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[H.R. 1624 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 219
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1624

                          [Report No. 115-306]

 To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain 
    municipal obligations as level 2A liquid assets, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 20, 2017

   Mr. Messer (for himself, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. 
Hultgren, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Ms. Sewell of Alabama, Ms. 
Sinema, Mr. King of New York, Ms. Norton, Ms. Moore, Mr. Poliquin, Mr. 
Veasey, Mr. Sherman, and Mr. Kind) introduced the following bill; which 
          was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

                           September 12, 2017

Additional sponsors: Mr. Hudson, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, Mr. Ross, Ms. 
              Velazquez, Mr. Delaney, and Mr. Fitzpatrick

                           September 12, 2017

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               20, 2017]


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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain 
    municipal obligations as level 2A liquid assets, 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 ``Municipal Finance Support Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 18 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1828) is amended--
            (1) by moving subsection (z) so that it appears after 
        subsection (y); and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(aa) Treatment of Certain Municipal Obligations.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of the final rule titled 
        `Liquidity Coverage Ratio: Liquidity Risk Measurement 
        Standards; Final Rule' (79 Fed. Reg. 61439; published October 
        10, 2014) (the `Final Rule') and any other regulation which 
        incorporates a definition of the term `high-quality liquid 
        asset', the appropriate Federal banking agencies shall treat a 
        municipal obligation that is both liquid and readily marketable 
        (as defined in the Final Rule) and investment grade as of the 
        calculation date as a high-quality liquid asset that is no 
        lower than a level 2B liquid asset.
            ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
                    ``(A) Investment grade.--With respect to an 
                obligation, the term `investment grade' has the meaning 
                given that term under part 1 of title 12, Code of 
                Federal Regulations.
                    ``(B) Municipal obligation.--The term `municipal 
                obligation' means an obligation of a State or any 
                political subdivision thereof, or any agency or 
                instrumentality of a State or any political subdivision 
                thereof.''.
    (b) Amendment to Liquidity Coverage Ratio Regulations.--Not later 
than the end of the 3-month period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Comptroller 
of the Currency shall amend the final rule titled ``Liquidity Coverage 
Ratio: Liquidity Risk Measurement Standards; Final Rule'' (79 Fed. Reg. 
61439; published October 10, 2014) to implement the amendments made by 
this Act.
            Amend the title so as to read: ``A bill to require the 
        appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain municipal 
        obligations as no lower than level 2B liquid assets, and for 
        other purposes.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 219

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1624

                          [Report No. 115-306]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To require the appropriate Federal banking agencies to treat certain 
    municipal obligations as level 2A liquid assets, and for other 
                               purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 12, 2017

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
          on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed