HR 2600 · 114th Congress · Finance and Financial Sector

Too Big To Fail, Too Big To Exist Act

Introduced 2015-06-01· Sponsored by Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.(2015-06-01)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist Act This bill directs the Financial Stability Oversight Council to compile and submit to the Secretary of the Treasury a list of entities that the Council deems Too Big To Fail (List), including U.S. bank holding companies the Financial Stability Board has identified as systemically important banks. The Secretary of the Treasury shall: (1) submit the List to Congress and the President, and (2) break up entities on the List so that their failure would no longer cause a catastrophic effect upon the U.S. or global economy without a taxpayer bailout. Any entity on the List may not use or have access to advances from any Federal Reserve credit facility, the Federal Reserve discount window, or any program or facility made available under the Federal Reserve Act, including asset purchases, temporary or bridge loans, government investments in debt or equity, or capital injections from any federal institution. No insured depository institution on the List, nor any entity that owns one, may use insured deposit amounts to fund: any activity relating to hedging that is not directly related to commercial banking activity at the insured bank, any use of derivati…

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Cosponsors (2)

2 Democrats