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Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

12 CFR Ch. III


Semiannual Agenda of Regulations

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

ACTION: Semiannual regulatory agenda.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (``FDIC'') is hereby 
publishing items for the fall 2012 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory 
and Deregulatory Actions. The agenda contains information about FDIC's 
current and projected rulemakings, existing regulations under review, 
and completed rulemakings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Persons identified under regulations 
listed in the agenda. Unless otherwise noted, the address for all FDIC 
staff identified in the agenda is Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20429.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Twice each year, the FDIC publishes an 
agenda of regulations to inform the public of its regulatory actions 
and to enhance public participation in the rulemaking process. 
Publication of the agenda is in accordance with the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). The FDIC amends its regulations 
under the general rulemaking authority prescribed in section 9 of the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1819) and under specific 
authority granted by the Act and other statutes.

Proposed Rules

Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities (3064-AD79)

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, the Farm Credit Administration and the Federal Housing 
Finance Agency (collectively the ``Agencies'') are reopening the 
comment period for the proposed rule published in the Federal Register 
on May 11, 2011 (76 FR 27564) to establish minimum margin and capital 
requirements for uncleared swaps and security-based swaps entered into 
by swap dealers, major swap participants, security-based swap dealers, 
and major security-based swap participants for which one of the 
Agencies is the prudential regulator (``Proposed Margin Rule''). 
Reopening the comment period that expired on July 11, 2011 will allow 
interested persons additional time to analyze and comment on the 
Proposed Margin Rule in light of the consultative document on margin 
requirements for non-centrally-cleared derivatives recently published 
for comment by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the 
International Organization of Securities Commissions.

Regulatory Capital Rules (Part 1): Regulatory Capital, Minimum 
Regulatory Capital Ratios, Capital Adequacy, Transition Provisions 
(3064-AD95)

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation (collectively the ``Agencies''), are seeking comment on 
three Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (``NPR'') that would revise and 
replace the agencies' current capital rules. In this NPR, the agencies 
are proposing to revise their risk-based and leverage capital 
requirements consistent with agreements reached by the Basel Committee 
on Banking Supervision in Basel III: A Global Regulatory Framework for 
More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems. The proposed revisions would 
include implementation of a new common equity tier 1 minimum capital 
requirement, a higher minimum tier 1 capital requirement, and, for 
banking organizations subject to the advanced approaches capital rules, 
a supplementary leverage ratio that incorporates a broader set of 
exposures in the denominator measure. Additionally, consistent with 
Basel III, the agencies are proposing to apply limits on a banking 
organization's capital distributions and certain discretionary bonus 
payments if the banking organization does not hold a specified amount 
of common equity tier 1 capital in addition to the amount necessary to 
meet its minimum risk-based requirements. This NPR also would establish 
more conservative standards for including an instrument in regulatory 
capital. As discussed in the proposal, the revisions set forth in this 
NPR are consistent with section 171 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
Reform and Consumer Protection Act which requires the agencies to 
establish minimum risk-based and leverage capital requirements.

Regulatory Capital Rules (Part 2): Standardized Approach for Risk-
Weighted Assets; Market Discipline and Disclosure Requirements (3064-
AD96)

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation (collectively, the ``Agencies'') are seeking 
comment on three notices of proposed rulemaking (``NPRs'') that would 
revise and replace the Agencies' current capital rules.
    This NPR (``Standardized Approach NPR'') includes proposed changes 
to the agencies' general risk-based capital requirements for 
determining risk-weighted assets (that is, the calculation of the 
denominator of a banking organization's risk-based capital ratios). The 
proposed changes would revise and harmonize the agencies' rules of 
calculating risk-weighted assets to enhance risk-sensitivity and 
address weaknesses identified over recent years, including by 
incorporating certain international capital standards of the Basel 
Committee on Banking Supervision (``BCBS'') set forth in the 
standardized approach of the ``International Convergence of Capital 
Measurement and Capital Standards: A revised Framework'' (Basel II), as 
revised by the BCBS between 2006 and 2009, and other proposals 
addressed in recent consultative papers of the BCBS.
    In this NPR, the Agencies also propose alternatives to credit 
ratings for calculating risk-weighted assets for certain assets, 
consistent with section 939A of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The revisions include methodologies 
for determining risk-weighted assets for residential mortgages, 
securitization exposures, and counterparty credit risk. The changes in 
the Standardized Approach NPR are proposed to take effect on January 1, 
2015, with an option for early adoption. The Standardized Approach NPR 
also would introduce disclosure requirements that would apply to top-
tier banking organizations domiciled in the United States with $50 
billion or more in total assets, including disclosures related to 
regulatory capital instruments.

Regulatory Capital Rules (Part 3): Advanced Approaches Risk-Based 
Capital Rules; Market Risk Capital Rule (3064-AD97)

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the ``OCC''), Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the ``Board''), and the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the ``FDIC'') (collectively, the 
``Agencies'') are seeking comment on three notices of proposed 
rulemaking (``NPRs'') that would revise and replace the agencies' 
current capital rules.
    In this NPR (``Advanced Approaches and Market Risk NPR'') the 
Agencies are proposing to revise the advanced approaches risk-based 
capital rule to incorporate certain aspects of ``Basel III:

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A Global Regulatory Framework for More Resilient Banks and Banking 
Systems'' that the Agencies would apply only to advanced approach 
banking organizations. This NPR also proposes other changes to the 
advanced approaches rule that the Agencies believe are consistent with 
changes by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (``BCBS'') to its 
``International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital 
Standards: A Revised Framework,'' as revised by the BCBS between 2006 
and 2009, and recent consultative papers published by the BCBS. The 
Agencies also propose to revise the advanced approaches risk-based 
capital rule to be consistent with Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the ``Dodd-Frank Act''). These 
revisions include replacing reference to credit ratings with 
alternative standards of creditworthiness consistent with section 939A 
of the Dodd-Frank Act.
    Additionally, the OCC and FDIC are proposing that the market risk 
capital rule be applicable to federal and state savings associations, 
and the Board is proposing that the advanced approaches and market risk 
capital rules apply to top-tier savings and loan holding companies 
domiciled in the United States that meet the applicable thresholds. In 
addition, this NPR would codify the market risk rule consistent with 
the proposed codification of the other regulatory capital rules across 
the three proposals.

Final Rule

Credit Risk Retention (3064-AD74)

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal 
Housing Finance Agency, and the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development (collectively the ``Agencies'') are proposing rules to 
implement the credit risk retention requirements of section 15G of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o-11), as added by section 
941 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. 
Section 15G generally requires the securitizer of asset-backed 
securities to retain not less than five percent of the credit risk of 
the assets collateralizing the asset-backed securities. Section 15G 
includes a variety of exemptions from these requirements, including an 
exemption for asset-backed securities that are collateralized 
exclusively by residential mortgages that qualify as ``qualified 
residential mortgages,'' as such term is defined by the Agencies by 
rule.

Prohibitions and Restrictions on Proprietary Trading and Certain 
Interests in, and Relationships With, Hedge Funds and Private Equity 
Funds (3064-AD85)

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requested 
comment on a proposed rule that would implement Section 619 of the 
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (``Dodd-Frank 
Act'') which contains certain prohibitions and restrictions on the 
ability of a banking entity and nonbank financial company supervised by 
the Board to engage in proprietary trading and have certain interests 
in, or relationships with, a hedge fund or private equity fund.

Incentive-Based Compensation Arrangements (3064-AD86)

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, the U.S. 
Securities Exchange Commission, and the Fair Housing Finance Agency 
(collectively the ``Agencies'') proposed a rule to implement section 
956 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. 
The rule would require the reporting of incentive-based compensation 
arrangements by a covered financial institution and prohibit incentive-
based compensation arrangements at a covered financial institution that 
provide excessive compensation or that could expose the institution to 
inappropriate risks that could lead to material financial loss.

Assessments, Large Bank Pricing (3064-AD92)

    On February 7, 2011, the Board adopted a final rule that amended 
its assessment regulations, by, among other things, establishing a new 
methodology for determining assessment rates for large and highly 
complex institutions. The rule uses a scorecard method to determine 
large or highly complex institution's assessment rate. One of the 
financial ratios used in the scorecard is the ratio of higher-risk 
assets to Tier 1 capital and reserves. Higher-risk assets were defined 
as the sum of construction and land development (``C&D'') loans, 
leveraged loans, subprime loans, and nontraditional mortgage loans. In 
developing the definition of higher-risk assets, the FDIC used existing 
interagency guidance to define leveraged loans, nontraditional mortgage 
loans, and subprime loans, but refined the definitions to ensure 
consistency in reporting. In arriving at these definitions, the FDIC 
took into account comments that were received in response to the two 
notices of proposed rulemaking that led to adoption of the February 
2011 rule.
    While institutions already reported C&D loan data in their 
quarterly reports of condition and income (the ``Call Reports''), they 
did not report the data for the other loans, thus requiring new line 
items in these reports. Therefore, the February 2011 rule required a 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (``PRA'') notice requesting comment on 
proposed revisions to the reports that would provide the data needed by 
the FDIC to implement the rule beginning with the June 30, 2011 report 
date (the ``March 2011 PRA notice'').
    Commenters on the March 2011 PRA notice raised concerns about their 
ability to report subprime and leveraged loan data consistent with the 
definitions used in the February 2011 rule. They also stated that they 
would be unable to report the required data by the June 30, 2011 report 
date. These data concerns had not been raised during the rulemaking 
process leading up to the February 2011 rule.
    As a consequence of this unexpected difficulty, the FDIC issued 
guidance to large and highly complex institutions instructing them to 
identify and report subprime and leveraged loans and securitizations 
using either their existing internal methodologies or the definitions 
in existing supervisory guidance for a transition period. During the 
transition period, the FDIC would review the definitions of subprime 
and leveraged loans to determine whether changes to the definitions 
would alleviate commenters concerns without sacrificing accuracy in 
determining risk for deposit insurance pricing purposes.
    As part of the review, staff considered all comments related to the 
higher-risk asset definitions submitted in response to the March 2011 
PRA notice and a later July 2011 PRA notice. Staff also engaged in 
extensive discussions with bankers and industry trade groups to better 
understand their concerns and to solicit potential solutions to these 
concerns. As a result, the Board issued a notice of proposed rulemaking 
on March 20, 2012 (the ``NPR'') on which this final rule is based.
    While the FDIC received only 14 comment letters on the NPR, some of 
the comments were extensive and detailed. The final rule generally

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follows the proposal in the NPR, but makes some changes that reflect 
these comments. The goal of the final rule is to ensure that the 
assessment system captures the risk inherent in higher-risk assets 
without imposing unnecessary reporting burden.

Long Term Actions

Recordkeeping Rules for Institutions Operating Under the Exceptions or 
Exemptions for Banks From the Definitions of ``Broker'' or ``Dealer'' 
in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (3064-AD80)

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation requested comment on recordkeeping rules for 
banks, savings associations, federal and state-licensed branches and 
agencies of foreign banks, and Edge and agreement corporations that 
engage in securities-related activities under the statutory exceptions 
or regulatory exemptions for ``banks'' from the definitions of 
``broker'' or ``dealer'' in section 3(a)(4)(B) or section 3(a)(5) of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The rule is designed to facilitate 
and promote compliance with these exceptions and exemptions.

Completed Actions

Risk-Based Capital Guidelines; Market Risk; Alternatives to Credit 
Ratings for Debt and Securitization Positions (3064-AD70)

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation are revising their market risk capital rules to 
better capture positions for which the market risk capital rules are 
appropriate; reduce procyclicality; enhance the rules' sensitivity to 
risks that are not adequately captured under current methodologies; and 
increase transparency through enhanced disclosures. The final rules do 
not include all of the methodologies adopted by the Basel Committee on 
Banking Supervision for calculating the standardized specific risk 
capital requirements for debt and securitization positions due to their 
reliance on credit ratings, which is impermissible under the Dodd-Frank 
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Instead, the 
final rule includes alternative methodologies for calculating 
standardized specific risk capital requirements for debt and 
securitization positions.

Transfer and Redesignation of Certain Regulations Involving State 
Savings Associations Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (3064-AD82)

    Consistent with the authority provided to the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation (the ``FDIC'') by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street 
Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, and other statutory 
authorities, the FDIC is reissuing and redesigning certain transferring 
Office of Thrift Supervision (``OTS'') regulations currently found in 
title 12, chapter V of the Code of Federal Regulations. In republishing 
these rules, the FDIC is making only technical changes to existing OTS 
regulations (such as nomenclature or address changes), and eliminating 
those OTS regulations for which other appropriate Federal banking 
agencies are authorized to act. In the future, the FDIC may take other 
actions related to the transferred rules: incorporating them into other 
FDIC regulations contained in title 12, chapter III, amending them, or 
rescinding them, as appropriate.

Disclosure of Information; Privacy Act Regulations; Notice and 
Amendments (3064-AD83)

    The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the 
``Act'') abolished the Office of Thrift Supervision (``OTS'') and 
redistributed, as of July 21, 2011, the statutorily prescribed transfer 
date (``Transfer Date''), the functions and regulations of the OTS 
relating to savings and loan holding companies, Federal savings 
associations, and State savings associations to the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the ``FDIC''), 
respectively. The FDIC has determined that, effective on the Transfer 
Date, the OTS Freedom of Information Act (``FOIA'') and Privacy Act 
(``PA'') regulations will not be enforced by the FDIC and that, 
instead, all FOIA and PA issues will be addressed under the FDIC's 
regulations involving disclosure of information and the PA, as amended. 
In taking this action the FDIC's goal is to avoid potential confusion 
and uncertainty that may arise regarding information concerning State 
savings associations after the Transfer Date.

Calculation of Maximum Obligation Limitation (3064-AD84)

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Departmental 
Offices of the Department of the Treasury are issuing the final rule to 
implement applicable provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform 
and Consumer Protection Act (the ``Dodd-Frank Act''). The Final Rule 
governs the calculation of the maximum obligation limitation (``MOL''), 
as specified in the Dodd-Frank Act. The MOL limits the aggregate amount 
of outstanding obligations that the FDIC may issue or incur in 
connection with the orderly liquidation of a covered financial company.

Permissible Investments for Federal and State Savings Associations: 
Corporate Debt Securities (3064-AD88)

    This final rule amends Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 
(``FDIC'') regulations to prohibit any insured savings association from 
acquiring or retaining a corporate debt security unless it determines, 
prior to acquiring such security and periodically thereafter, that the 
issuer has adequate capacity to meet all financial commitments under 
the security for the projected life of the investment. An issuer would 
satisfy this requirement if, based on the assessment of the savings 
association, the issuer presents a low risk of default and is likely to 
make full and timely repayment of principal and interest. This final 
rule adopts the proposed creditworthiness standard with the clarifying 
revision described below. In the final rule, the phrase ``projected 
life of the investment'' has been revised to ``projected life of the 
security'' to more closely track the language in the Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency's (``OCC'') final rule. The clarifying 
revision addresses ambiguities in the proposed rule and harmonizes the 
final rule with the final rule adopted by the OCC regarding permissible 
investments for national banks.

Mutual Insurance Holding Company Treated as Insurance Company (3064-
AD89)

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the ``FDIC'') is issuing 
a final rule that treats a mutual insurance holding company as an 
insurance company for purposes of Section 203(e) of the Dodd-Frank Wall 
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the ``Dodd-Frank Act''). The 
final rule clarifies that the liquidation and rehabilitation of a 
covered financial company that is a mutual insurance holding company 
will be conducted in the same manner as an insurance company. The final 
rule harmonizes the treatment of mutual insurance holding companies 
under Section 203(e) of the Dodd-Frank Act. The comment period for the 
NPR closed on February 13,

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2012, and the FDIC received four comment letters. Additionally, the 
FDIC held a conference call with representatives of the National 
Association of Insurance Commissioners on January 17, 2012 and received 
their comments on the NPR. In light of the comments received and 
pursuant to the authority granted to it by section 209 of the Dodd-
Frank Act, the FDIC is issuing the Final Rule.

Annual Stress Test (3064-AD91)

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the ``Corporation'') is 
issuing a final rule that implements the requirements of the Dodd-Frank 
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the ``Dodd-Frank Act'') 
regarding stress tests. The Dodd-Frank Act requires the Corporation to 
issue regulations that require FDIC-insured state nonmember banks and 
FDIC-insured state-chartered savings associations with total 
consolidated assets of more than $10 billion to conduct annual stress 
tests, report the results of such stress tests to the Corporation and 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and publish a 
summary of the results of the stress tests. The final rule requires 
large covered banks to conduct annual stress tests beginning on the 
effective date of this final rule. The Corporation, however, will delay 
implementation of the annual stress test requirements under the final 
rule for institutions with total consolidated assets of more than $10 
billion but less than $50 billion until September 30, 2013. The final 
rule requirement for public disclosure of a summary of the stress 
testing results for these institutions will be implemented starting 
with the 2014 stress test, with the disclosure occurring during the 
period starting June 15 and ending June 30 of 2015.

Qualified Financial Contracts Recordkeeping (3064-AD93)

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (``FDIC''), 
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Federal Housing 
Finance Agency (collectively the ``Agencies'' or ``primary financial 
regulatory agencies'') are proposing rules to implement the qualified 
financial contract recordkeeping requirements of section 210(c)(8)(H) 
of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the 
``Act'' or the ``Dodd Frank Act''). Section 210(c)(8)(H) provides that, 
within 24 months of the enactment of the Act, the Agencies must jointly 
prescribe regulations that require financial companies to maintain such 
records with respect to qualified financial contracts (as defined in 
section 210(c)(8) of the Act) as necessary or appropriate to assist the 
FDIC as receiver for a covered financial company to exercise its rights 
and fulfill its obligations under the Act. The proposed rules will 
state recordkeeping requirements with respect to position-level data, 
counterparty level data, legal documentation data and collateral level 
data. These data are necessary to enable the FDIC to: (a) Comply with 
section 210(c)(9) and (10) of the Act in transferring qualified 
financial contracts; (b) assess the consequences of decisions to 
transfer, disaffirm or allow the termination of qualified financial 
contracts with one or more counterparties, and; (c) determine if any 
systemic risks are posed by the transfer, disaffirmance, or termination 
of such qualified financial contracts. The recordkeeping requirements 
of the proposed rule have been informed by the FDIC's experience with 
both large and small portfolios of qualified financial contracts and 
its review of large portfolios of insured depository institutions that 
were in troubled condition during the recent financial crisis.

Enforcement of Subsidiary and Affiliate Contracts by the FDIC as 
Receiver of a Covered Financial Company (3064-AD94)

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the ``Corporation'') is 
issuing a Final Rule that implements section 210(c)(16) of the Dodd-
Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, codified at 12 
U.S.C. section 5390(c)(16), which permits the Corporation, as receiver 
for a financial company whose failure would pose a significant risk to 
the financial stability of the United States, to enforce contracts of 
subsidiaries or affiliates of the covered financial company despite 
contract clauses that purport to terminate, accelerate or provide for 
other remedies based on the insolvency, financial condition or 
receivership of the covered financial company. As a condition to 
maintaining these subsidiary or affiliate contracts in full force and 
effect, the Corporation as receiver must either: (1) transfer any 
supporting obligations of the covered financial company that back the 
obligations of the subsidiary or affiliate under the contract (along 
with all assets and liabilities that relate to those supporting 
obligations) to a bridge financial company or qualified third-party 
transferee by the statutory one-business-day deadline; or (2) provide 
adequate protection to such contract counterparties. The Final Rule 
sets forth the scope and effect of the authority granted under section 
210(c)(16), clarifies the conditions and requirements applicable to the 
receiver, addresses requirements for notice to certain affected 
counterparties and defines key terms.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Valerie Best,
Assistant Executive Secretary.

         Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation--Final Rule Stage
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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517.......................  12 CFR 324 Regulatory              3064-AD95
                             Capital Rules (Part I):
                             Regulatory Capital,
                             Minimum Regulatory
                             Capital Ratios, Capital
                             Adequacy, Transition
                             Provisions.
518.......................  12 CFR 324 Regulatory              3064-AD96
                             Capital Rules (Part III):
                             Standardized Approach for
                             Risk-Weighted Assets;
                             Market Discipline and
                             Disclosure Requirements.
519.......................  12 CFR 324 Regulatory              3064-AD97
                             Capital Rules (Part 3):
                             Advanced Approaches Risk-
                             Based Capital Rules;
                             Market Risk Capital Rule.
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        Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation--Long-Term Actions
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                                                           Regulation
       Sequence No.                    Title             Identifier No.
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520.......................  12 CFR 342 Recordkeeping           3064-AD80
                             Rules for Institutions
                             Operating Under the
                             Exceptions or Exemptions
                             for Banks From the
                             Definitions of ``Broker''
                             or ``Dealer'' in the
                             Securities Exchange Act
                             of 1934.
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC)

Final Rule Stage

517.  Regulatory Capital Rules (Part I): Regulatory Capital, 
Minimum Regulatory Capital Ratios, Capital Adequacy, Transition 
Provisions

    Legal Authority: Pub. L. 111--203
    Abstract: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation (collectively the ``Agencies''), are seeking 
comment on three Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (``NPRM'') that would 
revise and replace the Agencies' current capital rules. In this NPRM, 
the Agencies are proposing to revise their risk-based and leverage 
capital requirements consistent with agreements reached by the Basel 
Committee on Banking Supervision in Basel III: A Global Regulatory 
Framework for More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems. The proposed 
revisions would include implementation of a new common equity tier 1 
minimum capital requirement, a higher minimum tier 1 capital 
requirement, and, for banking organizations subject to the advanced 
approaches capital rules, a supplementary leverage ratio that 
incorporates a broader set of exposures in the denominator measure.
    Additionally, consistent with Basel III, the Agencies are proposing 
to apply limits on a banking organization's capital distributions and 
certain discretionary bonus payments if the banking organization does 
not hold a specified amount of common equity tier 1 capital in addition 
to the amount necessary to meet its minimum risk-based requirements. 
This NPRM also would establish more conservative standards for 
including an instrument in regulatory capital. As discussed in the 
proposal, the revisions set forth in this NPRM are consistent with 
section 171 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act which requires the Agencies to establish minimum risk-
based and leverage capital requirements.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   08/30/12  77 FR 169
NPRM Comment Period End.............   10/22/12
Final Rule..........................   12/00/12
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Bobby R. Bean, Chief, Policy Section, Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, DC 20429, Phone: 202 898-
3575.
    Mark Handzlik, Senior Attorney, Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, Washington, DC 20429, Phone: 202 898-3900.
    Michael Phillips, Counsel, Legal Division, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation, Washington, DC 20429, Phone: 202 898-3581.
    RIN: 3064-AD95

518.  Regulatory Capital Rules (Part III): Standardized 
Approach for Risk-Weighted Assets; Market Discipline and Disclosure 
Requirements

    Legal Authority: Pub. L. 111-203
    Abstract: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation (collectively, the Agencies) are seeking comment 
on three notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would revise and 
replace the agencies' current capital rules.
    This NPRM (Standardized Approach NPRM) includes proposed changes to 
the Agencies' general risk-based capital requirements for determining 
risk-weighted assets (that is, the calculation of the denominator of a 
banking organization's risk-based capital ratios). The proposed changes 
would revise and harmonize the Agencies' rules of calculating risk-
weighted assets to enhance risk-sensitivity and address weaknesses 
identified over recent years, including by incorporating certain 
international capital standards of the Basel Committee on Banking 
Supervision (BCBS) set forth in the standardized approach of the 
``International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital 
Standards: A Revised Framework'' (Basel II), as revised by the BCBS 
between 2006 and 2009, and other proposals addressed in recent 
consultative papers of the BCBS.
    In this NPRM, the Agencies also propose alternatives to credit 
ratings for calculating risk-weighted assets for certain assets, 
consistent with section 939A of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The revisions include methodologies 
for determining risk-weighted assets for residential mortgages, 
securitization exposures, and counterparty credit risk. The changes in 
the Standardized Approach NPRM are proposed to take effect on January 
1, 2015, with an option for early adoption. The Standardized Approach 
NPRM also would introduce disclosure requirements that would apply to 
top-tier banking organizations domiciled in the United States with $50 
billion or more in total assets, including disclosures related to 
regulatory capital instruments.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   08/30/12  77 FR 52887
Comment Period Extended 11/16/2012..   10/17/12  77 FR 63763
NPRM Comment Period End 10/22/2012..   10/22/12
Final Rule..........................   12/00/12
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Bobby R. Bean, Chief, Policy Section, Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, DC 20429, Phone: 202 898-
3575.
    Karl Reitz, Senior Capital Markets Specialist, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20429, 
Phone: 202 898-6775, Email: [email protected].
    Mark Handzlik, Senior Attorney, Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, Washington, DC 20429, Phone: 202 898-3900.
    Michael Phillips, Counsel, Legal Division, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation, Washington, DC 20429, Phone: 202 898-3581.
    RIN: 3064-AD96

519.  Regulatory Capital Rules (Part 3): Advanced Approaches 
Risk-Based Capital Rules; Market Risk Capital Rule

    Legal Authority: Pub. L. 111-203

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    Abstract: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the 
``OCC''), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the 
``Board''), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the 
``FDIC'') (collectively, the ``Agencies'') are seeking comment on three 
notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) that would revise and replace 
the Agencies' current capital rules.
    In this NPRM (Advanced Approaches and Market Risk NPR) the Agencies 
are proposing to revise the advanced approaches risk-based capital rule 
to incorporate certain aspects of ``Basel III: A Global Regulatory 
Framework for More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems'' that the 
agencies would apply only to advanced approach banking organizations. 
This NPRM also proposes other changes to the advanced approaches rule 
that the agencies believe are consistent with changes by the Basel 
Committee on Banking Supervision (``BCBS'') to its ``International 
Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards: A Revised 
Framework'' (Basel II), as revised by the BCBS between 2006 and 2009, 
and recent consultative papers published by the BCBS. The Agencies also 
propose to revise the advanced approaches risk-based capital rule to be 
consistent with Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 
Act of 2010 (the ``Dodd-Frank Act''). These revisions include replacing 
reference to credit ratings with alternative standards of 
creditworthiness consistent with section 939A of the Dodd-Frank Act.
    Additionally, the OCC and FDIC are proposing that the market risk 
capital rule be applicable to federal and state savings associations, 
and the Board is proposing that the advanced approaches and market risk 
capital rules apply to top-tier savings and loan holding companies 
domiciled in the United States that meet the applicable thresholds. In 
addition, this NPRM would codify the market risk rule consistent with 
the proposed codification of the other regulatory capital rules across 
the three proposals.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................   08/30/12  77 FR 52977
NPRM Comment Period End 10/22/2012..   10/22/12
Final Rule..........................   12/00/12
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Bobby R. Bean, Chief, Policy Section, Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, DC 20429, Phone: 202 898-
3575.
    Ryan Billingsley, Senior Policy Analyst, Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20429, Phone: 202 898-
3797, Email: [email protected].
    Mark Handzlik, Senior Attorney, Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, Washington, DC 20429, Phone: 202 898-3900.
    Michael Phillips, Counsel, Legal Division, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation, Washington, DC 20429, Phone: 202 898-3581.
    RIN: 3064-AD97

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC)

Long-Term Actions

520. Recordkeeping Rules for Institutions Operating Under the 
Exceptions or Exemptions for Banks From the Definitions of ``Broker'' 
or ``Dealer'' in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

    Legal Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1818; 12 U.S.C. 1819 (Tenth); 12 U.S.C. 
1828(t)
    Abstract: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation requested comment on recordkeeping rules for 
banks, savings associations, federal and state-licensed branches and 
agencies of foreign banks, and Edge and agreement corporations that 
engage in securities-related activities under the statutory exceptions 
or regulatory exemptions for ``banks'' from the definitions of 
``broker'' or ``dealer'' in section 3(a)(4)(B) or section 3(a)(5) of 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The rule is designed to facilitate 
and promote compliance with these exceptions and exemptions.
    Timetable:

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               Action                    Date            FR Cite
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NPRM................................           To Be Determined
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    Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes.
    Agency Contact: Michael Phillips, Phone: 202 898-3581.
    RIN: 3064-AD80

[FR Doc. 2012-31515 Filed 1-7-13; 8:45 am]
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