S 576 · 106th Congress · Finance and Financial Sector

Financial Regulatory Relief and Economic Efficiency Act of 1999

Introduced 1999-03-10· Sponsored by Sen. Gramm, Phil [R-TX]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Enacted
Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 35.(1999-03-10)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Financial Regulatory Relief and Economic Efficiency Act of 1999 - Title I: Improving Monetary Policy and Financial Institution Management Practices - Amends the Federal Reserve Act (FRA) to permit interest payments on reserves maintained at a Federal reserve bank. (Sec. 102) Authorizes any depository institution, before January 1, 2001, to permit the owner of any interest- or dividend-bearing deposit or account to make up to 24 transfers per month, for any purpose, to another account of the owner in the same institution. Repeals the limitation on the authority of a depository institution to permit the owner of any deposit or account to make withdrawals by negotiable or transferable instruments for transfers to third parties. (Currently, the latter authority may be applied only with respect to the accounts of charitable, religious, and other nonprofit organizations, as well as to Federal, State, and local governments.) Amends the FRA, the Home Owners' Loan Act (HOLA), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to repeal the prohibition against interest or dividend payments on demand deposits. (Sec. 103) Amends HOLA to: (1) repeal savings association liquid asset and dividend notic…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

S. 576, Financial Regulatory Relief and Economic Efficiency Act of 1999

Feb 25, 1999

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on February 11, 1999

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