To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal obligations as level 2A liquid assets, and for other purposes.

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act with respect to the treatment of certain municipal obligations to direct the federal banking agencies to treat as a high-quality level 2A liquid asset any municipal obligation that is liquid, readily marketable, and investment grade as of the calculation date.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Comptroller of the Currency are directed to amend the rule titled "Liquidity Coverage Ratio: Liquidity Risk Measurement Standards; Final Rule" to implement this Act.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2209 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2209

 To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain 
    municipal obligations as level 2A liquid assets, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2015

 Mr. Messer (for himself, Mr. King of New York, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, 
  Mr. Stivers, Mr. Hultgren, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
  Capuano, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Moore, and Mr. Neugebauer) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain 
    municipal obligations as level 2A liquid assets, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 18 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1828) is amended--
            (1) by moving subsection (z) so that it appears after 
        subsection (y); and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(aa) Treatment of Certain Municipal Obligations.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of the final rule titled 
        `Liquidity Coverage Ratio: Liquidity Risk Measurement 
        Standards; Final Rule' (79 Fed. Reg. 61439; published October 
        10, 2014) (the `Final Rule') and any other regulation which 
        incorporates a definition of the term `high-quality liquid 
        asset', the appropriate Federal banking agencies shall treat a 
        municipal obligation that is both liquid and readily marketable 
        (as defined in the Final Rule) and investment grade as of the 
        calculation date as a high-quality liquid asset that is a level 
        2A liquid asset.
            ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
                    ``(A) Investment grade.--With respect to an 
                obligation, the term `investment grade' has the meaning 
                given that term under part 1 of title 12, Code of 
                Federal Regulations.
                    ``(B) Municipal obligation.--The term `municipal 
                obligation' means an obligation of a State or any 
                political subdivision thereof, or any agency or 
                instrumentality of a State or any political subdivision 
                thereof.''.
    (b) Amendment to Liquidity Coverage Ratio Regulations.--Not later 
than the end of the 3-month period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Comptroller 
of the Currency shall amend the final rule titled ``Liquidity Coverage 
Ratio: Liquidity Risk Measurement Standards; Final Rule'' (79 Fed. Reg. 
61439; published October 10, 2014) to implement the amendments made by 
this Act.
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