[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6524 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6524

 To make improvements to provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act of 
       1956 relating to proprietary trading by banking entities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2012

Mr. King of New York (for himself, Mr. Grimm, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, 
  Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, and Mr. Campbell) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make improvements to provisions of the Bank Holding Company Act of 
       1956 relating to proprietary trading by banking entities.

    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 ``U.S. Financial Services Global 
Viability Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE BANK HOLDING COMPANY ACT OF 1956.

    Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1851) 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i) and 
        by inserting after subsection (g) the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Identification and Certification.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subsection (a) and (c) and any rule or 
        regulation prescribed pursuant to subsection (b)(2), or any 
        other regulatory action to enforce or implement any provision 
        of this section, shall not be effective until the Secretary of 
        the Treasury--
                    ``(A) identifies the foreign countries (including 
                the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, 
                Japan, Brazil, China, Canada, and Mexico) that have 
                foreign banks chartered and headquartered in such 
                countries that compete significantly with banking 
                entities subject to the provisions of this section; and
                    ``(B) certifies that such countries have applied to 
                such foreign banks, including the subsidiaries and 
                affiliates of such banks, requirements equivalent to 
                those set forth under this section.
            ``(2) Hearing; judicial review.--The certification under 
        paragraph (1)(B) shall be determined after interested parties 
        are given the opportunity for a hearing on the record in 
        accordance with the procedures set forth under section 554 of 
        title 5, United States Code, and such parties are entitled to 
        judicial review in accordance with chapter 7 of such title in 
        the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia 
        Circuit.
            ``(3) Postponement of effective date.--The effective date 
        of the provisions, rules, and regulations described under 
        paragraph (1) shall be postponed pending judicial review.''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (i), as redesignated in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (7) as 
                paragraphs (3) through (8), respectively; and
                    (B) inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(2) Foreign bank; foreign country.--The terms `foreign 
        bank' and `foreign country' shall have the same meanings as are 
        given such terms in section 1 of the International Banking Act 
        of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3101).''.
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