Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 12 : Section 1831v


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1831v. Authority of State insurance regulator and Securities and Exchange Commission

    (a) In general
      Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provisions of - 
        (1) section 1844(c) of this title that limit the authority of
      the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to require
      reports from, to make examinations of, or to impose capital
      requirements on holding companies and their functionally
      regulated subsidiaries or that require deference to other
      regulators;
        (2) section 1844(g) of this title that limit the authority of
      the Board to require a functionally regulated subsidiary of a
      holding company to provide capital or other funds or assets to a
      depository institution subsidiary of the holding company and to
      take certain actions including requiring divestiture of the
      depository institution; and
        (3) section 1848a of this title that limit whatever authority
      the Board might otherwise have to take direct or indirect action
      with respect to holding companies and their functionally
      regulated subsidiaries;

    shall also limit whatever authority that a Federal banking agency
    might otherwise have under any statute or regulation to require
    reports, make examinations, impose capital requirements, or take
    any other direct or indirect action with respect to any
    functionally regulated affiliate of a depository institution,
    subject to the same standards and requirements as are applicable to
    the Board under those provisions.
    (b) Certain exemption authorized
      No provision of this section shall be construed as preventing the
    Corporation, if the Corporation finds it necessary to determine the
    condition of a depository institution for insurance purposes, from
    examining an affiliate of any depository institution, pursuant to
    section 1820(b)(4) of this title, as may be necessary to disclose
    fully the relationship between the depository institution and the
    affiliate, and the effect of such relationship on the depository
    institution.
    (c) Definitions
      For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall
    apply:
      (1) Functionally regulated subsidiary
        The term "functionally regulated subsidiary" has the meaning
      given the term in section 1844(c)(5) of this title.
      (2) Functionally regulated affiliate
        The term "functionally regulated affiliate" means, with respect
      to any depository institution, any affiliate of such depository
      institution that is - 
          (A) not a depository institution holding company; and
          (B) a company described in any clause of section
        1844(c)(5)(B) of this title.



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