Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act

To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to clarify that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and appropriate Federal regulators have the authority to claw back certain compensation paid to executives. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act 2. Clawback Section 8(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1818(b) (9) Clawback (A) Definition In this paragraph, the term covered compensation (i) salary; (ii) bonuses; (iii) any compensation that is granted, earned, or vested based wholly or in part upon the attainment of any financial reporting measure or other performance metric; (iv) equity-based compensation; (v) time- or service-based awards; (vi) awards based on nonfinancial metrics; and (vii) any profits realized from the buying or selling of securities. (B) Clawback (i) Liability of institution-affiliated party An institution-affiliated party that is responsible for the condition of the insured depository institution is liable to the Corporation for any covered compensation clawed back under clause (ii). (ii) Required clawbacks In the case of insolvency or resolution of any insured depository institution, the Corporation shall claw back all or part of the covered compensation received by an institution-affiliated party during the preceding 5 years as is necessary to prevent unjust enrichment and assure that the party bears losses consistent with the responsibility of the party. (iii) Deposit Any covered compensation clawed back under this subparagraph shall be deposited into the Deposit Insurance Fund or into the general fund of the Treasury. . 3. Orderly liquidation of covered financial companies Section 204(a)(3) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ( 12 U.S.C. 5384(a)(3) the financial company of a financial company for which the Corporation is appointed receiver, regardless of the process by which the Corporation is appointed, 4. Resolved insured depository institutions If an insured depository institution is resolved by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the creditors and shareholders of any corresponding depository institution holding company shall bear the losses of the insured depository institution.

Summary: Failed Bank Executives Clawback Act This bill requires the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to claw back compensation paid to certain responsible parties when an insured depository institution is placed into FDIC receivership.  Specifically, all or part of the compensation paid the previous five years to an institution-affiliated party responsible for the condition of the institution must be paid to FDIC to prevent unjust enrichment and to assure that the party bears losses consistent with their responsibility. Compensation includes salary, bonuses, awards, and profits from buying or selling securities. The bill also expands the authority of the FDIC to claw back compensation of parties responsible for financial losses incurred by a financial company regardless of the process by which FDIC is appointed receiver.  Finally, the bill establishes that the creditors and shareholders of an insured depository institution's holding company are responsible for the losses when the institution is resolved by the FDIC.