[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1679 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1679

     To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify the 
               application of that Act to American Samoa.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 2013

 Mr. Faleomavaega introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify the 
               application of that Act to American Samoa.

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

SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF THE EXPEDITED FUNDS AVAILABILITY ACT.

    The Expedited Funds Availability Act (12 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 602(20) (12 U.S.C. 4001(20)) by inserting 
        ``, located in the United States,'' after ``ATM'';
            (2) in section 602(21) (12 U.S.C. 4001(21)) by inserting 
        ``American Samoa,'' after ``Puerto Rico,'';
            (3) in section 602(23) (12 U.S.C. 4001(23)) by inserting 
        ``American Samoa,'' after ``Puerto Rico,''; and
            (4) by adding at the end of section 603(d) (12 U.S.C. 
        4002(d)) the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Extension for certain deposits in american samoa.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any time period 
        established under subsection (b), (c), or (e) shall be extended 
        by 2 business days in the case of any deposit which is both--
                    ``(A) deposited in an account at a depository 
                institution which is located in American Samoa; and
                    ``(B) deposited by a check drawn on an originating 
                depository institution which is not located in the same 
                State as the receiving depository institution.''.
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