WASHINGTON — The House passed a bill Tuesday that would create a new bankruptcy system for large financial institutions.
The Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2016 was re-introduced this Congress and would amend the bankruptcy law for bank holding companies and large financial companies with more than $50 billion in financial assets.
"The potential failure of a financial institution is a burden that cannot be placed on the American people," Reps. Dave Trott, R-Mich., and co-sponsors Bob GoodLatte, R-Va., and Tom Marino, R-Pa., said in a statement referencing the resolution authority currently held by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
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Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., is readying a package of bills, one of which could provide financial tech firms with national standards, so that they wouldn't have to comply with the various state regulations.
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WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. should rethink the review process for big banks' resolution plans, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released Tuesday.
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The chairmen of the House and Senate banking committees appear to agree that banks that hold higher capital should get a significant break on other regulatory requirements. But the odds of enacting a bill this year remain long.
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Lawmakers said the bill will "ensure shareholders and creditors of a financial institution, not taxpayers, bear the risk and the losses associated with the failure of a financial institution" and "establishes a transparent, predictable process, overseen by an experienced bankruptcy judge, to handle the failure of financial institutions."
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, said that the legislation is a key component to a bill that he hopes to pass out of committee on Wednesday which would repeal Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act. Title II currently serves an alternative to bankruptcy and appoints the FDIC as receiver if a large financial institution becomes insolvent.
"Instead of ending 'too big to fail' and taxpayer-funded Wall Street bailouts, the Dodd-Frank Act enshrines them into law," Hensarling said, noting that the FDIC would be responsible for facilitating a wind-down.
