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Latest Action: 07/10/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 commi Bill TextTo require the Secretary of the Treasury to take certain actions with regard to the Arab Bank, and for other purposes. 7/10/2007--Introduced. Arab Bank Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to release certain documents and information relating to the Arab Bank (other than those which would impede any federal criminal or civil investigation of the Bank). Directs the President to block certain Bank assets within the United States which shall be made available for payment of any terrorism-related judgment against the Bank. States that after any such judgment becomes final the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve System and the Comptroller of the Currency shall act to terminate any Bank branch or agency in the United States and to prohibit the Bank from maintaining any interest in any commercial lending company within the United States.
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Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Bill TextTo provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions, and for other purposes. 4/17/2008--Introduced. Bank and Thrift Regulatory Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to authorize the Comptroller of the Currency, in lieu of requirements relating to the ownership of capital stock in the national bank, to permit an individual to serve as a director of a national bank that has elected, or notified the Comptroller of its intention, to operate as a S corporation under the Internal Revenue Code. Authorizes the Comptroller to prescribe regulations that permit a national bank to be organized other than as a body corporate (that is, as an alternative business organization). Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act governing federal savings associations to: (1) increase their investment in small business investment companies from 1% to 5%; (2) permit investments in auto loans; (3) repeal the qualified thrift lender requirement [...] show full description
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Also tagged in: Administrative procedure, Bank capital, Bank loans, Bank management, Banks and banking, Business, Civil liberties, Congress, Congressional reporting requirements, Corporation taxes, Department of the Treasury, Executive departments, Fees, Finance, Government information, Government paperwork, Housing, Income tax, Interest, Investment banking, Investments, Law, Loans, Mortgages, Motor vehicles, NOW accounts, Right of privacy, Savings and loan associations, Small business, Taxation, Transportation
Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Bill TextTo provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions, and for other purposes. 4/17/2008--Introduced. Bank and Thrift Regulatory Relief Act of 2008 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to authorize the Comptroller of the Currency, in lieu of requirements relating to the ownership of capital stock in the national bank, to permit an individual to serve as a director of a national bank that has elected, or notified the Comptroller of its intention, to operate as a S corporation under the Internal Revenue Code. Authorizes the Comptroller to prescribe regulations that permit a national bank to be organized other than as a body corporate (that is, as an alternative business organization). Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act governing federal savings associations to: (1) increase their investment in small business investment companies from 1% to 5%; (2) permit investments in auto loans; (3) repeal the qualified thrift lender requirement [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Alien property, Arab countries, Bank examination, Claims, Compensation for victims of crime, Counterterrorism, Criminal justice, Damages, Expropriation, Finance, Foreign banks and banking, Foreign policy, Fund raising, Government information, Government paperwork, International affairs, International banking, International finance, Law, Licenses, Middle East and North Africa, Public records, Terrorism, Victims of terrorism
Latest Action: 07/10/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 commi Bill TextTo require the Secretary of the Treasury to take certain actions with regard to the Arab Bank, and for other purposes. 7/10/2007--Introduced. Arab Bank Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to release certain documents and information relating to the Arab Bank (other than those which would impede any federal criminal or civil investigation of the Bank). Directs the President to block certain Bank assets within the United States which shall be made available for payment of any terrorism-related judgment against the Bank. States that after any such judgment becomes final the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve System and the Comptroller of the Currency shall act to terminate any Bank branch or agency in the United States and to prohibit the Bank from maintaining any interest in any commercial lending company within the United States.
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