A bill to require the Federal Reserve to make certain changes to the small bank holding company policy statement on assessment of financial and managerial factors, and for other purposes.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jul 30, 2014
Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to publish in the Federal Register proposed revisions to the Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement on Assessment of Financial and Managerial Factors applying the policy to bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies which have pro forma consolidated assets of less than $1 billion, and which:
are not engaged in significant nonbanking activities either directly or through a nonbank subsidiary;
do not conduct significant off-balance sheet activities (including securitization, asset management or administration) either directly or through a nonbank subsidiary; and
do not have a material amount of outstanding debt or equity securities, other than trust preferred securities, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Authorizes the Board, however, to exclude any bank holding company or savings and loan holding company from the policy statement if that is warranted for supervisory purposes.
Source last updated: Jan 14, 2025. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
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