Senators Kaufman, Casey, Merkley, Whitehouse and Harkin (along with others who may pile on) have introduced a 20-page amendment to actually address “too big to fail.”
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It is refreshingly simple legislation – 20 pages of common sense.

It limits firm size to 2% of GDP including off-balance sheet vehicles for banks, 3% for non-banks, and forces divestiture of overages. It also requires reporting and testimony before Congress if regulators fail to promptly address violations.

In addition it places a hard cap of 10% of deposits in any one institution (a limit that already exists by the way, but has been wantonly violated by The Fed allowing mergers during the crisis that breached the limits – and yet there has been no requirement to divest.)

This would place a balance-sheet limit of about $280 billion on a bank.

This would put an instantaneous full-stop to the outrageous obscenity called “Wells Fargo”, which has $1.7 trillion in off-balance sheet “assets”, not to mention the other “big banks” that have hundreds of billions off sheet as well.

We now get to find out who is really for Wall Street reform – and who needs to lose their seat in The Senate.

sounds great to me,I wish them all the luck with this bill,they know what they're up against.

on the face of it it seems okay to me.

i see these are all dems.
i'd have thought obama would agree with it also.

i thought you were for the good ole boys benny.

that said. i think it's got to be a bit more than the 20 sheets.
what about if wells fargo simply divests it's balance sheet into ten smaller companies with wells fargo as the conglomerate head. (it's called a loophole.)

thats why a 20 sheeter won't cut it. too many loopholes.

(05-02-2010, 02:03 PM)billy Wrote:  on the face of it it seems okay to me.

i see these are all dems.
i'd have thought obama would agree with it also.

i thought you were for the good ole boys benny.

that said. i think it's got to be a bit more than the 20 sheets.
what about if wells fargo simply divests it's balance sheet into ten smaller companies with wells fargo as the conglomerate head. (it's called a loophole.)

thats why a 20 sheeter won't cut it. too many loopholes.

Aparently there are no loop holes. Wells will have to break up into smaller companies that can not be owned or controlled by the same.

(05-03-2010, 01:50 AM)Benny2guns Wrote:  

(05-02-2010, 02:03 PM)billy Wrote:  on the face of it it seems okay to me.

i see these are all dems.
i'd have thought obama would agree with it also.

i thought you were for the good ole boys benny.

that said. i think it's got to be a bit more than the 20 sheets.
what about if wells fargo simply divests it's balance sheet into ten smaller companies with wells fargo as the conglomerate head. (it's called a loophole.)

thats why a 20 sheeter won't cut it. too many loopholes.

Aparently there are no loop holes. Wells will have to break up into smaller companies that can not be owned or controlled by the same.

which in itself is a loophole

they're saying you can't be one big company but you can be ten little ones.
all they're doing is turning the large banks into conglomerates. which will make it harder to sort them out. instead of checking one company tax return they have to check 10
instead of one yearly golden handshake there's ten. the overheads are more expensive and that will be passed down.

i love the idea of capping a companies total income etc, because it sets up the market place for more competition and in the end run better value. but to let the big guns divest into smaller companies they still own is ludicrous i think.

this actually sounds like one of those instances where the money men are laughing their tits off and rubbing their hands together.

(05-03-2010, 10:34 AM)billy Wrote:  

(05-03-2010, 01:50 AM)Benny2guns Wrote:  

(05-02-2010, 02:03 PM)billy Wrote:  on the face of it it seems okay to me.

i see these are all dems.
i'd have thought obama would agree with it also.

i thought you were for the good ole boys benny.

that said. i think it's got to be a bit more than the 20 sheets.
what about if wells fargo simply divests it's balance sheet into ten smaller companies with wells fargo as the conglomerate head. (it's called a loophole.)

thats why a 20 sheeter won't cut it. too many loopholes.

Aparently there are no loop holes. Wells will have to break up into smaller companies that can not be owned or controlled by the same.

which in itself is a loophole

they're saying you can't be one big company but you can be ten little ones.
all they're doing is turning the large banks into conglomerates. which will make it harder to sort them out. instead of checking one company tax return they have to check 10
instead of one yearly golden handshake there's ten. the overheads are more expensive and that will be passed down.

i love the idea of capping a companies total income etc, because it sets up the market place for more competition and in the end run better value. but to let the big guns divest into smaller companies they still own is ludicrous i think.

this actually sounds like one of those instances where the money men are laughing their tits off and rubbing their hands together.

Well no I read it that they have to break it up and sell it off to an outfit that is not in any way related to them. Did you read the 20 page bill, Bill?

This bill would create size and leverage limits on banks and non-bank financial firms. Under the bill, no single banks would be allowed to hold more than 10% of the total amount of all U.S. bank deposits, leverage limits would be set at 6%, and non-deposit liabilities would be capped at 2% for banks and 3% for non-bank firms. The bill's deposit cap would result in the shrinking of asome of the largest U.S. banks.

they have to shrink it off and sell it yes.
so what they do is create another company (bank) and sell it to the new company, they can see at a loss so the new company makes money. of they can see it so the new company makes a huge loss and thereby gets tax rebates tec.
so it does this with ten new companies that are formed. all under different names. wells fargo is

A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses together into one corporate structure, usually involving a parent company and several (or many) subsidiaries. Often, a conglomerate is a multi-industry company. Conglomerates are often large and often multinational.

so wells fargo splits it's business up into it's various componant parts such as banking, morgates, insurance, etc etc .

and makes new individual companies.

A corporation is an institution that is granted a charter recognizing it as a separate legal entity having its own privileges, and liabilities distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business.

Corporations exist as a product of corporate law, and their rules balance the interests of its stakeholders: the management who operate the corporation; creditors who loan it goods, services or money; shareholders who invest their capital; the employees who contribute their labor; and the clients they serve. In modern times, corporations have become an increasingly dominant part of economic life.

An important feature of corporation is limited liability. If a corporation fails, shareholders normally only stand to lose their investment, and employees will lose their jobs, but neither will be further liable for debts that remain owing to the corporation's creditors.

note the underlined section. this means all you do when you get to be a bit to big is sell all the shitty assets you have to a new company. when it goes bust the liabilties only belong to the new company.

pretty much what freddy mac did when they unloaded the bad debts.

pretty much what Lehman is getting charged for when they sold shit debts as the real deal. the only difference is Lehman didn't get away with it because they sold to clients and not a new company.

the 20 page thing sounds good and even looks good but they're are wiser minds than ours that not only know the money and business market. they wait for opportunities like this to come about so they can milk them for all they're worth.

20 pages is no where near enough to have an airtight document that can safely control the system.

anything not in that 20 pages is open to interpretation under the law.

20 pages can't even break the surface when it comes to regulating the money industry. the gray area alone would be vast.

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111TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION S. ll
To provide for a safe, accountable, fair, and efficient banking system, and
for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
llllllllll
Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. KAUFMAN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. MERKLEY,
Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. HARKIN, llllllllll) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
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A BILL
To provide for a safe, accountable, fair, and efficient banking
system, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe, Accountable,
5 Fair, and Efficient Banking Act of 2010’’ or the ‘‘SAFE
6 Banking Act of 2010’’.
7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
8 (a) IN GENERAL.—As used in this Act—



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1 (1) the term ‘‘appropriate Federal regulator’’
2 means—
3 (A) the Board of Governors of the Federal
4 Reserve System (in this Act referred to as the
5 ‘‘Board’’);
6 (B) the Comptroller General of the United
7 States (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Comp8
troller’’; or
9 © the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor10
poration (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Cor11
poration’’);
12 (2) the term ‘‘average total consolidated assets’’
13 has the same meaning as in part 225 of title 12,
14 Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date
15 of enactment of this Act, or any successor thereto;
16 (3) the term ‘‘FDIC-assessed deposits’’ means
17 the assessment base, as computed under part 327 of
18 title 12, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on
19 the date of enactment of this Act, or any successor
20 thereto;
21 (4) the term ‘‘financial company’’ means any
22 nonbank financial company that is supervised by the
23 Board;
24 (5) the term ‘‘liabilities’’ equals a financial com25
pany’s total assets less tier 1 capital;

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1 (6) the term ‘‘nondeposit liabilities’’ means the
2 total assets of a bank holding company, less tier 1
3 capital, less FDIC-assessed deposits; and
4 (7) the term ‘‘tier 1 capital’’ has the same
5 meaning as in part 225 of title 12, Code of Federal
6 Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of
7 this Act, or any successor thereto.
8 (b) NONBANK FINANCIAL COMPANY DEFINITIONS.—
9 (1) FOREIGN NONBANK FINANCIAL COMPANY.—
10 The term ‘‘foreign nonbank financial company’’
11 means a company (other than a company that is, or
12 is treated in the United States, as a bank holding
13 company or a subsidiary thereof) that is—
14 (A) incorporated or organized in a country
15 other than the United States; and
16 (B) substantially engaged in, including
17 through a branch in the United States, activi18
ties in the United States that are financial in
19 nature (as defined in section 4(k) of the Bank
20 Holding Company Act of 1956).
21 (2) U.S. NONBANK FINANCIAL COMPANY.—The
22 term ‘‘U.S. nonbank financial company’’ means a
23 company (other than a bank holding company or a
24 subsidiary thereof) that is—

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1 (A) incorporated or organized under the
2 laws of the United States or any State; and
3 (B) substantially engaged in activities in
4 the United States that are financial in nature
5 (as defined in section 4(k) of the Bank Holding
6 Company Act of 1956).
7 (3) NONBANK FINANCIAL COMPANY.—The term
8 ‘‘nonbank financial company’’ means a U.S.
9 nonbank financial company and a foreign nonbank
10 financial company.
11 SEC. 3. DEPOSIT CONCENTRATION LIMIT.
12 Section 3(d) of the Bank Holding Company Act of
13 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1842(d)) is amended—
14 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph
15 (A) and inserting the following:
16 ‘‘(A) NATIONWIDE CONCENTRATION LIM17
ITS.—No bank holding company may hold more
18 than 10 percent of the total amount of deposits
19 of insured depository institutions in the United
20 States.’’; and
21 (2) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the
22 following:
23 ‘‘(5) ENFORCED COMPLIANCE.—The Board
24 shall require any bank holding company having a de25
posit concentration in violation of this subsection to

to
5
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1 sell or otherwise transfer assets to unaffiliated firms
2 to bring the company into compliance with this sub3
section.’’.
4 SEC. 4. LEVERAGE RATIO AND SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR
5 BANK HOLDING COMPANIES.
6 The Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C.
7 1841 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 5 the
8 following:
9 ‘‘SEC. 5A. LIMITS ON LEVERAGE AND SIZE.
10 ‘‘(a) LEVERAGE RATIO REQUIREMENTS FOR BANK
11 HOLDING COMPANIES AND FINANCIAL COMPANIES.—
12 ‘‘(1) LEVERAGE RATIO.—No bank holding com13
pany or financial company may maintain tier 1 cap14
ital in an amount equal to less than 6 percent of av15
erage total consolidated assets.
16 ‘‘(2) BALANCE SHEET LEVERAGE RATIO.—No
17 bank holding company or financial company may
18 maintain less than 6 percent of tier 1 capital for all
19 outstanding balance sheet liabilities, as determined
20 under section 13(m) of the Securities Exchange Act
21 of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(m)).
22 ‘‘(3) EXEMPTIONS.—
23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board may ad24
just the leverage ratio requirements provided in
25 paragraph (1) or (2), for any class of institu

institu6
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1 tions, based upon the size or activity of such
2 class of institutions. No adjustment made under
3 this subparagraph may allow an institution to
4 carry less capital than provided in paragraph
5 (1) or (2).
6 ‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENTS.—Consistent with this
7 subsection, the Board may adjust, by rule, the
8 definitions of the terms ‘leverage ratio’ and
9 ‘balance sheet leverage ratio’ to harmonize such
10 ratios with official international agreements re11
garding capital standards, only if the Board de12
termines that the international capital stand13
ards are commensurate with the credit, market,
14 operational, or other risks posed by the bank
15 holding companies or financial companies to
16 which the international agreements regarding
17 capital standards apply.
18 ‘‘© AUTHORITY OF OTHER REGU19
LATORS.—
20 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The appropriate
21 Federal regulator may, in a manner con22
sistent with this subsection, grant any
23 bank holding company an emergency tem24
porary exemption from the ratio require25
ments provided in paragraph (1) or (2),


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1 where necessary to prevent an imminent
2 threat to the financial stability of the
3 United States.
4 ‘‘(ii) PUBLICATION REQUIRED.—Any
5 exemption granted under this subpara6
graph shall be published in the Federal
7 Register within a reasonable period after
8 the date on which such exemption is grant9
ed, not to exceed 90 days, and such publi10
cation shall provide—
11 ‘‘(I) the name of the bank hold12
ing company or financial company
13 being granted an exemption;
14 ‘‘(II) the reason for the exemp15
tion; and
16 ‘‘(III) the plan of the appropriate
17 Federal regulator detailing the man18
ner by which the bank holding com19
pany shall be brought into compliance
20 with paragraphs (1) and (2).
21 ‘‘(4) LEVERAGE RATIO REQUIREMENTS FOR OP22
ERATING SUBSIDIARIES OF BANK HOLDING COMPA23
NIES AND FINANCIAL COMPANIES.—Notwithstanding
24 any other provision of law applicable to insured de25
pository institutions, the Board shall, within 1 year

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1 of the date of enactment of the SAFE Banking Act
2 of 2010, promulgate regulations establishing a lever3
age ratio and a balance sheet leverage ratio, in a
4 manner consistent with paragraphs (1) and (2), for
5 all operating subsidiaries of bank holding companies
6 and financial companies.
7 ‘‘(5) PROMPT CORRECTIVE ACTION.—
8 ‘‘(A) AUTHORITIES.—The Board shall re9
quire any bank holding company or financial
10 company that is in violation of paragraph (1) or
11 (2) to raise capital, sell or otherwise transfer
12 assets or off-balance sheet items to unaffiliated
13 firms, or impose conditions on the manner in
14 which the bank holding company conducts 1 or
15 more activities to bring the company into com16
pliance with paragraphs (1) and (2).
17 ‘‘(B) CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.—The
18 Board shall, not later than 60 days after deter19
mining that a bank holding company or finan20
cial company is in violation of paragraph (1) or
21 (2), present to the members of the Committee
22 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
23 Senate and the Committee on Financial Serv24
ices of the House of Representatives a plan de25
tailing the manner by which the bank holding

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1 company or financial company shall be brought
2 into compliance with the applicable provision of
3 law.
4 ‘‘© REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—
5 ‘‘(i) WRITTEN REPORTS.—The Board
6 shall provide to the members of the Com7
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
8 Affairs of the Senate and the Committee
9 on Financial Services of the House of Rep10
resentatives periodic reports for each 60-
11 day period during which a corrective action
12 plan required by subparagraph (B) has not
13 been fulfilled.
14 ‘‘(ii) TESTIMONY.—The Board shall
15 provide testimony to the Committee on
16 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of
17 the Senate and the Committee on Finan18
cial Services of the House of Representa19
tives for each 90-day period that a correc20
tive action plan required by subparagraph
21 (B) has not been fulfilled.
22 ‘‘(b) LIMITS ON NONDEPOSIT LIABILITIES FOR
23 BANK HOLDING COMPANIES AND FINANCIAL COMPA24
NIES.—
25 ‘‘(1) BANK HOLDING COMPANIES.—


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1 ‘‘(A) LIMIT ON NONDEPOSIT LIABILITIES
2 FOR BANK HOLDING COMPANIES.—No bank
3 holding company may possess nondeposit liabil4
ities exceeding 2 percent of the annual gross
5 domestic product of the United States.
6 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF GROSS DOMES7
TIC PRODUCT.—The annual gross domestic
8 product of the United States shall be deter9
mined for purposes of subparagraph (A) using
10 the average of such product over the 16 cal11
endar quarters, as calculated by the Bureau of
12 Economic Analysis of the Department of Com13
merce, most recently completed as of the time
14 of the determination.
15 ‘‘© OFF-BALANCE-SHEET LIABILITIES.—
16 The computation of the limit under this para17
graph shall take into account off-balance-sheet
18 liabilities.
19 ‘‘(D) TREATMENT OF INSURANCE COMPA20
NIES.—Notwithstanding the liability limit es21
tablished in this section, the Board may set a
22 separate liability limit with respect to certain
23 bank holding companies primarily engaged in
24 the business of insurance, as the Board deems
25 necessary in order to provide for consistent and

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1 equitable treatment of such institutions. In es2
tablishing such separate liability limits for in3
surance companies, for any insurance company
4 with any subsidiary regulated by a State insur5
ance regulator, the Board shall consult the ap6
propriate State insurance regulator.
7 ‘‘(E) TREATMENT OF FOREIGN DEPOS8
ITS.—Notwithstanding the definition of the
9 term ‘nondeposit liabilities’ established in this
10 section, the Board may exclude from its calcula11
tion of nondeposit liabilities any foreign and
12 other deposits not covered by the definition of
13 the term ‘FDIC-assessed deposits’, if the Board
14 deems such action necessary to ensure the con15
sistent and equitable treatment of institutions
16 with international operations.
17 ‘‘(2) FINANCIAL COMPANIES.—
18 ‘‘(A) LIMIT ON NONDEPOSIT LIABILITIES
19 FOR FINANCIAL COMPANIES.—No financial
20 company may possess nondeposit liabilities ex21
ceeding 3 percent of the annual gross domestic
22 product of the United States.
23 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF GROSS DOMES24
TIC PRODUCT.—The annual gross domestic
25 product of the United States shall be deter

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1 mined for purposes of subparagraph (A) using
2 the average of such product over the 16 cal3
endar quarters, as calculated by the Bureau of
4 Economic Analysis of the Department of Com5
merce, most recently completed as of the time
6 of the determination.
7 ‘‘© OFF-BALANCE-SHEET LIABILITIES.—
8 The computation of the limit under this para9
graph shall take into account off-balance-sheet
10 liabilities.
11 ‘‘(D) TREATMENT OF INSURANCE COMPA12
NIES.—Notwithstanding the liability limit es13
tablished by this paragraph, the Board may set
14 a separate liability limit with respect to insur15
ance companies or other financial companies, as
16 the Board determines necessary in order to pro17
vide for consistent and equitable treatment of
18 such institutions. In establishing such separate
19 liability limits for insurance companies, for any
20 insurance company with any subsidiary regu21
lated by a State insurance regulator, the Board
22 shall consult with the appropriate State insur23
ance regulator.
24 ‘‘(E) TREATMENT OF FOREIGN DEPOS25
ITS.—Notwithstanding the definition of the

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1 term ‘nondeposit liabilities’ established in this
2 section, the Board may exclude from its calcula3
tion of nondeposit liabilities any foreign and
4 other deposits not covered by the definition of
5 the term ‘FDIC-assessed deposits’, if the Board
6 deems such action necessary to ensure the con7
sistent and equitable treatment of institutions
8 with international operations.
9 ‘‘(3) PROMPT CORRECTIVE ACTION.—
10 ‘‘(A) AUTHORITIES.—The Board shall re11
quire any bank holding company or financial
12 company that is in violation of a provision of
13 paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable, to sell or
14 otherwise transfer assets or off-balance-sheet
15 items to unaffiliated firms, to terminate 1 or
16 more activities, or to impose conditions on the
17 manner in which the bank holding company or
18 financial company conducts 1 or more activities
19 to bring the company into compliance with
20 paragraphs (1) or (2), as applicable.
21 ‘‘(B) CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN.—The
22 Board shall, not later than 60 days after deter23
mining that a bank holding company or finan24
cial company is in violation of paragraph (1) or
25 (2), present to the members of the Committee

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1 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
2 Senate and the Committee on Financial Serv3
ices of the House of Representatives a plan de4
tailing the manner by which the bank holding
5 company or financial company shall be brought
6 into compliance with the applicable provision.
7 ‘‘© REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—
8 ‘‘(i) WRITTEN REPORTS.—The Board
9 shall provide to the members of the Com10
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
11 Affairs of the Senate and the Committee
12 on Financial Services of the House of Rep13
resentatives periodic reports for each 60-
14 day period during which a corrective action
15 plan required by subparagraph (B) has not
16 been fulfilled.
17 ‘‘(ii) TESTIMONY.—The Board shall
18 provide testimony to the Committee on
19 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of
20 the Senate and the Committee on Finan21
cial Services of the House of Representa22
tives for each 120-day period during which
23 a corrective action plan required by sub24
paragraph (B) has not been fulfilled.
25 ‘‘© DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

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1 ‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriate Federal regulator’
2 means—
3 ‘‘(A) the Board of Governors of the Fed4
eral Reserve System (in this Act referred to as
5 the ‘Board’);
6 ‘‘(B) the Comptroller General of the
7 United States (in this Act referred to as the
8 ‘Comptroller’; or
9 ‘‘© the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor10
poration (in this Act referred to as the ‘Cor11
poration’);
12 ‘‘(2) the term ‘average total consolidated assets’
13 has the same meaning as in part 225 of title 12,
14 Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date
15 of enactment of this Act, or any successor thereto;
16 ‘‘(3) the term ‘FDIC-assessed deposits’ means
17 the assessment base, as computed under part 327 of
18 title 12, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on
19 the date of enactment of this Act, or any successor
20 thereto;
21 ‘‘(4) the term ‘financial company’ means any
22 nonbank financial company that is supervised by the
23 Board;
24 ‘‘(5) the term ‘liabilities’ equals a financial com25
pany’s total assets less tier 1 capital;

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1 ‘‘(6) the term ‘nondeposit liabilities’ means the
2 total assets of a bank holding company, less tier 1
3 capital, less FDIC-assessed deposits;
4 ‘‘(7) the term ‘foreign nonbank financial com5
pany’ means a company (other than a company that
6 is, or is treated in the United States, as a bank
7 holding company or a subsidiary thereof) that is—
8 ‘‘(A) incorporated or organized in a coun9
try other than the United States; and
10 ‘‘(B) substantially engaged in, including
11 through a branch in the United States, activi12
ties in the United States that are financial in
13 nature (as defined in section 4(k) of the Bank
14 Holding Company Act of 1956);
15 ‘‘(8) the term ‘U.S. nonbank financial company’
16 means a company (other than a bank holding com17
pany or a subsidiary thereof) that is—
18 ‘‘(A) incorporated or organized under the
19 laws of the United States or any State; and
20 ‘‘(B) substantially engaged in activities in
21 the United States that are financial in nature
22 (as defined in section 4(k) of the Bank Holding
23 Company Act of 1956);

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1 ‘‘(9) the term ‘nonbank financial company’
2 means a U.S. nonbank financial company and a for3
eign nonbank financial company; and
4 ‘‘(10) the term ‘tier 1 capital’ has the same
5 meaning as in part 225 of title 12, Code of Federal
6 Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of
7 this section, or any successor thereto.’’.
8 SEC. 5. CAPITAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.
9 The Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C.
10 1841 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 7 the
11 following new section:
12 ‘‘SEC. 7A. CAPITAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.
13 ‘‘(a) ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS.—Beginning 1 year
14 after the date of enactment of the SAFE Banking Act
15 of 2010, and annually thereafter, the Board shall conduct
16 a capital assessment to estimate losses, revenues, and re17
serve needs for bank holding companies and financial com18
panies.
19 ‘‘(b) REPORTS.—The Board shall provide a report on
20 the results of the capital assessment program under this
21 section to the Secretary, the members of the Committee
22 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate,
23 and the members of the Committee on Financial Services
24 of the House of Representatives.’’.

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1 SEC. 6. AMENDMENT TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
2 ACT.
3 Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
4 (15 U.S.C. 78m) is amended by adding at the end the
5 following new subsection:
6 ‘‘(m) STANDARD BALANCE SHEET CALCULATION
7 FOR REPORTS.—
8 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARD BALANCE
9 SHEET REPORTING.—Not later than 1 year after the
10 date of enactment of the SAFE Banking Act of
11 2010, the Commission, or a standard setter des12
ignated by and under the oversight of the Commis13
sion, shall issue a rule requiring that each issuer of
14 securities required to file reports under this section
15 record all of its assets and liabilities on its balance
16 sheets. The recorded amount of assets and liabilities
17 shall reflect a reasonable assessment by the issuer of
18 the most likely outcomes, given currently available
19 information. such issuers shall record all financings
20 of assets for which the issuer has more than minimal
21 economic risks or rewards.
22 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSION FOR INDETERMINATE LIABIL23
ITIES.—If an issuer required to file reports under
24 this section cannot determine the amount of a par25
ticular liability, for purposes of paragraph (1), such

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1 issuer may exclude that liability from its balance
2 sheet only if it discloses an explanation of—
3 ‘‘(A) the nature of the liability and pur4
pose for incurring it;
5 ‘‘(B) the most likely and maximum loss
6 that the issuer could incur from the liability;
7 ‘‘© whether there is any recourse to the
8 issuer by another party and, if so, under what
9 conditions such recourse could occur; and
10 ‘‘(D) whether the issuer has any con11
tinuing involvement with an asset financed by
12 the liability or any beneficial interest therein.
13 ‘‘(3) RULEMAKING.—The Commission shall
14 promulgate rules to ensure compliance with this sub15
section, including enforcement by the Commission
16 and civil liability under the Securities Act of 1933
17 and this title.’’.
18 SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
19 (a) IN GENERAL.—This Act and the amendments
20 made by this Act shall take effect upon the date of enact21
ment of this Act.
22 (b) ALLOWANCE FOR BANK HOLDING COMPANIES
23 AND FINANCIAL COMPANIES NOT IN COMPLIANCE AT
24 DATE OF ENACTMENT.—Any institution that is in viola25
tion of—

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1 (1) the deposit concentration limit in section
2 3(d)(2)(A) of the Bank Holding Act of 1956, as
3 amended by this Act, as of the date of enactment of
4 this Act, shall bring itself into compliance with that
5 limit not later than 1 year after the date of enact6
ment of this Act;
7 (2) the leverage ratios in section 5A of the
8 Bank Holding Act of 1956, as amended by this Act,
9 as of the date of enactment of this Act, shall bring
10 itself into compliance with those ratios, not later
11 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act;
12 and
13 (3) the limits on nondeposit liabilities in section
14 7A of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as
15 added by this Act, as of the date of enactment of
16 this Act, shall bring itself into compliance with those
17 limits, not later than 3 years after the date of enact18
ment of this Act.

Well there it is all 20 pages of it. Interesting read.

actually if thats it i think it's pretty unintelligible

i did recognize they get 4 years to do what ever it is they have to do lol
10 the average of such product over the 16 calendar quarters,

i see little in it that big companies couldn't get around or negate.
to start with i see there can be exceptions as long as they're are mentioned an exception is legal.

i'm sure any business lawyer worth their salt would have a field day with it.

What I see are alot of amendments to already exsisting banking acts and additions of clauses to exsisting amendments. A person would have to read the entire banking acts that this safe banking act covers to know exactly what it does. It seems this act seeks to correct exsisting loopholes while severly limiting maximum size and seeks to break the banking monopoly up. If it is passed I believe it will. There are still problems but it is for sure a darn good start.
The only thing I see that I don't like is the federal reserve's mention as I am not really sure what power it is being granted if any.
The federal reserve is the single largest problem world wide in my honest opinion along with the bank of England which this act has no rule over untill it tries to operate inside the borders of the U.S.A.

If it works, then hats down.

If, as Billy said, it is easily bypassed, then it's a catastrophe. You'll be giving tax payers an idea that bankers can't do it but in the background they'll be reaping in the profits.

(05-03-2010, 10:22 PM)SidewaysDan Wrote:  If it works, then hats down.

If, as Billy said, it is easily bypassed, then it's a catastrophe. You'll be giving tax payers an idea that bankers can't do it but in the background they'll be reaping in the profits.

i agree with you.

though somehow a law made of 20 pages doesn't instill confidence in me.