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consignment, 
lease, 
swap, 
hedge 
transaction, deposit, loan, option, allo-
cated transaction, unallocated trans-
action, or any other similar agree-
ment; 
‘‘(II) any combination of agree-
ments or transactions referred to in 
subclauses (I) and (III); 
‘‘(III) any option to enter into 
any agreement or transaction referred 
to in subclause (I) or (II); 
‘‘(IV) a master agreement that 
provides for an agreement or trans-
action referred to in subclauses (I), 
(II), or (III), together with all supple-
ments to any such master agreement, 
without regard to whether the master 
agreement provides for an agreement 
or transaction that is not a forward 
contract under this clause, except that 
the master agreement shall be consid-
ered to be a forward contract under 
this clause only with respect to each 
agreement or transaction under the 
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master agreement that is referred to 
in subclause (I), (II), or (III); or 
‘‘(V) any security agreement or 
arrangement or other credit enhance-
ment related to any agreement or 
transaction referred to in subclause 
(I), (II), (III), or (IV), including any 
guarantee or reimbursement obliga-
tion in connection with any agreement 
or transaction referred to in any such 
subclause. 
‘‘(v) REPURCHASE AGREEMENT.—The 
term ‘repurchase agreement’ (which defini-
tion also applies to a reverse repurchase 
agreement)— 
‘‘(I) means an agreement, includ-
ing related terms, which provides for 
the transfer of one or more certifi-
cates of deposit, mortgage-related se-
curities (as such term is defined in 
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), 
mortgage loans, interests in mortgage- 
related securities or mortgage loans, 
eligible bankers’ acceptances, qualified 
foreign government securities or secu-
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rities that are direct obligations of, or 
that are fully guaranteed by, the 
United States or any agency of the 
United States against the transfer of 
funds by the transferee of such certifi-
cates of deposit, eligible bankers’ ac-
ceptances, securities, mortgage loans, 
or interests with a simultaneous 
agreement by such transferee to 
transfer to the transferor thereof cer-
tificates of deposit, eligible bankers’ 
acceptances, 
securities, 
mortgage 
loans, or interests as described above, 
at a date certain not later than 1 year 
after such transfers or on demand, 
against the transfer of funds, or any 
other similar agreement; 
‘‘(II) does not include any repur-
chase obligation under a participation 
in a commercial mortgage loan unless 
the Agency determines by regulation, 
resolution, or order to include any 
such participation within the meaning 
of such term; 
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‘‘(III) means any combination of 
agreements or transactions referred to 
in subclauses (I) and (IV); 
‘‘(IV) means any option to enter 
into any agreement or transaction re-
ferred to in subclause (I) or (III); 
‘‘(V) means a master agreement 
that provides for an agreement or 
transaction referred to in subclause 
(I), (III), or (IV), together with all 
supplements to any such master 
agreement, without regard to whether 
the master agreement provides for an 
agreement or transaction that is not a 
repurchase 
agreement 
under 
this 
clause, except that the master agree-
ment shall be considered to be a re-
purchase agreement under this sub-
clause only with respect to each agree-
ment or transaction under the master 
agreement that is referred to in sub-
clause (I), (III), or (IV); and 
‘‘(VI) means any security agree-
ment or arrangement or other credit 
enhancement related to any agree-
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ment or transaction referred to in 
subclause (I), (III), (IV), or (V), in-
cluding any guarantee or reimburse-
ment obligation in connection with 
any agreement or transaction referred 
to in any such subclause. 
For purposes of this clause, the term 
‘qualified foreign government security’ 
means a security that is a direct obligation 
of, or that is fully guaranteed by, the cen-
tral government of a member of the Orga-
nization for Economic Cooperation and 
Development (as determined by regulation 
or order adopted by the appropriate Fed-
eral banking authority). 
‘‘(vi) SWAP AGREEMENT.—The term 
‘swap agreement’ means— 
‘‘(I) any agreement, including the 
terms and conditions incorporated by 
reference in any such agreement, 
which is an interest rate swap, option, 
future, or forward agreement, includ-
ing a rate floor, rate cap, rate collar, 
cross-currency rate swap, and basis 
swap; a spot, same day-tomorrow, to-
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morrow-next, forward, or other for-
eign exchange or precious metals 
agreement; a currency swap, option, 
future, or forward agreement; an eq-
uity index or equity swap, option, fu-
ture, or forward agreement; a debt 
index or debt swap, option, future, or 
forward agreement; a total return, 
credit spread or credit swap, option, 
future, or forward agreement; a com-
modity index or commodity swap, op-
tion, future, or forward agreement; or 
a weather swap, weather derivative, or 
weather option; 
‘‘(II) any agreement or trans-
action that is similar to any other 
agreement or transaction referred to 
in this clause and that is of a type 
that has been, is presently, or in the 
future becomes, the subject of recur-
rent dealings in the swap markets (in-
cluding terms and conditions incor-
porated by reference in such agree-
ment) and that is a forward, swap, fu-
ture, or option on one or more rates, 
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currencies, commodities, equity securi-
ties or other equity instruments, debt 
securities or other debt instruments, 
quantitative measures associated with 
an occurrence, extent of an occur-
rence, or contingency associated with 
a financial, commercial, or economic 
consequence, or economic or financial 
indices or measures of economic or fi-
nancial risk or value; 
‘‘(III) any combination of agree-
ments or transactions referred to in 
this clause; 
‘‘(IV) any option to enter into 
any agreement or transaction referred 
to in this clause; 
‘‘(V) a master agreement that 
provides for an agreement or trans-
action referred to in subclause (I), 
(II), (III), or (IV), together with all 
supplements to any such master 
agreement, without regard to whether 
the master agreement contains an 
agreement or transaction that is not a 
swap agreement under this clause, ex-
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cept that the master agreement shall 
be considered to be a swap agreement 
under this clause only with respect to 
each agreement or transaction under 
the master agreement that is referred 
to in subclause (I), (II), (III), or (IV); 
and 
‘‘(VI) any security agreement or 
arrangement or other credit enhance-
ment related to any agreements or 
transactions referred to in subclause 
(I), (II), (III), (IV), or (V), including 
any guarantee or reimbursement obli-
gation in connection with any agree-
ment or transaction referred to in any 
such subclause. 
Such term is applicable for purposes of 
this subsection only and shall not be con-
strued or applied so as to challenge or af-
fect the characterization, definition, or 
treatment of any swap agreement under 
any other statute, regulation, or rule, in-
cluding the Securities Act of 1933, the Se-
curities Exchange Act of 1934, the Public 
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the 
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Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Invest-
ment Company Act of 1940, the Invest-
ment Advisers Act of 1940, the Securities 
Investor Protection Act of 1970, the Com-
modity Exchange Act, the Gramm-Leach- 
Bliley Act, and the Legal Certainty for 
Bank Products Act of 2000. 
‘‘(vii) 
TREATMENT
OF
MASTER 
AGREEMENT
AS
ONE
AGREEMENT.—Any 
master agreement for any contract or 
agreement described in any preceding 
clause of this subparagraph (or any master 
agreement for such master agreement or 
agreements), together with all supplements 
to such master agreement, shall be treated 
as a single agreement and a single quali-
fied financial contract. If a master agree-
ment contains provisions relating to agree-
ments or transactions that are not them-
selves qualified financial contracts, the 
master agreement shall be deemed to be a 
qualified financial contract only with re-
spect to those transactions that are them-
selves qualified financial contracts. 
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‘‘(viii) TRANSFER.—The term ‘trans-
fer’ means every mode, direct or indirect, 
absolute or conditional, voluntary or invol-
untary, of disposing of or parting with 
property or with an interest in property, 
including retention of title as a security in-
terest and foreclosure of the regulated en-
tity’s equity of redemption. 
‘‘(E) CERTAIN PROTECTIONS IN EVENT OF 
APPOINTMENT
OF
CONSERVATOR.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act (other 
than paragraph (13) of this subsection), any 
other Federal law, or the law of any State, no 
person shall be stayed or prohibited from exer-
cising— 
‘‘(i) any right such person has to 
cause the termination, liquidation, or accel-
eration of any qualified financial contract 
with a regulated entity in a conservator-
ship based upon a default under such fi-
nancial contract which is enforceable under 
applicable noninsolvency law; 
‘‘(ii) any right under any security 
agreement or arrangement or other credit 
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enhancement relating to one or more such 
qualified financial contracts; or 
‘‘(iii) any right to offset or net out 
any termination values, payment amounts, 
or other transfer obligations arising under 
or in connection with such qualified finan-
cial contracts. 
‘‘(F) CLARIFICATION.—No provision of law 
shall be construed as limiting the right or 
power of the Agency, or authorizing any court 
or agency to limit or delay, in any manner, the 
right or power of the Agency to transfer any 
qualified financial contract in accordance with 
paragraphs (9) and (10) of this subsection or to 
disaffirm or repudiate any such contract in ac-
cordance with subsection (d)(1) of this section. 
‘‘(G) WALKAWAY
CLAUSES
NOT
EFFEC-
TIVE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
the provisions of subparagraphs (A) and 
(E), and sections 403 and 404 of the Fed-
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation Im-
provement Act of 1991, no walkaway 
clause shall be enforceable in a qualified fi-
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nancial contract of a regulated entity in 
default. 
‘‘(ii) WALKAWAY CLAUSE DEFINED.— 
For purposes of this subparagraph, the 
term ‘walkaway clause’ means a provision 
in a qualified financial contract that, after 
calculation of a value of a party’s position 
or an amount due to or from 1 of the par-
ties in accordance with its terms upon ter-
mination, liquidation, or acceleration of the 
qualified financial contract, either does not 
create a payment obligation of a party or 
extinguishes a payment obligation of a 
party in whole or in part solely because of 
such party’s status as a nondefaulting 
party. 
‘‘(9) TRANSFER OF QUALIFIED FINANCIAL CON-
TRACTS.—In making any transfer of assets or liabil-
ities of a regulated entity in default which includes 
any qualified financial contract, the conservator or 
receiver for such regulated entity shall either— 
‘‘(A) transfer to 1 person— 
‘‘(i) all qualified financial contracts 
between any person (or any affiliate of 
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such person) and the regulated entity in 
default; 
‘‘(ii) all claims of such person (or any 
affiliate of such person) against such regu-
lated entity under any such contract (other 
than any claim which, under the terms of 
any such contract, is subordinated to the 
claims of general unsecured creditors of 
such regulated entity); 
‘‘(iii) all claims of such regulated enti-
ty against such person (or any affiliate of 
such person) under any such contract; and 
‘‘(iv) all property securing or any 
other credit enhancement for any contract 
described in clause (i) or any claim de-
scribed in clause (ii) or (iii) under any 
such contract; or 
‘‘(B) transfer none of the financial con-
tracts, claims, or property referred to under 
subparagraph (A) (with respect to such person 
and any affiliate of such person). 
‘‘(10) NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If— 
‘‘(i) the conservator or receiver for a 
regulated entity in default makes any 
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