Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 12 : Section 1821


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1821. Insurance Funds

    (a) Deposit insurance
      (1) Insured amounts payable. - 
        (A) In general. - The Corporation shall insure the deposits of
      all insured depository institutions as provided in this chapter.
        (B) Net amount of insured deposit. - The net amount due to any
      depositor at an insured depository institution shall not exceed
      $100,000 as determined in accordance with subparagraphs (C) and
      (D).
        (C) Aggregation of deposits. - For the purpose of determining
      the net amount due to any depositor under subparagraph (B), the
      Corporation shall aggregate the amounts of all deposits in the
      insured depository institution which are maintained by a
      depositor in the same capacity and the same right for the benefit
      of the depositor either in the name of the depositor or in the
      name of any other person, other than any amount in a trust fund
      described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 1817(i) of this
      title or any funds described in section 1817(i)(3) of this title.
        (D) Coverage on pro rata or "pass-through" basis. - 
          (i) In general. - Except as provided in clause (ii), for the
        purpose of determining the amount of insurance due under
        subparagraph (B), the Corporation shall provide deposit
        insurance coverage with respect to deposits accepted by any
        insured depository institution on a pro rata or "pass-through"
        basis to a participant in or beneficiary of an employee benefit
        plan (as defined in subsection (a)(8)(B)(ii) of this section),
        including any eligible deferred compensation plan described in
        section 457 of title 26.
          (ii) Exception. - After the end of the 1-year period
        beginning on December 19, 1991, the Corporation shall not
        provide insurance coverage on a pro rata or "pass-through"
        basis pursuant to clause (i) with respect to deposits accepted
        by any insured depository institution which, at the time such
        deposits are accepted, may not accept brokered deposits under
        section 1831f of this title.
          (iii) Coverage under certain circumstances. - Clause (ii)
        shall not apply with respect to any deposit accepted by an
        insured depository institution described in such clause if, at
        the time the deposit is accepted - 
            (I) the institution meets each applicable capital standard;
          and
            (II) the depositor receives a written statement from the
          institution that such deposits at such institution are
          eligible for insurance coverage on a pro rata or
          "pass-through" basis.

      (2)(A) Notwithstanding any limitation in this chapter or in any
    other provision of law relating to the amount of deposit insurance
    available for the account of any one depositor, in the case of a
    depositor who is - 
        (i) an officer, employee, or agent of the United States having
      official custody of public funds and lawfully investing or
      depositing the same in time and savings deposits in an insured
      depository institution;
        (ii) an officer, employee, or agent of any State of the United
      States, or of any county, municipality, or political subdivision
      thereof having official custody of public funds and lawfully
      investing or depositing the same in time and savings deposits in
      an insured depository institution in such State;
        (iii) an officer, employee, or agent of the District of
      Columbia having official custody of public funds and lawfully
      investing or depositing the same in time and savings deposits in
      an insured depository institution in the District of Columbia;
        (iv) an officer, employee, or agent of the Commonwealth of
      Puerto Rico, of the Virgin Islands, of American Samoa, of the
      Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or of Guam, or of any
      county, municipality, or political subdivision thereof having
      official custody of public funds and lawfully investing or
      depositing the same in time and savings deposits in an insured
      depository institution in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
      Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the
      Pacific Islands, or Guam, respectively; or
        (v) an officer, employee, or agent of any Indian tribe (as
      defined in section 1452(c) of title 25) or agency thereof having
      official custody of tribal funds and lawfully investing or
      depositing the same in time and savings deposits in an insured
      depository institution;

    such depositor shall, for the purpose of determining the amount of
    insured deposits under this subsection, be deemed a depositor in
    such custodial capacity separate and distinct from any other
    officer, employee, or agent of the United States or any public unit
    referred to in clause (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) and the deposit of
    any such depositor shall be insured in an amount not to exceed
    $100,000 per account in an amount not to exceed $100,000 per
    account.(!1)

      (B) The Corporation may limit the aggregate amount of funds that
    may be invested or deposited in deposits in any insured depository
    institution by any depositor referred to in subparagraph (A) of
    this paragraph on the basis of the size of any such bank (!2) in
    terms of its assets: Provided, however, such limitation may be
    exceeded by the pledging of acceptable securities to the depositor
    referred to in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph when and where
    required.

      (3) Certain retirement accounts. - 
        (A) In general. - Notwithstanding any limitation in this
      chapter relating to the amount of deposit insurance available for
      the account of any 1 depositor, deposits in an insured depository
      institution made in connection with - 
          (i) any individual retirement account described in section
        408(a) of title 26;
          (ii) subject to the exception contained in paragraph
        (1)(D)(ii), any eligible deferred compensation plan described
        in section 457 of title 26; and
          (iii) any individual account plan defined in section 1002(34)
        of title 29, and any plan described in section 401(d) of title
        26, to the extent that participants and beneficiaries under
        such plan have the right to direct the investment of assets
        held in individual accounts maintained on their behalf by the
        plan,

      shall be aggregated and insured in an amount not to exceed
      $100,000 per participant per insured depository institution.
        (B) Amounts taken into account. - For purposes of subparagraph
      (A), the amount aggregated for insurance coverage under this
      paragraph shall consist of the present vested and ascertainable
      interest of each participant under the plan, excluding any
      remainder interest created by, or as a result of, the plan.

      (4) General provisions relating to funds. - 
        (A) Maintenance and use of funds. - The Bank Insurance Fund
      established under paragraph (5) and the Savings Association
      Insurance Fund established under paragraph (6) shall each be - 
          (i) maintained and administered by the Corporation;
          (ii) maintained separately and not commingled; and
          (iii) used by the Corporation to carry out its insurance
        purposes in the manner provided in this subsection.

        (B) Limitation on use. - Notwithstanding any provision of law
      other than section 1823(c)(4)(G) of this title, the Bank
      Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance Fund shall
      not be used in any manner to benefit any shareholder or affiliate
      (other than an insured depository institution that receives
      assistance in accordance with the provisions of this chapter) of
      - 
          (i) any insured depository institution for which the
        Corporation or the Resolution Trust Corporation has been
        appointed conservator or receiver, in connection with any type
        of resolution by the Corporation or the Resolution Trust
        Corporation;
          (ii) any other insured depository institution in default or
        in danger of default, in connection with any type of resolution
        by the Corporation or the Resolution Trust Corporation; or
          (iii) any insured depository institution, in connection with
        the provision of assistance under this section or section 1823
        of this title with respect to such institution, except that
        this clause shall not prohibit any assistance to any insured
        depository institution that is not in default, or that is not
        in danger of default, that is acquiring (as defined in section
        1823(f)(8)(B) of this title) another insured depository
        institution.

      (5) Bank insurance fund. - 
        (A) Establishment. - There is established a fund to be known as
      the Bank Insurance Fund.
        (B) Transfer to fund. - On August 9, 1989, the Permanent
      Insurance Fund shall be dissolved and all assets and liabilities
      of the Permanent Insurance Fund shall be transferred to the Bank
      Insurance Fund.
        (C) Uses. - The Bank Insurance Fund shall be available to the
      Corporation for use with respect to Bank Insurance Fund members.
        (D) Deposits. - All amounts assessed against Bank Insurance
      Fund members by the Corporation shall be deposited into the Bank
      Insurance Fund.

      (6) Savings association insurance fund. - 
        (A) Establishment. - There is established a fund to be known as
      the Savings Association Insurance Fund.
        (B) Uses. - The Savings Association Insurance Fund shall be
      available to the Corporation for use with respect to Savings
      Association Insurance Fund members.
        (C) Deposits. - All amounts assessed against Savings
      Association Insurance Fund members which are not required for the
      Financing Corporation, the Resolution Funding Corporation, or the
      FSLIC Resolution Fund shall be deposited in the Savings
      Association Insurance Fund.
        (D) Treasury payments to fund. - To the extent of the
      availability of amounts provided in appropriation Acts and
      subject to subparagraphs (E) and (G), the Secretary of the
      Treasury shall pay to the Savings Association Insurance Fund such
      amounts as may be needed to pay losses incurred by the Fund in
      fiscal years 1994 through 1998.
        (E) Certification conditions on availability of funding. - No
      amount appropriated for payments by the Secretary of the Treasury
      in accordance with subparagraph (D) for any fiscal year may be
      expended unless the Chairperson of the Board of Directors
      certifies to the Congress, at any time before the beginning of or
      during such fiscal year, that - 
          (i) such amount is needed to pay for losses which have been
        incurred or can reasonably be expected to be incurred by the
        Savings Association Insurance Fund;
          (ii) the Board of Directors has determined that - 
            (I) Savings Association Insurance Fund members, in the
          aggregate, are unable to pay additional semiannual
          assessments under section 1817(b) of this title at the
          assessment rates which would be required in order to cover,
          from such additional assessments, losses which have been
          incurred or can reasonably be expected to be incurred by the
          Fund without adversely affecting the ability of such members
          to raise and maintain capital or to maintain the members'
          assessment base; and
            (II) an increase in the assessment rates for Savings
          Association Insurance Fund members to cover such losses could
          reasonably be expected to result in greater losses to the
          Government;

          (iii) the Board of Directors has determined that - 
            (I) Savings Association Insurance Fund members, in the
          aggregate, are unable to pay additional semiannual
          assessments under section 1817(b) of this title at the
          assessment rates which would be required in order to meet the
          repayment schedule required under section 1824(c) of this
          title for any amount borrowed under section 1824(a) of this
          title to cover losses which have been incurred or can
          reasonably be expected to be incurred by the Fund without
          adversely affecting the ability of such members to raise and
          maintain capital or to maintain the members' assessment base;
          and
            (II) an increase in the assessment rates for Savings
          Association Insurance Fund members to meet any such repayment
          schedule could reasonably be expected to result in greater
          losses to the Government;

          (iv) as of the date of certification, the Corporation has in
        effect procedures designed to ensure that the activities of the
        Savings Association Insurance Fund and the affairs of any
        Savings Association Insurance Fund member for which a
        conservator or receiver has been appointed are conducted in an
        efficient manner and the Corporation is in compliance with such
        procedures;
          (v) with respect to the most recent audit of the Savings
        Association Insurance Fund by the Comptroller General of the
        United States before the date of the certification - 
            (I) the Corporation has taken or is taking appropriate
          action to implement any recommendation made by the
          Comptroller General; or
            (II) no corrective action is necessary or appropriate;

          (vi) the Corporation has provided for the appointment of a
        chief financial officer who - 
            (I) does not have other operating responsibilities;
            (II) will report directly to the Chairperson of the
          Corporation; and
            (III) will have such authority and duties of chief
          financial officers under section 902 of title 31 as the Board
          of Directors of the Corporation determines to be appropriate
          with respect to the Corporation;

          (vii) the Corporation has provided for the appointment of a
        senior officer whose responsibilities shall include setting
        uniform standards for contracting and contracting enforcement
        in connection with the administration of the Fund;
          (viii) the Corporation is implementing the minority outreach
        provisions mandated by section 1833e of this title;
          (ix) the Corporation has provided for the appointment of a
        senior attorney, at the assistant general counsel level or
        above, responsible for professional liability cases; and
          (x) the Corporation has improved the management of legal
        services by - 
            (I) utilizing staff counsel when such utilization would
          provide the same level of quality in legal services as the
          use of outside counsel at the same or a lower estimated cost;
          and
            (II) employing outside counsel only if the use of outside
          counsel would provide the most practicable, efficient, and
          cost-effective resolution to the action and only under a
          negotiated fee, contingent fee, or competitively bid fee
          agreement.

        (F) Availability of rtc funding. - At any time before the end
      of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the termination of
      the Resolution Trust Corporation, the Secretary of the Treasury
      shall provide, out of funds appropriated to the Resolution Trust
      Corporation pursuant to section 1441a(i)(3) of this title and not
      expended by the Resolution Trust Corporation, to the Savings
      Association Insurance Fund, for any year such amounts as are
      needed by the Fund and are not needed by the Resolution Trust
      Corporation, if the Chairperson of the Board of Directors has
      certified to the Congress that - 
          (i) such amount is needed to pay for losses which have been
        incurred or can reasonably be expected to be incurred by the
        Savings Association Insurance Fund;
          (ii) the Board of Directors has determined that - 
            (I) Savings Association Insurance Fund members, in the
          aggregate, are unable to pay additional semiannual
          assessments under section 1817(b) of this title at the
          assessment rates which would be required in order to cover,
          from such additional assessments, losses which have been
          incurred or can reasonably be expected to be incurred by the
          Savings Association Insurance Fund without adversely
          affecting the ability of such members to raise and maintain
          capital or to maintain the members' assessment base; and
            (II) an increase in the assessment rates for Savings
          Association Insurance Fund members to cover such losses could
          reasonably be expected to result in greater losses to the
          Government;

          (iii) the Board of Directors has determined that - 
            (I) Savings Association Insurance Fund members, in the
          aggregate, are unable to pay additional semiannual
          assessments under section 1817(b) of this title at the
          assessment rates which would be required in order to meet the
          repayment schedule required under section 1824(c) of this
          title for any amount borrowed under section 1824(a) of this
          title to cover losses which have been incurred or can
          reasonably be expected to be incurred by the Savings
          Association Insurance Fund without adversely affecting the
          ability of such members to raise and maintain capital or to
          maintain such members' assessment base; and
            (II) an increase in the assessment rates for Savings
          Association Insurance Fund members to meet any such repayment
          schedule could reasonably be expected to result in greater
          losses to the Government;

          (iv) the Corporation has provided for the appointment of a
        chief financial officer who - 
            (I) does not have other operating responsibilities;
            (II) will report directly to the Chairperson of the
          Corporation; and
            (III) will have such authority and duties of chief
          financial officers under section 902 of title 31 as the Board
          of Directors of the Corporation determines to be appropriate
          with respect to the Corporation;

          (v) the Corporation has provided for the appointment of a
        senior officer whose responsibilities shall include setting
        uniform standards for contracting and contracting enforcement
        in connection with the administration of the Fund;
          (vi) the Corporation is implementing the minority outreach
        provisions mandated by section 1833e of this title;
          (vii) the Corporation has provided for the appointment of a
        senior attorney, at the assistant general counsel level or
        above, responsible for professional liability cases; and
          (viii) the Corporation has improved the management of legal
        services by - 
            (I) utilizing staff counsel when such utilization would
          provide the same level of quality in legal services as the
          use of outside counsel at the same or a lower estimated cost;
          and
            (II) employing outside counsel only if the use of outside
          counsel would provide the most practicable, efficient, and
          cost-effective resolution to the action and only under a
          negotiated fee, contingent fee, or competitively bid fee
          agreement.

        (G) Exception to subparagraph (d). - Notwithstanding
      subparagraph (D), no payment may be made pursuant to such
      subparagraphs after the Savings Association Insurance Fund
      achieves a reserve ratio of 1.25 percent.
        (H) Appearance upon request. - The Secretary of the Treasury
      and the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal
      Deposit Insurance Corporation shall appear before the Committee
      on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of
      Representatives or the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
      Affairs of the Senate, upon the request of the chairman of the
      committee, to report on any certification made to the Congress
      under subparagraph (E) or (F).
        (I) Borrowing authority. - 
          (i) In general. - The Corporation may borrow from the Federal
        home loan banks, with the concurrence of the Federal Housing
        Finance Board, such funds as the Corporation considers
        necessary for the use of the Savings Association Insurance
        Fund.
          (ii) Terms and conditions. - Any loan from any Federal home
        loan bank under clause (i) to the Savings Association Insurance
        Fund shall - 
            (I) bear a rate of interest of not less than such bank's
          current marginal cost of funds, taking into account the
          maturities involved;
            (II) be adequately secured, as determined by the Federal
          Housing Finance Board;
            (III) be a direct liability of such Fund; and
            (IV) be subject to the limitations of section 1825(c) of
          this title.

        (J) Authorization of appropriations. - Subject to subparagraph
      (E), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of
      the Treasury, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the
      provisions of subparagraph (D) for fiscal years 1994 through
      1998, except that the aggregate amount appropriated pursuant to
      this authorization may not exceed $8,000,000,000.
        (K) Return to treasury. - If the aggregate amount of funds
      transferred to the Savings Association Insurance Fund under
      subparagraph (D) or (F) exceeds the amount needed to cover losses
      incurred by the Fund, such excess amount shall be deposited in
      the general fund of the Treasury.

      (7) Provisions applicable to maintenance of accounts. - 
        (A) Corporation's authority. - Any provision of this chapter
      forbidding the commingling of the Bank Insurance Fund with the
      Savings Association Insurance Fund, or requiring the separate
      maintenance of the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings
      Association Insurance Fund, is not intended - 
          (i) to limit or impair the authority of the Corporation to
        use the same facilities and resources in the course of
        conducting supervisory, regulatory, conservatorship,
        receivership, or liquidation functions with respect to banks
        and savings associations, or to integrate such functions; or
          (ii) to limit or impair the Corporation's power to combine
        assets or liabilities belonging to banks and savings
        associations in conservatorship or receivership for managerial
        purposes, or to limit or impair the Corporation's power to
        dispose of such assets or liabilities on an aggregate basis.

        (B) Accounting requirements. - 
          (i) Accounting for use of facilities and resources. - The
        Corporation shall keep a full and complete accounting of all
        costs and expenses associated with the use of any facility or
        resource used in the course of any function specified in
        subparagraph (A)(i) and shall allocate, in the manner provided
        in subparagraph (C), any such costs and expenses incurred by
        the Corporation - 
            (I) with respect to Bank Insurance Fund members to the Bank
          Insurance Fund; and
            (II) with respect to Savings Association Insurance Fund
          members to the Savings Association Insurance Fund.

          (ii) Accounting for holding and managing assets and
        liabilities. - The Corporation shall keep a full and complete
        accounting of all costs and expenses associated with the
        holding and management of any asset or liability specified in
        subparagraph (A)(ii).
          (iii) Accounting for disposition of assets and liabilities. -
        The Corporation shall keep a full and complete accounting of
        all expenses and receipts associated with the disposition of
        any asset or liability specified in subparagraph (A)(ii).
          (iv) Allocation of cost, expenses and receipts. - The
        Corporation shall allocate any cost, expense, and receipt
        described in clause (ii) or clause (iii) which is associated
        with any asset or liability belonging to - 
            (I) any Bank Insurance Fund member to the Bank Insurance
          Fund; and
            (II) any Savings Association Insurance Fund member to the
          Savings Association Insurance Fund.

        (C) Allocation of administrative expenses. - Any personnel,
      administrative, or other overhead expense of the Corporation
      shall be allocated - 
          (i) fully to the Bank Insurance Fund, if the expense was
        incurred directly as a result of the Corporation's
        responsibilities solely with respect to Bank Insurance Fund
        members;
          (ii) fully to the Savings Association Insurance Fund, if the
        expense was incurred directly as a result of the Corporation's
        responsibilities solely with respect to Savings Association
        Insurance Fund members;
          (iii) between the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings
        Association Insurance Fund, in amounts reflecting the relative
        degree to which the expense was incurred as a result of the
        activities of Bank Insurance Fund and Savings Association
        Insurance Fund members; or
          (iv) between the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings
        Association Insurance Fund, in amounts reflecting the relative
        total assets as of the end of the preceding calendar year of
        Bank Insurance Fund members and Savings Association Insurance
        Fund members, to the extent that the Board of Directors is
        unable to make a determination under clause (i), (ii), or
        (iii).

      (8) Certain investment contracts not treated as insured deposits.
    - 
        (A) In general. - A liability of an insured depository
      institution shall not be treated as an insured deposit if the
      liability arises under any insured depository institution
      investment contract between any insured depository institution
      and any employee benefit plan which expressly permits
      benefit-responsive withdrawals or transfers.
        (B) Definitions. - For purposes of subparagraph (A) - 
          (i) Benefit-responsive withdrawals or transfers. - The term
        "benefit-responsive withdrawals or transfers" means any
        withdrawal or transfer of funds (consisting of any portion of
        the principal and any interest credited at a rate guaranteed by
        the insured depository institution investment contract) during
        the period in which any guaranteed rate is in effect, without
        substantial penalty or adjustment, to pay benefits provided by
        the employee benefit plan or to permit a plan participant or
        beneficiary to redirect the investment of his or her account
        balance.
          (ii) Employee benefit plan. - The term "employee benefit
        plan" - 
            (I) has the meaning given to such term in section 1002(3)
          of title 29; and
            (II) includes any plan described in section 401(d) of title
          26.
    (b) Liquidation as closing of depository institution
      For the purposes of this chapter an insured depository
    institution shall be deemed to have been closed on account of
    inability to meet the demands of its depositors in any case in
    which it has been closed for the purpose of liquidation without
    adequate provision being made for payment of its depositors.
    (c) Appointment of Corporation as conservator or receiver
      (1) In general
        Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, the law of
      any State, or the constitution of any State, the Corporation may
      accept appointment and act as conservator or receiver for any
      insured depository institution upon appointment in the manner
      provided in paragraph (2) or (3).
      (2) Federal depository institutions
        (A) Appointment
          (i) Conservator
            The Corporation may, at the discretion of the supervisory
          authority, be appointed conservator of any insured Federal
          depository institution or District bank and the Corporation
          may accept such appointment.
          (ii) Receiver
            The Corporation shall be appointed receiver, and shall
          accept such appointment, whenever a receiver is appointed for
          the purpose of liquidation or winding up the affairs of an
          insured Federal depository institution or District bank by
          the appropriate Federal banking agency, notwithstanding any
          other provision of Federal law (other than section 1441a of
          this title) or the code of law for the District of Columbia.
        (B) Additional powers
          In addition to and not in derogation of the powers conferred
        and the duties imposed by this section on the Corporation as
        conservator or receiver, the Corporation, to the extent not
        inconsistent with such powers and duties, shall have any other
        power conferred on or any duty (which is related to the
        exercise of such power) imposed on a conservator or receiver
        for any Federal depository institution under any other
        provision of law.
        (C) Corporation not subject to any other agency
          When acting as conservator or receiver pursuant to an
        appointment described in subparagraph (A), the Corporation
        shall not be subject to the direction or supervision of any
        other agency or department of the United States or any State in
        the exercise of the Corporation's rights, powers, and
        privileges.
        (D) Depository institution in conservatorship subject to
          banking agency supervision
          Notwithstanding subparagraph (C), any Federal depository
        institution for which the Corporation has been appointed
        conservator shall remain subject to the supervision of the
        appropriate Federal banking agency.
      (3) Insured State depository institutions
        (A) Appointment by appropriate State supervisor
          Whenever the authority having supervision of any insured
        State depository institution (other than a District depository
        institution) appoints a conservator or receiver for such
        institution and tenders appointment to the Corporation, the
        Corporation may accept such appointment.
        (B) Additional powers
          In addition to the powers conferred and the duties related to
        the exercise of such powers imposed by State law on any
        conservator or receiver appointed under the law of such State
        for an insured State depository institution, the Corporation,
        as conservator or receiver pursuant to an appointment described
        in subparagraph (A), shall have the powers conferred and the
        duties imposed by this section on the Corporation as
        conservator or receiver.
        (C) Corporation not subject to any other agency
          When acting as conservator or receiver pursuant to an
        appointment described in subparagraph (A), the Corporation
        shall not be subject to the direction or supervision of any
        other agency or department of the United States or any State in
        the exercise of its rights, powers, and privileges.
        (D) Depository institution in conservatorship subject to
          banking agency supervision
          Notwithstanding subparagraph (C), any insured State
        depository institution for which the Corporation has been
        appointed conservator shall remain subject to the supervision
        of the appropriate State bank or savings association
        supervisor.
      (4) Appointment of Corporation by the Corporation
        Except as otherwise provided in section 1441a of this title and
      notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, the law of
      any State, or the constitution of any State, the Corporation may
      appoint itself as sole conservator or receiver of any insured
      State depository institution if - 
          (A) the Corporation determines - 
            (i) that - 
              (I) a conservator, receiver, or other legal custodian has
            been appointed for such institution;
              (II) such institution has been subject to the appointment
            of any such conservator, receiver, or custodian for a
            period of at least 15 consecutive days; and
              (III) 1 or more of the depositors in such institution is
            unable to withdraw any amount of any insured deposit; or

            (ii) that such institution has been closed by or under the
          laws of any State; and

          (B) the Corporation determines that 1 or more of the grounds
        specified in paragraph (5) - 
            (i) existed with respect to such institution at the time - 
              (I) the conservator, receiver, or other legal custodian
            was appointed; or
              (II) such institution was closed; or

            (ii) exist at any time - 
              (I) during the appointment of the conservator, receiver,
            or other legal custodian; or
              (II) while such institution is closed.
      (5) Grounds for appointing conservator or receiver
        The grounds for appointing a conservator or receiver (which may
      be the Corporation) for any insured depository institution are as
      follows:
          (A) Assets insufficient for obligations. - The institution's
        assets are less than the institution's obligations to its
        creditors and others, including members of the institution.
          (B) Substantial dissipation. - Substantial dissipation of
        assets or earnings due to - 
            (i) any violation of any statute or regulation; or
            (ii) any unsafe or unsound practice.

          (C) Unsafe or unsound condition. - An unsafe or unsound
        condition to transact business.
          (D) Cease and desist orders. - Any willful violation of a
        cease-and-desist order which has become final.
          (E) Concealment. - Any concealment of the institution's
        books, papers, records, or assets, or any refusal to submit the
        institution's books, papers, records, or affairs for inspection
        to any examiner or to any lawful agent of the appropriate
        Federal banking agency or State bank or savings association
        supervisor.
          (F) Inability to meet obligations. - The institution is
        likely to be unable to pay its obligations or meet its
        depositors' demands in the normal course of business.
          (G) Losses. - The institution has incurred or is likely to
        incur losses that will deplete all or substantially all of its
        capital, and there is no reasonable prospect for the
        institution to become adequately capitalized (as defined in
        section 1831o(b) of this title) without Federal assistance.
          (H) Violations of law. - Any violation of any law or
        regulation, or any unsafe or unsound practice or condition that
        is likely to - 
            (i) cause insolvency or substantial dissipation of assets
          or earnings;
            (ii) weaken the institution's condition; or
            (iii) otherwise seriously prejudice the interests of the
          institution's depositors or the deposit insurance fund.

          (I) Consent. - The institution, by resolution of its board of
        directors or its shareholders or members, consents to the
        appointment.
          (J) Cessation of insured status. - The institution ceases to
        be an insured institution.
          (K) Undercapitalization. - The institution is
        undercapitalized (as defined in section 1831o(b) of this
        title), and - 
            (i) has no reasonable prospect of becoming adequately
          capitalized (as defined in that section);
            (ii) fails to become adequately capitalized when required
          to do so under section 1831o(f)(2)(A) of this title;
            (iii) fails to submit a capital restoration plan acceptable
          to that agency within the time prescribed under section
          1831o(e)(2)(D) of this title; or
            (iv) materially fails to implement a capital restoration
          plan submitted and accepted under section 1831o(e)(2) of this
          title.

          (L) The institution - 
            (i) is critically undercapitalized, as defined in section
          1831o(b) of this title; or
            (ii) otherwise has substantially insufficient capital.

          (M) Money laundering offense. - The Attorney General notifies
        the appropriate Federal banking agency or the Corporation in
        writing that the insured depository institution has been found
        guilty of a criminal offense under section 1956 or 1957 of
        title 18 or section 5322 or 5324 of title 31.
      (6) Appointment by Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision
        (A) Conservator
          The Corporation or the Resolution Trust Corporation may, at
        the discretion of the Director of the Office of Thrift
        Supervision, be appointed conservator and the Corporation may
        accept any such appointment.
        (B) Receiver
          Whenever the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision
        appoints a receiver under the provisions of subparagraph (A) or
        (C) of section 1464(d)(2) of this title for the purpose of
        liquidation or winding up any savings association's affairs - 
            (i) before such date as is determined by the Chairperson of
          the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board under section
          1441a(b)(3)(A)(ii) of this title, the Resolution Trust
          Corporation shall be appointed;
            (ii) on or after the date determined by the Chairperson of
          the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board under section
          1441a(b)(3)(A)(ii) of this title, the Resolution Trust
          Corporation shall be appointed if the Resolution Trust
          Corporation had been placed in control of the depository
          institution at any time before such date; and
            (iii) on or after the date determined by the Chairperson of
          the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board under section
          1441a(b)(3)(A)(ii) of this title, the Corporation shall be
          appointed unless the Resolution Trust Corporation is required
          to be appointed under clause (ii).
      (7) Judicial review
        If the Corporation appoints itself as conservator or receiver
      under paragraph (4), the insured State depository institution
      may, within 30 days thereafter, bring an action in the United
      States district court for the judicial district in which the home
      office of such institution is located, or in the United States
      District Court for the District of Columbia, for an order
      requiring the Corporation to remove itself as such conservator or
      receiver, and the court shall, upon the merits, dismiss such
      action or direct the Corporation to remove itself as such
      conservator or receiver.
      (8) Replacement of conservator of State depository institution
        (A) In general
          In the case of any insured State depository institution for
        which the Corporation appointed itself as conservator pursuant
        to paragraph (4), the Corporation may, without any requirement
        of notice, hearing, or other action, replace itself as
        conservator with itself as receiver of such institution.
        (B) Replacement treated as removal of incumbent
          The replacement of a conservator with a receiver under
        subparagraph (A) shall be treated as the removal of the
        Corporation as conservator.
        (C) Right of review of original appointment not affected
          The replacement of a conservator with a receiver under
        subparagraph (A) shall not affect any right of the insured
        State depository institution to obtain review, pursuant to
        paragraph (7), of the original appointment of the conservator.
      (9) Appropriate Federal banking agency may appoint Corporation as
        conservator or receiver for insured State depository
        institution to carry out section 1831o
        (A) In general
          The appropriate Federal banking agency may appoint the
        Corporation as sole receiver (or, subject to paragraph (11),
        sole conservator) of any insured State depository institution,
        after consultation with the appropriate State supervisor, if
        the appropriate Federal banking agency determines that - 
            (i) 1 or more of the grounds specified in subparagraphs (K)
          and (L) of paragraph (5) exist with respect to that
          institution; and
            (ii) the appointment is necessary to carry out the purpose
          of section 1831o of this title.
        (B) Nondelegation
          The appropriate Federal banking agency shall not delegate any
        action under subparagraph (A).
      (10) Corporation may appoint itself as conservator or receiver
        for insured depository institution to prevent loss to deposit
        insurance fund
        The Board of Directors may appoint the Corporation as sole
      conservator or receiver of an insured depository institution,
      after consultation with the appropriate Federal banking agency
      and the appropriate State supervisor (if any), if the Board of
      Directors determines that - 
          (A) 1 or more of the grounds specified in any subparagraph of
        paragraph (5) exist with respect to the institution; and
          (B) the appointment is necessary to reduce - 
            (i) the risk that the deposit insurance fund would incur a
          loss with respect to the insured depository institution, or
            (ii) any loss that the deposit insurance fund is expected
          to incur with respect to that institution.
      (11) Appropriate Federal banking agency shall not appoint
        conservator under certain provisions without giving Corporation
        opportunity to appoint receiver
        The appropriate Federal banking agency shall not appoint a
      conservator for an insured depository institution under
      subparagraph (K) or (L) of paragraph (5) without the
      Corporation's consent unless the agency has given the Corporation
      48 hours notice of the agency's intention to appoint the
      conservator and the grounds for the appointment.
      (12) Directors not liable for acquiescing in appointment of
        conservator or receiver
        The members of the board of directors of an insured depository
      institution shall not be liable to the institution's shareholders
      or creditors for acquiescing in or consenting in good faith to - 
          (A) the appointment of the Corporation or the Resolution
        Trust Corporation as conservator or receiver for that
        institution; or
          (B) an acquisition or combination under section
        1831o(f)(2)(A)(iii) of this title.
      (13) Additional powers
        In any case in which the Corporation is appointed conservator
      or receiver under paragraph (4), (6), (9), or (10) for any
      insured State depository institution - 
          (A) this section shall apply to the Corporation as
        conservator or receiver in the same manner and to the same
        extent as if that institution were a Federal depository
        institution for which the Corporation had been appointed
        conservator or receiver; and
          (B) the Corporation as receiver of the institution may - 
            (i) liquidate the institution in an orderly manner; and
            (ii) make any other disposition of any matter concerning
          the institution, as the Corporation determines is in the best
          interests of the institution, the depositors of the
          institution, and the Corporation.
    (d) Powers and duties of Corporation as conservator or receiver
      (1) Rulemaking authority of Corporation
        The Corporation may prescribe such regulations as the
      Corporation determines to be appropriate regarding the conduct of
      conservatorships or receiverships.
      (2) General powers
        (A) Successor to institution
          The Corporation shall, as conservator or receiver, and by
        operation of law, succeed to - 
            (i) all rights, titles, powers, and privileges of the
          insured depository institution, and of any stockholder,
          member, accountholder, depositor, officer, or director of
          such institution with respect to the institution and the
          assets of the institution; and
            (ii) title to the books, records, and assets of any
          previous conservator or other legal custodian of such
          institution.
        (B) Operate the institution
          The Corporation may (subject to the provisions of section
        1831q of this title), as conservator or receiver - 
            (i) take over the assets of and operate the insured
          depository institution with all the powers of the members or
          shareholders, the directors, and the officers of the
          institution and conduct all business of the institution;
            (ii) collect all obligations and money due the institution;
            (iii) perform all functions of the institution in the name
          of the institution which are consistent with the appointment
          as conservator or receiver; and
            (iv) preserve and conserve the assets and property of such
          institution.
        (C) Functions of institution's officers, directors, and
          shareholders
          The Corporation may, by regulation or order, provide for the
        exercise of any function by any member or stockholder,
        director, or officer of any insured depository institution for
        which the Corporation has been appointed conservator or
        receiver.
        (D) Powers as conservator
          The Corporation may, as conservator, take such action as may
        be - 
            (i) necessary to put the insured depository institution in
          a sound and solvent condition; and
            (ii) appropriate to carry on the business of the
          institution and preserve and conserve the assets and property
          of the institution.
        (E) Additional powers as receiver
          The Corporation may (subject to the provisions of section
        1831q of this title), as receiver, place the insured depository
        institution in liquidation and proceed to realize upon the
        assets of the institution, having due regard to the conditions
        of credit in the locality.
        (F) Organization of new institutions
          The Corporation may, as receiver - 
            (i) with respect to savings associations and by application
          to the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, organize
          a new Federal savings association to take over such assets or
          such liabilities as the Corporation may determine to be
          appropriate; and
            (ii) with respect to any insured bank, organize a new
          national bank under subsection (m) of this section or a
          bridge bank under subsection (n) of this section.
        (G) Merger; transfer of assets and liabilities
          (i) In general
            The Corporation may, as conservator or receiver - 
              (I) merge the insured depository institution with another
            insured depository institution; or
              (II) subject to clause (ii), transfer any asset or
            liability of the institution in default (including assets
            and liabilities associated with any trust business) without
            any approval, assignment, or consent with respect to such
            transfer.
          (ii) Approval by appropriate Federal banking agency
            No transfer described in clause (i)(II) may be made to
          another depository institution (other than a new bank or a
          bridge bank established pursuant to subsection (m) or (n) of
          this section) without the approval of the appropriate Federal
          banking agency for such institution.
        (H) Payment of valid obligations
          The Corporation, as conservator or receiver, shall pay all
        valid obligations of the insured depository institution in
        accordance with the prescriptions and limitations of this
        chapter.
        (I) Subpoena authority
          (i) In general
            The Corporation may, as conservator, receiver, or exclusive
          manager and for purposes of carrying out any power,
          authority, or duty with respect to an insured depository
          institution (including determining any claim against the
          institution and determining and realizing upon any asset of
          any person in the course of collecting money due the
          institution), exercise any power established under section
          1818(n) of this title, and the provisions of such section
          shall apply with respect to the exercise of any such power
          under this subparagraph in the same manner as such provisions
          apply under such section.
          (ii) Authority of Board of Directors
            A subpoena or subpoena duces tecum may be issued under
          clause (i) only by, or with the written approval of, the
          Board of Directors or their designees (or, in the case of a
          subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued by the Resolution
          Trust Corporation under this subparagraph and section
          1441a(b)(4) (!3) of this title, only by, or with the written
          approval of, the Board of Directors of such Corporation or
          their designees).

          (iii) Rule of construction
            This subsection shall not be construed as limiting any
          rights that the Corporation, in any capacity, might otherwise
          have under section 1820(c) of this title.
        (J) Incidental powers
          The Corporation may, as conservator or receiver - 
            (i) exercise all powers and authorities specifically
          granted to conservators or receivers, respectively, under
          this chapter and such incidental powers as shall be necessary
          to carry out such powers; and
            (ii) take any action authorized by this chapter,

        which the Corporation determines is in the best interests of
        the depository institution, its depositors, or the Corporation.
        (K) Utilization of private sector
          In carrying out its responsibilities in the management and
        disposition of assets from insured depository institutions, as
        conservator, receiver, or in its corporate capacity, the
        Corporation shall utilize the services of private persons,
        including real estate and loan portfolio asset management,
        property management, auction marketing, legal, and brokerage
        services, only if such services are available in the private
        sector and the Corporation determines utilization of such
        services is the most practicable, efficient, and cost
        effective.
      (3) Authority of receiver to determine claims
        (A) In general
          The Corporation may, as receiver, determine claims in
        accordance with the requirements of this subsection and
        regulations prescribed under paragraph (4).
        (B) Notice requirements
          The receiver, in any case involving the liquidation or
        winding up of the affairs of a closed depository institution,
        shall - 
            (i) promptly publish a notice to the depository
          institution's creditors to present their claims, together
          with proof, to the receiver by a date specified in the notice
          which shall be not less than 90 days after the publication of
          such notice; and
            (ii) republish such notice approximately 1 month and 2
          months, respectively, after the publication under clause (i).
        (C) Mailing required
          The receiver shall mail a notice similar to the notice
        published under subparagraph (B)(i) at the time of such
        publication to any creditor shown on the institution's books - 
            (i) at the creditor's last address appearing in such books;
          or
            (ii) upon discovery of the name and address of a claimant
          not appearing on the institution's books within 30 days after
          the discovery of such name and address.
      (4) Rulemaking authority relating to determination of claims
        (A) In general
          The Corporation may prescribe regulations regarding the
        allowance or disallowance of claims by the receiver and
        providing for administrative determination of claims and review
        of such determination.
        (B) Final settlement payment procedure
          (i) In general
            In the handling of receiverships of insured depository
          institutions, to maintain essential liquidity and to prevent
          financial disruption, the Corporation may, after the
          declaration of an institution's insolvency, settle all
          uninsured and unsecured claims on the receivership with a
          final settlement payment which shall constitute full payment
          and disposition of the Corporation's obligations to such
          claimants.
          (ii) Final settlement payment
            For purposes of clause (i), a final settlement payment
          shall be payment of an amount equal to the product of the
          final settlement payment rate and the amount of the uninsured
          and unsecured claim on the receivership; and
          (iii) Final settlement payment rate
            For purposes of clause (ii), the final settlement payment
          rate shall be a percentage rate reflecting an average of the
          Corporation's receivership recovery experience, determined by
          the Corporation in such a way that over such time period as
          the Corporation may deem appropriate, the Corporation in
          total will receive no more or less than it would have
          received in total as a general creditor standing in the place
          of insured depositors in each specific receivership.
          (iv) Corporation authority
            The Corporation may undertake such supervisory actions and
          promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to assure
          that the requirements of this section can be implemented with
          respect to each insured depository institution in the event
          of its insolvency.
      (5) Procedures for determination of claims
        (A) Determination period
          (i) In general
            Before the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date
          any claim against a depository institution is filed with the
          Corporation as receiver, the Corporation shall determine
          whether to allow or disallow the claim and shall notify the
          claimant of any determination with respect to such claim.
          (ii) Extension of time
            The period described in clause (i) may be extended by a
          written agreement between the claimant and the Corporation.
          (iii) Mailing of notice sufficient
            The requirements of clause (i) shall be deemed to be
          satisfied if the notice of any determination with respect to
          any claim is mailed to the last address of the claimant which
          appears - 
              (I) on the depository institution's books;
              (II) in the claim filed by the claimant; or
              (III) in documents submitted in proof of the claim.
          (iv) Contents of notice of disallowance
            If any claim filed under clause (i) is disallowed, the
          notice to the claimant shall contain - 
              (I) a statement of each reason for the disallowance; and
              (II) the procedures available for obtaining agency review
            of the determination to disallow the claim or judicial
            determination of the claim.
        (B) Allowance of proven claims
          The receiver shall allow any claim received on or before the
        date specified in the notice published under paragraph
        (3)(B)(i) by the receiver from any claimant which is proved to
        the satisfaction of the receiver.
        (C) Disallowance of claims filed after end of filing period
          (i) In general
            Except as provided in clause (ii), claims filed after the
          date specified in the notice published under paragraph
          (3)(B)(i) shall be disallowed and such disallowance shall be
          final.
          (ii) Certain exceptions
            Clause (i) shall not apply with respect to any claim filed
          by any claimant after the date specified in the notice
          published under paragraph (3)(B)(i) and such claim may be
          considered by the receiver if - 
              (I) the claimant did not receive notice of the
            appointment of the receiver in time to file such claim
            before such date; and
              (II) such claim is filed in time to permit payment of
            such claim.
        (D) Authority to disallow claims
          (i) In general
            The receiver may disallow any portion of any claim by a
          creditor or claim of security, preference, or priority which
          is not proved to the satisfaction of the receiver.
          (ii) Payments to less than fully secured creditors
            In the case of a claim of a creditor against an insured
          depository institution which is secured by any property or
          other asset of such institution, any receiver appointed for
          any insured depository institution - 
              (I) may treat the portion of such claim which exceeds an
            amount equal to the fair market value of such property or
            other asset as an unsecured claim against the institution;
            and
              (II) may not make any payment with respect to such
            unsecured portion of the claim other than in connection
            with the disposition of all claims of unsecured creditors
            of the institution.
          (iii) Exceptions
            No provision of this paragraph shall apply with respect to
          - 
              (I) any extension of credit from any Federal home loan
            bank or Federal Reserve bank to any insured depository
            institution; or
              (II) any security interest in the assets of the
            institution securing any such extension of credit.
        (E) No judicial review of determination pursuant to
          subparagraph (D)
          No court may review the Corporation's determination pursuant
        to subparagraph (D) to disallow a claim.
        (F) Legal effect of filing
          (i) Statute of limitation tolled
            For purposes of any applicable statute of limitations, the
          filing of a claim with the receiver shall constitute a
          commencement of an action.
          (ii) No prejudice to other actions
            Subject to paragraph (12), the filing of a claim with the
          receiver shall not prejudice any right of the claimant to
          continue any action which was filed before the appointment of
          the receiver.
      (6) Provision for agency review or judicial determination of
        claims
        (A) In general
          Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the earlier
        of - 
            (i) the end of the period described in paragraph (5)(A)(i)
          with respect to any claim against a depository institution
          for which the Corporation is receiver; or
            (ii) the date of any notice of disallowance of such claim
          pursuant to paragraph (5)(A)(i),

        the claimant may request administrative review of the claim in
        accordance with subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (7) or
        file suit on such claim (or continue an action commenced before
        the appointment of the receiver) in the district or territorial
        court of the United States for the district within which the
        depository institution's principal place of business is located
        or the United States District Court for the District of
        Columbia (and such court shall have jurisdiction to hear such
        claim).
        (B) Statute of limitations
          If any claimant fails to - 
            (i) request administrative review of any claim in
          accordance with subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (7); or
            (ii) file suit on such claim (or continue an action
          commenced before the appointment of the receiver),

        before the end of the 60-day period described in subparagraph
        (A), the claim shall be deemed to be disallowed (other than any
        portion of such claim which was allowed by the receiver) as of
        the end of such period, such disallowance shall be final, and
        the claimant shall have no further rights or remedies with
        respect to such claim.
      (7) Review of claims
        (A) Administrative hearing
          If any claimant requests review under this subparagraph in
        lieu of filing or continuing any action under paragraph (6) and
        the Corporation agrees to such request, the Corporation shall
        consider the claim after opportunity for a hearing on the
        record. The final determination of the Corporation with respect
        to such claim shall be subject to judicial review under chapter
        7 of title 5.
        (B) Other review procedures
          (i) In general
            The Corporation shall also establish such alternative
          dispute resolution processes as may be appropriate for the
          resolution of claims filed under paragraph (5)(A)(i).
          (ii) Criteria
            In establishing alternative dispute resolution processes,
          the Corporation shall strive for procedures which are
          expeditious, fair, independent, and low cost.
          (iii) Voluntary binding or nonbinding procedures
            The Corporation may establish both binding and nonbinding
          processes, which may be conducted by any government or
          private party, but all parties, including the claimant and
          the Corporation, must agree to the use of the process in a
          particular case.
          (iv) Consideration of incentives
            The Corporation shall seek to develop incentives for
          claimants to participate in the alternative dispute
          resolution process.
      (8) Expedited determination of claims
        (A) Establishment required
          The Corporation shall establish a procedure for expedited
        relief outside of the routine claims process established under
        paragraph (5) for claimants who - 
            (i) allege the existence of legally valid and enforceable
          or perfected security interests in assets of any depository
          institution for which the Corporation has been appointed
          receiver; and
            (ii) allege that irreparable injury will occur if the
          routine claims procedure is followed.
        (B) Determination period
          Before the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date any
        claim is filed in accordance with the procedures established
        pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Corporation shall - 
            (i) determine - 
              (I) whether to allow or disallow such claim; or
              (II) whether such claim should be determined pursuant to
            the procedures established pursuant to paragraph (5); and

            (ii) notify the claimant of the determination, and if the
          claim is disallowed, provide a statement of each reason for
          the disallowance and the procedure for obtaining agency
          review or judicial determination.
        (C) Period for filing or renewing suit
          Any claimant who files a request for expedited relief shall
        be permitted to file a suit, or to continue a suit filed before
        the appointment of the receiver, seeking a determination of the
        claimant's rights with respect to such security interest after
        the earlier of - 
            (i) the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of
          the filing of a request for expedited relief; or
            (ii) the date the Corporation denies the claim.
        (D) Statute of limitations
          If an action described in subparagraph (C) is not filed, or
        the motion to renew a previously filed suit is not made, before
        the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which
        such action or motion may be filed in accordance with
        subparagraph (B), the claim shall be deemed to be disallowed as
        of the end of such period (other than any portion of such claim
        which was allowed by the receiver), such disallowance shall be
        final, and the claimant shall have no further rights or
        remedies with respect to such claim.
        (E) Legal effect of filing
          (i) Statute of limitation tolled
            For purposes of any applicable statute of limitations, the
          filing of a claim with the receiver shall constitute a
          commencement of an action.
          (ii) No prejudice to other actions
            Subject to paragraph (12), the filing of a claim with the
          receiver shall not prejudice any right of the claimant to
          continue any action which was filed before the appointment of
          the receiver.
      (9) Agreement as basis of claim
        (A) Requirements
          Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any agreement which
        does not meet the requirements set forth in section 1823(e) of
        this title shall not form the basis of, or substantially
        comprise, a claim against the receiver or the Corporation.
        (B) Exception to contemporaneous execution requirement
          Notwithstanding section 1823(e)(2) (!4) of this title, any
        agreement relating to an extension of credit between a Federal
        home loan bank or Federal Reserve bank and any insured
        depository institution which was executed before the extension
        of credit by such bank to such institution shall be treated as
        having been executed contemporaneously with such extension of
        credit for purposes of subparagraph (A).

      (10) Payment of claims
        (A) In general
          The receiver may, in the receiver's discretion and to the
        extent funds are available, pay creditor claims which are
        allowed by the receiver, approved by the Corporation pursuant
        to a final determination pursuant to paragraph (7) or (8), or
        determined by the final judgment of any court of competent
        jurisdiction in such manner and amounts as are authorized under
        this chapter.
        (B) Payment of dividends on claims
          The receiver may, in the receiver's sole discretion, pay
        dividends on proved claims at any time, and no liability shall
        attach to the Corporation (in such Corporation's corporate
        capacity or as receiver), by reason of any such payment, for
        failure to pay dividends to a claimant whose claim is not
        proved at the time of any such payment.
        (C) Rulemaking authority of Corporation
          The Corporation may prescribe such rules, including
        definitions of terms, as it deems appropriate to establish a
        single uniform interest rate for or to make payments of post
        insolvency interest to creditors holding proven claims against
        the receivership estates of insured Federal or State depository
        institutions following satisfaction by the receiver of the
        principal amount of all creditor claims.
      (11) Depositor preference
        (A) In general
          Subject to section 1815(e)(2)(C) of this title, amounts
        realized from the liquidation or other resolution of any
        insured depository institution by any receiver appointed for
        such institution shall be distributed to pay claims (other than
        secured claims to the extent of any such security) in the
        following order of priority:
            (i) Administrative expenses of the receiver.
            (ii) Any deposit liability of the institution.
            (iii) Any other general or senior liability of the
          institution (which is not a liability described in clause
          (iv) or (v)).
            (iv) Any obligation subordinated to depositors or general
          creditors (which is not an obligation described in clause
          (v)).
            (v) Any obligation to shareholders or members arising as a
          result of their status as shareholders or members (including
          any depository institution holding company or any shareholder
          or creditor of such company).
        (B) Effect on State law
          (i) In general
            The provisions of subparagraph (A) shall not supersede the
          law of any State except to the extent such law is
          inconsistent with the provisions of such subparagraph, and
          then only to the extent of the inconsistency.
          (ii) Procedure for determination of inconsistency
            Upon the Corporation's own motion or upon the request of
          any person with a claim described in subparagraph (A) or any
          State which is submitted to the Corporation in accordance
          with procedures which the Corporation shall prescribe, the
          Corporation shall determine whether any provision of the law
          of any State is inconsistent with any provision of
          subparagraph (A) and the extent of any such inconsistency.
          (iii) Judicial review
            The final determination of the Corporation under clause
          (ii) shall be subject to judicial review under chapter 7 of
          title 5.
        (C) Accounting report
          Any distribution by the Corporation in connection with any
        claim described in subparagraph (A)(v) shall be accompanied by
        the accounting report required under paragraph (15)(B).
      (12) Suspension of legal actions
        (A) In general
          After the appointment of a conservator or receiver for an
        insured depository institution, the conservator or receiver may
        request a stay for a period not to exceed - 
            (i) 45 days, in the case of any conservator; and
            (ii) 90 days, in the case of any receiver,

        in any judicial action or proceeding to which such institution
        is or becomes a party.
        (B) Grant of stay by all courts required
          Upon receipt of a request by any conservator or receiver
        pursuant to subparagraph (A) for a stay of any judicial action
        or proceeding in any court with jurisdiction of such action or
        proceeding, the court shall grant such stay as to all parties.
      (13) Additional rights and duties
        (A) Prior final adjudication
          The Corporation shall abide by any final unappealable
        judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction which was
        rendered before the appointment of the Corporation as
        conservator or receiver.
        (B) Rights and remedies of conservator or receiver
          In the event of any appealable judgment, the Corporation as
        conservator or receiver shall - 
            (i) have all the rights and remedies available to the
          insured depository institution (before the appointment of
          such conservator or receiver) and the Corporation in its
          corporate capacity, including removal to Federal court and
          all appellate rights; and
            (ii) not be required to post any bond in order to pursue
          such remedies.
        (C) No attachment or execution
          No attachment or execution may issue by any court upon assets
        in the possession of the receiver.
        (D) Limitation on judicial review
          Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no court
        shall have jurisdiction over - 
            (i) any claim or action for payment from, or any action
          seeking a determination of rights with respect to, the assets
          of any depository institution for which the Corporation has
          been appointed receiver, including assets which the
          Corporation may acquire from itself as such receiver; or
            (ii) any claim relating to any act or omission of such
          institution or the Corporation as receiver.
        (E) Disposition of assets
          In exercising any right, power, privilege, or authority as
        conservator or receiver in connection with any sale or
        disposition of assets of any insured depository institution for
        which the Corporation has been appointed conservator or
        receiver, including any sale or disposition of assets acquired
        by the Corporation under section 1823(d)(1) of this title, the
        Corporation shall conduct its operations in a manner which - 
            (i) maximizes the net present value return from the sale or
          disposition of such assets;
            (ii) minimizes the amount of any loss realized in the
          resolution of cases;
            (iii) ensures adequate competition and fair and consistent
          treatment of offerors;
            (iv) prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, or
          ethnic groups in the solicitation and consideration of
          offers; and
            (v) maximizes the preservation of the availability and
          affordability of residential real property for low- and
          moderate-income individuals.
      (14) Statute of limitations for actions brought by conservator or
        receiver
        (A) In general
          Notwithstanding any provision of any contract, the applicable
        statute of limitations with regard to any action brought by the
        Corporation as conservator or receiver shall be - 
            (i) in the case of any contract claim, the longer of - 
              (I) the 6-year period beginning on the date the claim
            accrues; or
              (II) the period applicable under State law; and

            (ii) in the case of any tort claim (other than a claim
          which is subject to section 1441a(b)(14) of this title), the
          longer of - 
              (I) the 3-year period beginning on the date the claim
            accrues; or
              (II) the period applicable under State law.
        (B) Determination of the date on which a claim accrues
          For purposes of subparagraph (A), the date on which the
        statute of limitations begins to run on any claim described in
        such subparagraph shall be the later of - 
            (i) the date of the appointment of the Corporation as
          conservator or receiver; or
            (ii) the date on which the cause of action accrues.
        (C) Revival of expired State causes of action
          (i) In general
            In the case of any tort claim described in clause (ii) for
          which the statute of limitation applicable under State law
          with respect to such claim has expired not more than 5 years
          before the appointment of the Corporation as conservator or
          receiver, the Corporation may bring an action as conservator
          or receiver on such claim without regard to the expiration of
          the statute of limitation applicable under State law.
          (ii) Claims described
            A tort claim referred to in clause (i) is a claim arising
          from fraud, intentional misconduct resulting in unjust
          enrichment, or intentional misconduct resulting in
          substantial loss to the institution.
      (15) Accounting and recordkeeping requirements
        (A) In general
          The Corporation as conservator or receiver shall, consistent
        with the accounting and reporting practices and procedures
        established by the Corporation, maintain a full accounting of
        each conservatorship and receivership or other disposition of
        institutions in default.
        (B) Annual accounting or report
          With respect to each conservatorship or receivership to which
        the Corporation was appointed, the Corporation shall make an
        annual accounting or report, as appropriate, available to the
        Secretary of the Treasury, the Comptroller General of the
        United States, and the authority which appointed the
        Corporation as conservator or receiver.
        (C) Availability of reports
          Any report prepared pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be
        made available by the Corporation upon request to any
        shareholder of the depository institution for which the
        Corporation was appointed conservator or receiver or any other
        member of the public.
        (D) Recordkeeping requirement
          After the end of the 6-year period beginning on the date the
        Corporation is appointed as receiver of an insured depository
        institution, the Corporation may destroy any records of such
        institution which the Corporation, in the Corporation's
        discretion, determines to be unnecessary unless directed not to
        do so by a court of competent jurisdiction or governmental
        agency, or prohibited by law.
      (16) Contracts with State housing finance authorities
        (A) In general
          The Corporation may enter into contracts with any State
        housing finance authority for the sale of mortgage-related
        assets (as such terms are defined in section 1441a-1 of this
        title) of any depository institution in default (including
        assets and liabilities associated with any trust business),
        such contracts to be effective in accordance with their terms
        without any further approval, assignment, or consent with
        respect thereto.
        (B) Factors to consider
          In evaluating the disposition of mortgage related assets to
        any State housing finance authority the Corporation shall
        consider - 
            (i) the State housing finance authority's ability to
          acquire and service current, delinquent, and defaulted
          mortgage related assets;
            (ii) the State housing finance authority's ability to
          further national housing policies;
            (iii) the State housing finance authority's sensitivity to
          the impact of the sale of mortgage related assets upon the
          State and local communities;
            (iv) the costs to the Federal Government associated with
          alternative ownership or disposition of the mortgage related
          assets;
            (v) the minimization of future guaranties which may be
          required of the Federal Government;
            (vi) the maximization of mortgage related asset values; and
            (vii) the utilization of institutions currently established
          in mortgage related asset market activities.
      (17) Fraudulent transfers
        (A) In general
          The Corporation, as conservator or receiver for any insured
        depository institution, and any conservator appointed by the
        Comptroller of the Currency or the Director of the Office of
        Thrift Supervision may avoid a transfer of any interest of an
        institution-affiliated party, or any person who the Corporation
        or conservator determines is a debtor of the institution, in
        property, or any obligation incurred by such party or person,
        that was made within 5 years of the date on which the
        Corporation or conservator was appointed conservator or
        receiver if such party or person voluntarily or involuntarily
        made such transfer or incurred such liability with the intent
        to hinder, delay, or defraud the insured depository
        institution, the Corporation or other conservator, or any other
        appropriate Federal banking agency.
        (B) Right of recovery
          To the extent a transfer is avoided under subparagraph (A),
        the Corporation or any conservator described in such
        subparagraph may recover, for the benefit of the insured
        depository institution, the property transferred, or, if a
        court so orders, the value of such property (at the time of
        such transfer) from - 
            (i) the initial transferee of such transfer or the
          institution-affiliated party or person for whose benefit such
          transfer was made; or
            (ii) any immediate or mediate transferee of any such
          initial transferee.
        (C) Rights of transferee or obligee
          The Corporation or any conservator described in subparagraph
        (A) may not recover under subparagraph (B) from - 
            (i) any transferee that takes for value, including
          satisfaction or securing of a present or antecedent debt, in
          good faith; or
            (ii) any immediate or mediate good faith transferee of such
          transferee.
        (D) Rights under this paragraph
          The rights under this paragraph of the Corporation and any
        conservator described in subparagraph (A) shall be superior to
        any rights of a trustee or any other party (other than any
        party which is a Federal agency) under title 11.
      (18) Attachment of assets and other injunctive relief
        Subject to paragraph (19), any court of competent jurisdiction
      may, at the request of - 
          (A) the Corporation (in the Corporation's capacity as
        conservator or receiver for any insured depository institution
        or in the Corporation's corporate capacity with respect to any
        asset acquired or liability assumed by the Corporation under
        this section or section 1822 or 1823 of this title); or
          (B) any conservator appointed by the Comptroller of the
        Currency or the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision,

      issue an order in accordance with Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of
      Civil Procedure, including an order placing the assets of any
      person designated by the Corporation or such conservator under
      the control of the court and appointing a trustee to hold such
      assets.
      (19) Standards
        (A) Showing
          Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply
        with respect to any proceeding under paragraph (18) without
        regard to the requirement of such rule that the applicant show
        that the injury, loss, or damage is irreparable and immediate.
        (B) State proceeding
          If, in the case of any proceeding in a State court, the court
        determines that rules of civil procedure available under the
        laws of such State provide substantially similar protections to
        such party's right to due process as Rule 65 (as modified with
        respect to such proceeding by subparagraph (A)), the relief
        sought by the Corporation or a conservator pursuant to
        paragraph (18) may be requested under the laws of such State.
      (20) Treatment of claims arising from breach of contracts
        executed by the receiver or conservator
        Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, any
      final and unappealable judgment for monetary damages entered
      against a receiver or conservator for an insured depository
      institution for the breach of an agreement executed or approved
      by such receiver or conservator after the date of its appointment
      shall be paid as an administrative expense of the receiver or
      conservator. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
      limit the power of a receiver or conservator to exercise any
      rights under contract or law, including to terminate, breach,
      cancel, or otherwise discontinue such agreement.
    (e) Provisions relating to contracts entered into before
      appointment of conservator or receiver
      (1) Authority to repudiate contracts
        In addition to any other rights a conservator or receiver may
      have, the conservator or receiver for any insured depository
      institution may disaffirm or repudiate any contract or lease - 
          (A) to which such institution is a party;
          (B) the performance of which the conservator or receiver, in
        the conservator's or receiver's discretion, determines to be
        burdensome; and
          (C) the disaffirmance or repudiation of which the conservator
        or receiver determines, in the conservator's or receiver's
        discretion, will promote the orderly administration of the
        institution's affairs.
      (2) Timing of repudiation
        The conservator or receiver appointed for any insured
      depository institution in accordance with subsection (c) of this
      section shall determine whether or not to exercise the rights of
      repudiation under this subsection within a reasonable period
      following such appointment.
      (3) Claims for damages for repudiation
        (A) In general
          Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (C) and
        paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), the liability of the conservator
        or receiver for the disaffirmance or repudiation of any
        contract pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be - 
            (i) limited to actual direct compensatory damages; and
            (ii) determined as of - 
              (I) the date of the appointment of the conservator or
            receiver; or
              (II) in the case of any contract or agreement referred to
            in paragraph (8), the date of the disaffirmance or
            repudiation of such contract or agreement.
        (B) No liability for other damages
          For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term "actual direct
        compensatory damages" does not include - 
            (i) punitive or exemplary damages;
            (ii) damages for lost profits or opportunity; or
            (iii) damages for pain and suffering.
        (C) Measure of damages for repudiation of financial contracts
          In the case of any qualified financial contract or agreement
        to which paragraph (8) applies, compensatory damages shall be -
        
            (i) deemed to include normal and reasonable costs of cover
          or other reasonable measures of damages utilized in the
          industries for such contract and agreement claims; and
            (ii) paid in accordance with this subsection and subsection
          (i) of this section except as otherwise specifically provided
          in this section.
      (4) Leases under which the institution is the lessee
        (A) In general
          If the conservator or receiver disaffirms or repudiates a
        lease under which the insured depository institution was the
        lessee, the conservator or receiver shall not be liable for any
        damages (other than damages determined pursuant to subparagraph
        (B)) for the disaffirmance or repudiation of such lease.
        (B) Payments of rent
          Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the lessor under a lease to
        which such subparagraph applies shall - 
            (i) be entitled to the contractual rent accruing before the
          later of the date - 
              (I) the notice of disaffirmance or repudiation is mailed;
            or
              (II) the disaffirmance or repudiation becomes effective,

          unless the lessor is in default or breach of the terms of the
          lease;
            (ii) have no claim for damages under any acceleration
          clause or other penalty provision in the lease; and
            (iii) have a claim for any unpaid rent, subject to all
          appropriate offsets and defenses, due as of the date of the
          appointment which shall be paid in accordance with this
          subsection and subsection (i) of this section.
      (5) Leases under which the institution is the lessor
        (A) In general
          If the conservator or receiver repudiates an unexpired
        written lease of real property of the insured depository
        institution under which the institution is the lessor and the
        lessee is not, as of the date of such repudiation, in default,
        the lessee under such lease may either - 
            (i) treat the lease as terminated by such repudiation; or
            (ii) remain in possession of the leasehold interest for the
          balance of the term of the lease unless the lessee defaults
          under the terms of the lease after the date of such
          repudiation.
        (B) Provisions applicable to lessee remaining in possession
          If any lessee under a lease described in subparagraph (A)
        remains in possession of a leasehold interest pursuant to
        clause (ii) of such subparagraph - 
            (i) the lessee - 
              (I) shall continue to pay the contractual rent pursuant
            to the terms of the lease after the date of the repudiation
            of such lease;
              (II) may offset against any rent payment which accrues
            after the date of the repudiation of the lease, any damages
            which accrue after such date due to the nonperformance of
            any obligation of the insured depository institution under
            the lease after such date; and

            (ii) the conservator or receiver shall not be liable to the
          lessee for any damages arising after such date as a result of
          the repudiation other than the amount of any offset allowed
          under clause (i)(II).
      (6) Contracts for the sale of real property
        (A) In general
          If the conservator or receiver repudiates any contract (which
        meets the requirements of each paragraph of section 1823(e) of
        this title) for the sale of real property and the purchaser of
        such real property under such contract is in possession and is
        not, as of the date of such repudiation, in default, such
        purchaser may either - 
            (i) treat the contract as terminated by such repudiation;
          or
            (ii) remain in possession of such real property.
        (B) Provisions applicable to purchaser remaining in possession
          If any purchaser of real property under any contract
        described in subparagraph (A) remains in possession of such
        property pursuant to clause (ii) of such subparagraph - 
            (i) the purchaser - 
              (I) shall continue to make all payments due under the
            contract after the date of the repudiation of the contract;
            and
              (II) may offset against any such payments any damages
            which accrue after such date due to the nonperformance
            (after such date) of any obligation of the depository
            institution under the contract; and

            (ii) the conservator or receiver shall - 
              (I) not be liable to the purchaser for any damages
            arising after such date as a result of the repudiation
            other than the amount of any offset allowed under clause
            (i)(II);
              (II) deliver title to the purchaser in accordance with
            the provisions of the contract; and
              (III) have no obligation under the contract other than
            the performance required under subclause (II).
        (C) Assignment and sale allowed
          (i) In general
            No provision of this paragraph shall be construed as
          limiting the right of the conservator or receiver to assign
          the contract described in subparagraph (A) and sell the
          property subject to the contract and the provisions of this
          paragraph.
          (ii) No liability after assignment and sale
            If an assignment and sale described in clause (i) is
          consummated, the conservator or receiver shall have no
          further liability under the contract described in
          subparagraph (A) or with respect to the real property which
          was the subject of such contract.
      (7) Provisions applicable to service contracts
        (A) Services performed before appointment
          In the case of any contract for services between any person
        and any insured depository institution for which the
        Corporation has been appointed conservator or receiver, any
        claim of such person for services performed before the
        appointment of the conservator or the receiver shall be - 
            (i) a claim to be paid in accordance with subsections (d)
          and (i) of this section; and
            (ii) deemed to have arisen as of the date the conservator
          or receiver was appointed.
        (B) Services performed after appointment and prior to
          repudiation
          If, in the case of any contract for services described in
        subparagraph (A), the conservator or receiver accepts
        performance by the other person before the conservator or
        receiver makes any determination to exercise the right of
        repudiation of such contract under this section - 
            (i) the other party shall be paid under the terms of the
          contract for the services performed; and
            (ii) the amount of such payment shall be treated as an
          administrative expense of the conservatorship or
          receivership.
        (C) Acceptance of performance no bar to subsequent repudiation
          The acceptance by any conservator or receiver of services
        referred to in subparagraph (B) in connection with a contract
        described in such subparagraph shall not affect the right of
        the conservator or receiver to repudiate such contract under
        this section at any time after such performance.
      (8) Certain qualified financial contracts
        (A) Rights of parties to contracts
          Subject to paragraph (10) of this subsection and
        notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter (other than
        subsection (d)(9) of this section and section 1823(e) of this
        title), any other Federal law, or the law of any State, no
        person shall be stayed or prohibited from exercising - 
            (i) any right to cause the termination or liquidation of
          any qualified financial contract with an insured depository
          institution which arises upon the appointment of the
          Corporation as receiver for such institution at any time
          after such appointment;
            (ii) any right under any security arrangement relating to
          any contract or agreement described in clause (i); or
            (iii) any right to offset or net out any termination value,
          payment amount, or other transfer obligation arising under or
          in connection with 1 or more contracts and agreements
          described in clause (i), including any master agreement for
          such contracts or agreements.
        (B) Applicability of other provisions
          Subsection (d)(12) of this section shall apply in the case of
        any judicial action or proceeding brought against any receiver
        referred to in subparagraph (A), or the insured depository
        institution for which such receiver was appointed, by any party
        to a contract or agreement described in subparagraph (A)(i)
        with such institution.
        (C) Certain transfers not avoidable
          (i) In general
            Notwithstanding paragraph (11), the Corporation, whether
          acting as such or as conservator or receiver of an insured
          depository institution, may not avoid any transfer of money
          or other property in connection with any qualified financial
          contract with an insured depository institution.
          (ii) Exception for certain transfers
            Clause (i) shall not apply to any transfer of money or
          other property in connection with any qualified financial
          contract with an insured depository institution if the
          Corporation determines that the transferee had actual intent
          to hinder, delay, or defraud such institution, the creditors
          of such institution, or any conservator or receiver appointed
          for such institution.
        (D) Certain contracts and agreements defined
          For purposes of this subsection - 
          (i) Qualified financial contract
            The term "qualified financial contract" means any
          securities contract, commodity contract, forward contract,
          repurchase agreement, swap agreement, and any similar
          agreement that the Corporation determines by regulation to be
          a qualified financial contract for purposes of this
          paragraph.
          (ii) Securities contract
            The term "securities contract" - 
              (I) has the meaning given to such term in section 741 of
            title 11, except that the term "security" (as used in such
            section) shall be deemed to include any mortgage loan, any
            mortgage-related security (as defined in section 78c(a)(41)
            of title 15), and any interest in any mortgage loan or
            mortgage-related security; and
              (II) does not include any participation in a commercial
            mortgage loan unless the Corporation determines by
            regulation, resolution, or order to include any such
            participation within the meaning of such term.
          (iii) Commodity contract
            The term "commodity contract" has the meaning given to such
          term in section 761 of title 11.
          (iv) Forward contract
            The term "forward contract" has the meaning given to such
          term in section 101 of title 11.
          (v) Repurchase agreement
            The term "repurchase agreement" - 
              (I) has the meaning given to such term in section 101 of
            title 11, except that the items (as described in such
            section) which may be subject to any such agreement shall
            be deemed to include mortgage-related securities (as such
            term is defined in section 78c(a)(41) of title 15), any
            mortgage loan, and any interest in any mortgage loan; and
              (II) does not include any participation in a commercial
            mortgage loan unless the Corporation determines by
            regulation, resolution, or order to include any such
            participation within the meaning of such term.
          (vi) Swap agreement
            The term "swap agreement" - 
              (I) means any agreement, including the terms and
            conditions incorporated by reference in any such agreement,
            which is a rate swap agreement, basis swap, commodity swap,
            forward rate agreement, interest rate future, interest rate
            option purchased, forward foreign exchange agreement, rate
            cap agreement, rate floor agreement, rate collar agreement,
            currency swap agreement, cross-currency rate swap
            agreement, currency future, or currency option purchased or
            any other similar agreement, and
              (II) includes any combination of such agreements and any
            option to enter into any such agreement.
          (vii) Treatment of master agreement as 1 swap agreement
            Any master agreement for any agreements described in clause
          (vi)(I) together with all supplements to such master
          agreement shall be treated as 1 swap agreement.
          (viii) Transfer
            The term "transfer" has the meaning given to such term in
          section 101 of title 11.
        (E) Certain protections in event of appointment of conservator
          Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter (other
        than paragraph (12) of this subsection, subsection (d)(9) of
        this section, and section 1823(e) of this title), any other
        Federal law, or the law of any State, no person shall be stayed
        or prohibited from exercising - 
            (i) any right such person has to cause the termination,
          liquidation, or acceleration of any qualified financial
          contract with a depository institution in a conservatorship
          based upon a default under such financial contract which is
          enforceable under applicable noninsolvency law;
            (ii) any right under any security arrangement relating to
          such qualified financial contracts; or
            (iii) any right to offset or net out any termination
          values, payment amounts, or other transfer obligations
          arising under or in connection with such qualified financial
          contracts.
      (9) Transfer of qualified financial contracts
        In making any transfer of assets or liabilities of a depository
      institution in default which includes any qualified financial
      contract, the conservator or receiver for such depository
      institution shall either - 
          (A) transfer to 1 depository institution (other than a
        depository institution in default) - 
            (i) all qualified financial contracts between - 
              (I) any person or any affiliate of such person; and
              (II) the depository institution in default;

            (ii) all claims of such person or any affiliate of such
          person against such depository institution under any such
          contract (other than any claim which, under the terms of any
          such contract, is subordinated to the claims of general
          unsecured creditors of such institution);
            (iii) all claims of such depository institution against
          such person or any affiliate of such person under any such
          contract; and
            (iv) all property securing any claim described in clause
          (ii) or (iii) under any such contract; or

          (B) transfer none of the financial contracts, claims, or
        property referred to in subparagraph (A) (with respect to such
        person and any affiliate of such person).
      (10) Notification of transfer
        (A) In general
          If - 
            (i) the conservator or receiver for an insured depository
          institution in default makes any transfer of the assets and
          liabilities of such institution; and
            (ii) the transfer includes any qualified financial
          contract,

        the conservator or receiver shall use such conservator's or
        receiver's best efforts to notify any person who is a party to
        any such contract of such transfer by 12:00, noon (local time)
        on the business day following such transfer.
        (B) "Business day" defined
          For purposes of this paragraph, the term "business day" means
        any day other than any Saturday, Sunday, or any day on which
        either the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank
        of New York is closed.
      (11) Certain security interests not avoidable
        No provision of this subsection shall be construed as
      permitting the avoidance of any legally enforceable or perfected
      security interest in any of the assets of any depository
      institution except where such an interest is taken in
      contemplation of the institution's insolvency or with the intent
      to hinder, delay, or defraud the institution or the creditors of
      such institution.
      (12) Authority to enforce contracts
        (A) In general
          The conservator or receiver may enforce any contract, other
        than a director's or officer's liability insurance contract or
        a depository institution bond, entered into by the depository
        institution notwithstanding any provision of the contract
        providing for termination, default, acceleration, or exercise
        of rights upon, or solely by reason of, insolvency or the
        appointment of a conservator or receiver.
        (B) Certain rights not affected
          No provision of this paragraph may be construed as impairing
        or affecting any right of the conservator or receiver to
        enforce or recover under a director's or officer's liability
        insurance contract or depository institution bond under other
        applicable law.
      (13) Exception for Federal Reserve and Federal home loan banks
        No provision of this subsection shall apply with respect to - 
          (A) any extension of credit from any Federal home loan bank
        or Federal Reserve bank to any insured depository institution;
        or
          (B) any security interest in the assets of the institution
        securing any such extension of credit.
      (14) Selling credit card accounts receivable
        (A) Notification required
          An undercapitalized insured depository institution (as
        defined in section 1831o of this title) shall notify the
        Corporation in writing before entering into an agreement to
        sell credit card accounts receivable.
        (B) Waiver by Corporation
          The Corporation may at any time, in its sole discretion and
        upon such terms as it may prescribe, waive its right to
        repudiate an agreement to sell credit card accounts receivable
        if the Corporation - 
            (i) determines that the waiver is in the best interests of
          the deposit insurance fund; and
            (ii) provides a written waiver to the selling institution.
        (C) Effect of waiver on successors
          (i) In general
            If, under subparagraph (B), the Corporation has waived its
          right to repudiate an agreement to sell credit card accounts
          receivable - 
              (I) any provision of the agreement that restricts
            solicitation of a credit card customer of the selling
            institution, or the use of a credit card customer list of
            the institution, shall bind any receiver or conservator of
            the institution; and
              (II) the Corporation shall require any acquirer of the
            selling institution, or of substantially all of the selling
            institution's assets or liabilities, to agree to be bound
            by a provision described in subclause (I) as if the
            acquirer were the selling institution.
          (ii) Exception
            Clause (i)(II) does not - 
              (I) restrict the acquirer's authority to offer any
            product or service to any person identified without using a
            list of the selling institution's customers in violation of
            the agreement;
              (II) require the acquirer to restrict any preexisting
            relationship between the acquirer and a customer; or
              (III) apply to any transaction in which the acquirer
            acquires only insured deposits.
        (D) Waiver not actionable
          The Corporation shall not, in any capacity, be liable to any
        person for damages resulting from the waiver of or failure to
        waive the Corporation's right under this section to repudiate
        any contract or lease, including an agreement to sell credit
        card accounts receivable. No court shall issue any order
        affecting any such waiver or failure to waive.
        (E) Other authority not affected
          This paragraph does not limit any other authority of the
        Corporation to waive the Corporation's right to repudiate an
        agreement or lease under this section.
      (15) Certain credit card customer lists protected
        (A) In general
          If any insured depository institution sells credit card
        accounts receivable under an agreement negotiated at arm's
        length that provides for the sale of the institution's credit
        card customer list, the Corporation shall prohibit any party to
        a transaction with respect to the institution under this
        section or section 1823 of this title from using the list,
        except as permitted under the agreement.
        (B) Fraudulent transactions excluded
          Subparagraph (A) does not limit the Corporation's authority
        to repudiate any agreement entered into with the intent to
        hinder, delay, or defraud the institution, the institution's
        creditors, or the Corporation.
    (f) Payment of insured deposits
      (1) In general
        In case of the liquidation of, or other closing or winding up
      of the affairs of, any insured depository institution, payment of
      the insured deposits in such institution shall be made by the
      Corporation as soon as possible, subject to the provisions of
      subsection (g) of this section, either by cash or by making
      available to each depositor a transferred deposit in a new
      insured depository institution in the same community or in
      another insured depository institution in an amount equal to the
      insured deposit of such depositor, except that - 
          (A) all payments made pursuant to this section on account of
        a closed Bank Insurance Fund member shall be made only from the
        Bank Insurance Fund, and
          (B) all payments made pursuant to this section on account of
        a closed Savings Association Insurance Fund member shall be
        made only from the Savings Association Insurance Fund.
      (2) Proof of claims
        The Corporation, in its discretion, may require proof of claims
      to be filed and may approve or reject such claims for insured
      deposits.
      (3) Resolution of disputes
        (A) Resolutions in accordance with Corporation regulations
          In the case of any disputed claim relating to any insured
        deposit or any determination of insurance coverage with respect
        to any deposit, the Corporation may resolve such disputed claim
        in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Corporation
        establishing procedures for resolving such claims.
        (B) Adjudication of claims
          If the Corporation has not prescribed regulations
        establishing procedures for resolving disputed claims, the
        Corporation may require the final determination of a court of
        competent jurisdiction before paying any such claim.
      (4) Review of Corporation's determination
        Final determination made by the Corporation shall be reviewable
      in accordance with chapter 7 of title 5 by the United States
      Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia or the court of
      appeals for the Federal judicial circuit where the principal
      place of business of the depository institution is located.
      (5) Statute of limitations
        Any request for review of a final determination by the
      Corporation shall be filed with the appropriate circuit court of
      appeals not later than 60 days after such determination is
      ordered.
    (g) Subrogation of Corporation
      (1) In general
        Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, the law of
      any State, or the constitution of any State, the Corporation,
      upon the payment to any depositor as provided in subsection (f)
      of this section in connection with any insured depository
      institution or insured branch described in such subsection or the
      assumption of any deposit in such institution or branch by
      another insured depository institution pursuant to this section
      or section 1823 of this title, shall be subrogated to all rights
      of the depositor against such institution or branch to the extent
      of such payment or assumption.
      (2) Dividends on subrogated amounts
        The subrogation of the Corporation under paragraph (1) with
      respect to any insured depository institution shall include the
      right on the part of the Corporation to receive the same
      dividends from the proceeds of the assets of such institution and
      recoveries on account of stockholders' liability as would have
      been payable to the depositor on a claim for the insured deposit,
      but such depositor shall retain such claim for any uninsured or
      unassumed portion of the deposit.
      (3) Waiver of certain claims
        With respect to any bank which closes after May 25, 1938, the
      Corporation shall waive, in favor only of any person against whom
      stockholders' individual liability may be asserted, any claim on
      account of such liability in excess of the liability, if any, to
      the bank or its creditors, for the amount unpaid upon such stock
      in such bank; but any such waiver shall be effected in such
      manner and on such terms and conditions as will not increase
      recoveries or dividends on account of claims to which the
      Corporation is not subrogated.
      (4) Applicability of State law
        Subject to subsection (d)(11) of this section, if the
      Corporation is appointed pursuant to subsection (c)(3) of this
      section, or determines not to invoke the authority conferred in
      subsection (c)(4) of this section, the rights of depositors and
      other creditors of any State depository institution shall be
      determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of State
      law.
    (h) Conditions applicable to resolution proceedings
      (1) Consideration of local economic impact required
        The Corporation shall fully consider the adverse economic
      impact on local communities, including businesses and farms, of
      actions to be taken by it during the administration and
      liquidation of loans of a depository institution in default.
      (2) Actions to alleviate adverse economic impact to be considered
        The actions which the Corporation shall consider include the
      release of proceeds from the sale of products and services for
      family living and business expenses and shortening the undue
      length of the decisionmaking process for the acceptance of offers
      of settlement contingent upon third party financing.
      (3) Guidelines required
        The Corporation shall adopt and publish procedures and
      guidelines to minimize adverse economic effects caused by its
      actions on individual debtors in the community.
      (4) Financial services industry impact analysis
        After the appointment of the Corporation as conservator or
      receiver for any insured depository institution and before taking
      any action under this section or section 1823 of this title in
      connection with the resolution of such institution, the
      Corporation shall - 
          (A) evaluate the likely impact of the means of resolution,
        and any action which the Corporation may take in connection
        with such resolution, on the viability of other insured
        depository institutions in the same community; and
          (B) take such evaluation into account in determining the
        means for resolving the institution and establishing the terms
        and conditions for any such action.
    (i) Valuation of claims in default
      (1) In general
        Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law or the law
      of any State and regardless of the method which the Corporation
      determines to utilize with respect to an insured depository
      institution in default or in danger of default, including
      transactions authorized under subsection (n) of this section and
      section 1823(c) of this title, this subsection shall govern the
      rights of the creditors (other than insured depositors) of such
      institution.
      (2) Maximum liability
        The maximum liability of the Corporation, acting as receiver or
      in any other capacity, to any person having a claim against the
      receiver or the insured depository institution for which such
      receiver is appointed shall equal the amount such claimant would
      have received if the Corporation had liquidated the assets and
      liabilities of such institution without exercising the
      Corporation's authority under subsection (n) of this section or
      section 1823 of this title.
      (3) Additional payments authorized
        (A) In general
          The Corporation may, in its discretion and in the interests
        of minimizing its losses, use its own resources to make
        additional payments or credit additional amounts to or with
        respect to or for the account of any claimant or category of
        claimants. Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal or
        State law, or the constitution of any State, the Corporation
        shall not be obligated, as a result of having made any such
        payment or credited any such amount to or with respect to or
        for the account of any claimant or category of claimants, to
        make payments to any other claimant or category of claimants.
        (B) Source of funds
          If the depository institution in default is a Bank Insurance
        Fund member, the Corporation may only make such payments out of
        funds held in the Bank Insurance Fund. If the depository
        institution in default is a Savings Association Insurance Fund
        member, the Corporation may only make such payments out of
        funds held in the Savings Association Insurance Fund.
        (C) Manner of payment
          The Corporation may make the payments or credit the amounts
        specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B) directly to the
        claimants or may make such payments or credit such amounts to
        an open insured depository institution to induce such
        institution to accept liability for such claims.
    (j) Limitation on court action
      Except as provided in this section, no court may take any action,
    except at the request of the Board of Directors by regulation or
    order, to restrain or affect the exercise of powers or functions of
    the Corporation as a conservator or a receiver.
    (k) Liability of directors and officers
      A director or officer of an insured depository institution may be
    held personally liable for monetary damages in any civil action by,
    on behalf of, or at the req