[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 575 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 575

To provide that certain regulations proposed by the Comptroller of the 
 Currency, the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Board 
  of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit 
 Insurance Corporation relating to ``Know Your Customer'' practices of 
             financial institutions shall not take effect.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 1999

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide that certain regulations proposed by the Comptroller of the 
 Currency, the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Board 
  of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit 
 Insurance Corporation relating to ``Know Your Customer'' practices of 
             financial institutions shall not take effect.

    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 ``Know Your Customer Regulations 
Termination Act''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF ``KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER'' REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--None of the proposed regulations described in 
subsection (b) may be published in final form and, to the extent any 
such regulation has become effective before the date of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, such regulation shall cease to be effective as 
of such date.
    (b) Proposed Regulations Described.--The proposed regulations 
referred to in subsection (a) are as follows:
            (1) The regulation proposed by the Comptroller of the 
        Currency to amend part 21 of title 12 of the Code of Federal 
        Regulations, as published in the Federal Register on December 
        7, 1998.
            (2) The regulation proposed by the Director of the Office 
        of Thrift Supervision to amend part 563 of title 12 of the Code 
        of Federal Regulations, as published in the Federal Register on 
        December 7, 1998.
            (3) The regulation proposed by the Board of Governors of 
        the Federal Reserve System to amend parts 208, 211, and 225 of 
        title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as published in 
        the Federal Register on December 7, 1998.
            (4) The regulation proposed by the Federal Deposit 
        Insurance Corporation to amend part 326 of title 12 of the Code 
        of Federal Regulations, as published in the Federal Register on 
        December 7, 1998.
    (c) Prohibition on Similar Regulations.--None of the Federal 
banking agencies referred to in any paragraph of subsection (b) may 
prescribe any regulation which is substantially similar to, or would 
have substantially the same effect as, any proposed regulation 
described in any such paragraph.
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