[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1501 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1501

  To amend the Bank Service Company Act to provide improvements with 
       respect to State banking agencies, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 9, 2023

   Mr. Cramer (for himself, Ms. Warren, Ms. Lummis, Ms. Hirono, Mr. 
Boozman, and Mr. Rounds) introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Bank Service Company Act to provide improvements with 
       respect to State banking agencies, 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 ``Bank Service Company Examination 
Coordination Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. BANK SERVICE COMPANY ACT IMPROVEMENTS.

    The Bank Service Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1861 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 1(b) (12 U.S.C. 1861(b))--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (9) as 
                paragraphs (3) through (10), respectively; and
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) the term `State banking agency' has the meaning given 
        the term `State bank supervisor' in section 3 of the Federal 
        Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);'';
            (2) in section 5(a) (12 U.S.C. 1865(a)), by inserting ``, 
        in consultation with the State banking agency,'' after 
        ``agency''; and
            (3) in section 7 (12 U.S.C. 1867)--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in the first sentence, by inserting 
                        ``or State banking agency'' after ``agency''; 
                        and
                            (ii) in the second sentence, by inserting 
                        ``or State banking agency'' before ``that'';
                    (B) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
                        by inserting ``or a State banking agency'' 
                        after ``banking agency''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``such agency'' each place 
                        such term appears and inserting ``such Federal 
                        or State agency'';
                    (C) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
                (f);
                    (D) by inserting after subsection (c) the 
                following:
    ``(d) Availability of Information.--Information obtained pursuant 
to the regulation and examination of service providers under this 
section or applicable State law may be furnished by and accessible to 
Federal and State agencies to the same extent that supervisory 
information concerning depository institutions is authorized to be 
furnished to and required to be accessible by Federal and State 
agencies under section 7(a)(2) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
U.S.C. 1817(a)(2)) or State law, as applicable.
    ``(e) Coordination With State Banking Agencies.--If a State bank is 
principal shareholder, principal member, shareholder, or member of a 
bank service company, the appropriate Federal banking agency, in 
carrying out examinations authorized by this section, shall--
            ``(1) provide reasonable and timely notice to the State 
        banking agency; and
            ``(2) to the fullest extent possible, coordinate and avoid 
        duplication of examination activities, reporting requirements, 
        and requests for information.'';
                    (E) in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by 
                inserting ``, in consultation with State banking 
                agencies,'' after ``agencies''; and
                    (F) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as granting authority for a State banking agency to examine a 
bank service company if no such authority exists in State law.''.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    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 House Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
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