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<title>Systemic Risk Mitigation Act</title>
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<action-date>2013-02-12</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Systemic Risk Mitigation Act - Establishes a framework for a market-based trigger to monitor and regulate the adequacy of bank capital of those bank holding companies whose total consolidated assets are $50 billion or more. </p> <p>Directs the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to notify a bank holding company whose average daily closing price exceeds either 50 basis points, or 75 basis points, that it must raise additional tier 1 capital in order to reduce such thresholds.</p> <p> Requires the Board to place into receivership a bank holding company whose average daily closing price exceeds 100 basis points, in accordance with the orderly liquidation authority provided under title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.</p> <p>Subjects to receivership a bank holding company that, after notification by the Board, fails to submit an action plan required under this Act.</p> <p>Sets forth a limitation upon claims of holders of the long-term subordinated debt of a bank holding company that has been placed into receivership. </p> <p>Directs the Board to require each bank holding company to issue and maintain long-term subordinated debt of at least 15% of its total consolidated assets.</p> <p>Amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to repeal prohibitions against proprietary trading and certain relationships with hedge funds and private equity funds.</p> <p> Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal requirements for enhanced supervision and prudential standards for Board-supervised nonbank financial companies and certain bank holding companies.</p>]]></summary-text>
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