This chapter shall take effect on the one hundred and eightieth day beginning after December 31, 1975. Any institution specified in section 2802(2)(A) of this title which has total assets as of its last full fiscal year of $10,000,000 or less is exempt from the provisions of this chapter. The Board, in consultation with the Secretary, may exempt institutions described in section 2802(2)(B) of this title that are comparable within their respective industries to institutions that are exempt under the preceding sentence (as determined without regard to the adjustment made by subsection (b) of this section).

Subject to paragraph (2), the dollar amount applicable with respect to institutions described in section 2802(2)(A) of this title under the 2d sentence of subsection (a) of this section shall be adjusted annually after December 31, 1996, by the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The first adjustment made under paragraph (1) after September 30, 1996, shall be the percentage by which—

(A) the Consumer Price Index described in such paragraph for the calendar year 1996, exceeds

(B) such Consumer Price Index for the calendar year 1975.

The dollar amount applicable under paragraph (1) for any calendar year shall be the amount determined in accordance with subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) and rounded to the nearest multiple of $1,000,000.

(Pub. L. 94–200, title III, §309, Dec. 31, 1975, 89 Stat. 1128; Pub. L. 102–242, title II, §224(a), Dec. 19, 1991, 105 Stat. 2307; Pub. L. 102–550, title XVI, §1604(a)(15), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4083; Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title II, §2225(a), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–415; Pub. L. 111–203, title X, §1094(1), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2097.)

Pub. L. 111–203, title X, §§1094(1), 1100H, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2097, 2113, provided that, effective on the designated transfer date, this section is amended by substituting “Bureau” for “Board” wherever appearing. See Effective Date of 2010 Amendment note below.

**1996**—Pub. L. 104–208 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, inserted “(as determined without regard to the adjustment made by subsection (b) of this section)” before period at end, and added subsec. (b).

**1992**—Pub. L. 102–550, §1604(a)(15), amended directory language of Pub. L. 102–242, §224(a). See 1991 Amendment note below.

**1991**—Pub. L. 102–242, §224(a), as amended by Pub. L. 102–550, §1604(a)(15), struck out “depository” before “institution”, inserted “specified in section 2802(2)(A) of this title” after “institution”, and inserted at end: “The Board, in consultation with the Secretary, may exempt institutions described in section 2802(2)(B) of this title that are comparable within their respective industries to institutions that are exempt under the preceding sentence.”

Amendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the designated transfer date, see section 1100H of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 552a of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Amendment by Pub. L. 102–550 effective as if included in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991, Pub. L. 102–242, as of Dec. 19, 1991, see section 1609(a) of Pub. L. 102–550, set out as a note under section 191 of this title.

Section 224(b) of Pub. L. 102–242 provided that: “This section [amending this section] shall become effective on January 1, 1992.”