US Congress Senate Bill 2160 (Prior Session Legislation)

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March 6 2012 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Pending: Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act - Amends the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 to require a federal financial institutions regulatory agency to make a final examination report to a financial institution within 60 days of the later of: (1) the exit interview for an examination of the institution, or (2) the provision of additional information by the institution relating to the examination. Sets a deadline for the exit interview if a financial institution is not subject to a resident examiner program. Sets forth examination standards for financial institutions. Prohibits federal financial institutions regulatory agencies from requiring a well capitalized financial institution to raise additional capital in lieu of an action prohibited by the examination standards. Establishes in the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council an Office of Examination Ombudsman. Grants a financial institution the right to appeal a material supervisory determination contained in a final report of examination. Requires the Ombudsman to determine the merits of the appeal on the record, after an opportunity for a hearing before an independent administrative law judge. Declares the decision by the Ombudsman on an appeal to: (1) be the final agency action, and (2) bind the agency whose supervisory determination was the subject of the appeal and the financial institution making the appeal. Amends the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 to require: (1) the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to establish an independent intra-agency appellate process in connection with the regulatory appeals process; and (2) appropriate safeguards to protect an insured depository institution or insured credit union from retaliation by the CFPB, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board, or any other federal banking agency for exercising its rights.

Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act

Sen Moran, Jerry	Sen Barrasso, John	Sen Boozman, John	Sen Chambliss, Saxby
Sen Collins, Susan M.	Sen Cornyn, John	Sen Enzi, Michael B.	Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey
Sen Inhofe, James M.	Sen Johanns, Mike	Sen Manchin, Joe, III	Sen Portman, Rob
Sen Roberts, Pat	Sen Thune, John	Sen Wicker, Roger F.

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

HB3461 (Related) 2012-02-01 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:SN02160:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112s2160is/pdf/BILLS-112s2160is.pdf