect to any person who fails to file such a report, or who files a false report; (2) acting as custodian of, and providing public access, to reports filed under this Act; and (3) reviewing such reports.
Authorizes the Secretary, in addition to any other specified action against an individual who fails to comply with this reporting requirement, to terminate and require the repayment of the assistance provided to a financial institution which gave rise to the reporting requirement with respect to any of its senior executive officers.
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Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to carry out the Secretary's determination with respect to any assistance to the financial institution the Board or the FDIC provided.
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Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] · D–MD
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Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Referred to House Judiciary
Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Financial Services
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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