[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4178 Engrossed in House (EH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4178

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for deposit 
     restricted qualified tuition programs, 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 Restricted Qualified Tuition 
Programs Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. DEPOSIT RESTRICTED QUALIFIED TUITION PROGRAMS.

    Section 18 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(y) Deposit Restricted Qualified Tuition Programs.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
        following definitions shall apply:
                    ``(A) Deposit restricted qualified tuition 
                program.--The term `deposit restricted qualified 
                tuition program' means a qualified tuition program in 
                which--
                            ``(i) the cash provided by a contributor to 
                        such a qualified tuition program may be 
                        invested only in deposits insured by the 
                        Corporation;
                            ``(ii) the contributor may become a 
                        participant in the program by depositing funds 
                        through the program into an account at a 
                        depository institution participating in the 
                        program; and
                            ``(iii) the program may include multiple 
                        depository institutions, subject to the 
                        requirements of section 529 of the Internal 
                        Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
                    ``(B) Qualified tuition program.--The term 
                `qualified tuition program' has the same meaning as in 
                section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as 
                amended.
            ``(2) Treatment.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        the law, the following provisions shall apply with respect to 
        any deposit restricted qualified tuition program:
                    ``(A) A deposit restricted qualified tuition 
                program shall be deemed to be an `identified banking 
                product' (as defined in Section 206 of the Gramm-Leach-
                Bliley Act of 1999) for purposes of the Securities 
                Exchange Act of 1934.
                    ``(B) None of the following shall be treated as a 
                security, as defined in section 2(a)(1) the Securities 
                Act of 1933, section 3(a)(10) of the Securities 
                Exchange Act of 1934, or section 2(a)(36) of the 
                Investment Company Act of 1940:
                            ``(i) The deposits of cash at an insured 
                        depository institution relating to a deposit 
                        restricted tuition program.
                            ``(ii) Any certificate of deposit or other 
                        instrument of an insured depository institution 
                        evidencing any such deposit.
                            ``(iii) The rights and obligations of 
                        participants in a deposit restricted qualified 
                        tuition program arising from section 529 of the 
                        Internal Revenue Code, as amended.
                    ``(C) In no event shall a deposit restricted 
                qualified tuition program, the State entity designated 
                by statute to oversee such program, the administrator 
                appointed to operate the program on behalf of the State 
                or a participating depository institution, be deemed to 
                be an issuer of a security or to be an investment 
                company (as defined in section 3(a) of the Investment 
                Company Act of 1940).''.

SEC. 3. BUDGET COMPLIANCE.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
Representatives, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 
to the vote on passage.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 20, 2010.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4178

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

   To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to provide for deposit 
     restricted qualified tuition programs, and for other purposes.