United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office General Government Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1996-11-21 monographic deposited born digital 76 p. GA 1.13:GGD-97-18 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-18 P0b002ee1803a4c6d f:gg97018 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-18 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-18 GGD-97-18 Losses Bank failures Bank examination Regulatory agencies Bank management Insured commercial banks Law enforcement Capital Internal controls Banking regulation Savings Association Insurance Fund SAIF Bank Insurance Fund BIF Chapter Report GGD

GAO reviewed the Federal Reserve System's (FRS) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC) efforts to implement the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (FDICIA) prompt regulatory action provisions and the impact of those provisions on federal oversight of depository institutions.<p/>GAO found that: (1) regulators have taken the required steps to implement FDICIA prompt regulatory action provisions, but have had to use the additional enforcement powers granted by the provisions against a relatively small number of depository institutions; (2) the improved financial condition of banks and thrifts has allowed them to build their capital levels to the point where only a few institutions were considered undercapitalized according to section 38 standards; (3) OCC and FRS generally took prescribed regulatory actions against the 61 undercapitalized banks reviewed; (4) as of September 1996, regulators had not used their section 39 authority; (5) the final two safety and soundness standards, asset quality and earnings, required to fully implement section 39 became effective on October 1, 1996; (6) the guidelines and regulations issued to date by regulators to implement section 39 do not establish clear, objective criteria for what would be considered unsafe and unsound practices or conditions or link the identification of such conditions to specific mandatory enforcement actions; (7) other FDICIA provisions and initiatives recently announced by regulators should help in the early identification of depository institutions with safety and soundness problems; and (8) the success of these provisions and initiatives will be determined by the regulators' willingness to use their enforcement powers early enough to prevent or minimize losses to the deposit insurance funds. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-18/html/GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-18.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-18/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-18.pdf GAO/GGD-97-18 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GGD-97-18 Chapter Report GAO/GGD-97-18; Bank and Thrift Regulation: Implementation of FDICIA's Prompt Regulatory Action Provisions; Losses Bank failures Bank examination Regulatory agencies Bank management Insured commercial banks Law enforcement Capital Internal controls Banking regulation Savings Association Insurance Fund SAIF Bank Insurance Fund BIF Title 12 Section 371c(b)(7) 12 U.S.C. 371c(b)(7) Title 18 Section 1818 18 U.S.C. 1818 Public Law 81-797 Public Law 101-73 Public Law 102-242 Public Law 103-204 Public Law 103-325 Public Law 104-208