[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1477 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1477

To merge the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance 
 Fund, to improve funding for the Financing Corporation, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 7, 1995

 Mr. LaFalce introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Banking and Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To merge the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance 
 Fund, to improve funding for the Financing Corporation, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Deposit Insurance Fund Merger Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. MERGER OF FDIC INSURANCE FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--Section 11(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1821(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraphs (5) and (6) and inserting the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Deposit insurance fund.--
                    ``(A) Establishment.--There is hereby established a 
                fund to be known as the deposit insurance fund.
                    ``(B) Transfer to fund.--On the date of the 
                enactment of the Deposit Insurance Fund Merger Act of 
                1995, the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings 
                Association Insurance Fund shall be abolished and all 
                assets and liabilities of each such fund shall be 
                transferred to the deposit insurance fund.
                    ``(C) Uses.--The deposit insurance fund shall be 
                available to the Corporation for use with respect to 
                insured depository institutions.
                    ``(D) Deposits.--All amounts assessed against 
                insured depository institutions under this Act shall be 
                deposited in the deposit insurance fund.
            ``(6) Accounting requirements.--
                    ``(A) 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 conducting supervisory, 
                regulatory, conservatorship, receivership, or 
                liquidation functions with respect to insured 
                depository institutions.
                    ``(B) 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 belonging to insured depository 
                institutions in conservatorship or receivership.
                    ``(C) 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 belonging to insured depository institutions 
                in conservatorship or receivership.'';
            (2) by striking subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4); and
            (3) by striking paragraph (7) and redesignating paragraph 
        (8) as paragraph (7).
    (b) Assessments of Former BIF Members Capped at Rates Applicable 
Before Merger of Funds.--Section 7(b)(2) of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(b)(2)) is amended by inserting after 
subparagraph (G) the following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(H) Reduced assessment rates continue to apply to 
                former bif members.--Until the deposit insurance fund 
                first meets or exceeds the designated reserve ratio, 
                the average assessment rates applicable under the risk-
                based assessment system for any semiannual period with 
                respect to insured depository institutions which were 
                Bank Insurance Fund members on the day before the date 
                of the enactment of the Deposit Insurance Fund Merger 
                Act of 1995 shall not exceed the greater of--
                            ``(i) the average of the assessment rates 
                        which would be applicable to such institutions 
                        under this section for any semiannual period if 
                        the amendments made by such Act had not been 
                        enacted; or
                            ``(ii) 6 basis points.
                    ``(I) Schedule for meeting designated reserve 
                ratio.--Notwithstanding paragraph (3), upon the 
                enactment of the Deposit Insurance Fund Merger Act of 
                1995, the Corporation shall prescribe a schedule in the 
                manner provided in paragraph (3)(B) which culminates in 
                a reserve ratio that is equal to or greater than the 
                designated reserve ratio not later than 5 years after 
                the date of the enactment of such Act.''.
    (c) Repeal of Conversion Moratorium, Exit Fee, and ``Oakar Bank'' 
Provisions.--Section 5(d) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
U.S.C. 1815(d)) is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3).
    (d) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 5(d)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
        (12 U.S.C. 1815(d)(1)) is amended by striking ``Bank Insurance 
        Fund and the Savings Association Insurance Fund'' and inserting 
        ``deposit insurance fund''.
            (2) Section 7(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
        U.S.C. 1817(b)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking ``each'' and 
                inserting ``the'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A)(i)(I), by striking ``each'' 
                and inserting ``the'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2)(A)(iii), by striking ``a 
                deposit'' and inserting ``the deposit'';
                    (D) in paragraph (2)(A)(iv), by striking ``each'' 
                and inserting ``the'';
                    (E) by striking subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2);
                    (F) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ``each'' and 
                inserting ``the'';
                    (G) by striking subparagraphs (E) and (F) of 
                paragraph (2);
                    (H) in paragraph (2)(G), by striking ``a deposit'' 
                and inserting ``the deposit'';
                    (I) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``any 
                deposit'' and inserting ``the deposit'';
                    (J) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D) of 
                paragraph (3);
                    (K) in paragraph (6)(A)(ii), by striking ``Bank 
                Insurance Fund members'' and inserting ``insured 
                depository institutions''; and
                    (L) by striking subparagraph (B) of paragraph (6).
            (3) Section 7 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
        U.S.C. 1817) is amended by striking subsection (l).
            (4) Section 11(f)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
        (12 U.S.C. 1821(f)(1)) is amended by striking ``, except that--
        '' and all that follows through the period at the end and 
        inserting a period.
            (5) Section 11(i)(3) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
        (12 U.S.C. 1821(i)(3)) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) 
        and by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).
            (6) Section 11A(a) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
        U.S.C. 1821A(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``Savings 
                Association Insurance Fund'' and inserting ``deposit 
                insurance fund''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``Bank Insurance 
                Fund, the Savings Association Insurance Fund,'' and 
                inserting ``deposit insurance fund''.
            (7) Section 13 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
        U.S.C. 1823) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ``Bank 
                Insurance Fund, Savings Association Insurance Fund,'' 
                and inserting ``deposit insurance fund'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (11) of subsection (c);
                    (C) in subsection (k)(4)(B)(ii), by striking 
                ``Savings Association Insurance Fund member'' and 
                inserting ``savings association''; and
                    (D) in subsection (k)(5)(A), by striking ``Savings 
                Association Insurance Fund members'' and inserting 
                ``savings associations''.
            (8) Section 14 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
        U.S.C. 1824) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``Bank Insurance 
                Fund or the Savings Association Insurance Fund'' and 
                inserting ``deposit insurance fund'';
                    (B) in subsection (a), by striking ``Bank Insurance 
                Fund or Savings Association Insurance Fund'' and 
                inserting ``deposit insurance fund'';
                    (C) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (3); 
                and
                    (D) in subsection (d)--
                            (i) by striking ``Bank Insurance Fund 
                        members'' each place such term appears and 
                        inserting ``insured depository institutions'';
                            (ii) by striking ``Bank Insurance Fund 
                        member'' each place such term appears and 
                        inserting ``insured depository institution''; 
                        and
                            (iii) by striking ``Bank Insurance Fund'' 
                        each place such term appears (other than in 
                        connection with a term referred to in clause 
                        (i) or (ii)) and inserting ``deposit insurance 
                        fund''.
            (9) Section 15(c)(5) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
        (12 U.S.C. 1825(c)(5)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Bank Insurance Fund or Savings 
                Association Insurance Fund, respectively,'' each place 
                such term appears and inserting ``deposit insurance 
                fund''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Bank Insurance Fund or the 
                Savings Association Insurance Fund, respectively,'' 
                each place such term appears and inserting ``deposit 
                insurance fund''.
            (10) Section 17 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
        U.S.C. 1827) is amended by striking ``Bank Insurance Fund, 
        Savings Association Insurance Fund,'' each place such term 
        appears and inserting ``deposit insurance fund''.
            (11) Section 18(m)(3) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
        (12 U.S.C. 1828(m)(3)) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by inserting ``of an insured savings 
                        association or a subsidiary of any such 
                        association'' after ``specific activity'';
                            (ii) by striking ``Savings Association 
                        Insurance Fund.'' and inserting ``deposit 
                        insurance fund.''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``that Savings 
                        Association Insurance Fund member'' and 
                        inserting ``such savings association''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``Savings 
                Association Insurance Fund or the Bank Insurance Fund'' 
                and inserting ``deposit insurance fund''.
            (12) Section 31 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
        U.S.C. 1831h) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``Insurance 
                Fund''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``Savings 
                Association Insurance Fund members'' and inserting 
                ``savings associations''.
            (13) Section 38(o)(1)(B) of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
        Act (12 U.S.C. 1831o(o)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``Savings 
        Association Insurance Fund'' and inserting ``deposit insurance 
        fund''.

SEC. 3. FICO PAYMENTS BY ALL FDIC-INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.

    Section 21(f)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 
1441(f)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in the portion of such paragraph preceding subparagraph 
        (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``each Savings Association 
                Insurance Fund member'' and inserting ``each insured 
                depository institution (as defined in section 3(c)(2) 
                of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act); and
                    (B) by striking ``such member'' and inserting 
                ``such institution''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``Savings Association 
        Insurance Fund members'' and inserting ``insured depository 
        institutions''.

SEC. 4. 1-TIME SPECIAL SAIF CAPITALIZATION ASSESSMENT.

    Section 7(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 
1817(b)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (7) the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(8) Special 1-time assessment to recapitalize saif.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Corporation may, in the 
                discretion of the Board of Directors, impose a special 
                assessment on--
                            ``(i) each insured depository institution 
                        which, as of January 1, 1995, or at any time 
                        after such date, was a Savings Association 
                        Insurance Fund member under the Federal Deposit 
                        Insurance Act (as in effect on the day before 
                        the date of the enactment of the Deposit 
                        Insurance Fund Merger Act of 1995); and
                            ``(ii) any other insured depository 
                        institution which acquires (as defined in 
                        section 13(f)(8)(B) of the Federal Deposit 
                        Insurance Act) such insured depository 
                        institution or is otherwise a successor in 
                        interest to such institution,
                in an amount not greater than 0.40 percent of the 
                assessment base, as of January 1, 1995, on which 
                assessments are imposed under the risk-based assessment 
                system established pursuant to paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Deposit of assessment in saif.--The proceeds 
                of any assessment imposed under subparagraph (A) shall 
                be deposited in the Savings Association Insurance Fund.
                    ``(C) Imposition over period of years.--The 
                assessment authorized under subparagraph (A) may be 
                imposed incrementally over such period of years as the 
                Board of Directors may determine to be appropriate, 
                except the larger percentage of any such incremental 
                assessment shall be allocated to the first year of the 
                effective period for such assessment.
                    ``(D) Abatement for troubled institutions.--The 
                Board of Directors may abate any portion of any 
                assessment under this paragraph in the case of any 
                undercapitalized institution or any institution which 
                would become undercapitalized as a result of the 
                imposition of such assessment.''.
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