US Congress House Bill 1595 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on March 17 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-17 - Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Pending: House Financial Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Mutual Bank Capital Opportunity Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to allow mutual capital certificates issued by a mutual depository (i.e., a federally insured depository institution operating in a non-stock form) to qualify as common-equity Tier 1 capital for purposes of satisfying federal capital requirements. A "mutual capital certificate" is a financial instrument that: (1) is subordinate to all claims against, and unsecured by the assets of, the issuing mutual depository; (2) does not permit preemptive rights; (3) in general, does not provide voting or member rights; (4) is not eligible for use as collateral for any loan made by the issuing mutual depository; (5) entitles the holder to a payment of fixed, variable, or participating dividends (if the depository's board so declares); and (6) is generally not redeemable until five years after issuance. The appropriate federal banking agencies must jointly issue regulations to implement these provisions and to identify other financial instruments issued by mutual depositories that shall qualify as additional Tier 1 capital for purposes of federal capital requirements. The agencies must submit to Congress a series of reports on their progress in promulgating such regulations.

Mutual Bank Capital Opportunity Act of 2017

Rep. Keith Rothfus [R-PA]

Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]

Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-17	House	Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
2017-03-17	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1595/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1595/BILLS-115hr1595ih.pdf