To temporarily provide for Federal insurance of transaction accounts during the COVID-19 emergency.

Bill: 116-hr-6380
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2020-03-24
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital

Banking and financial institutions regulation
Latest action: action_date: 2020-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-03-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill temporarily removes deposit insurance limits for transaction accounts at depository institutions and credit unions. The limits are reinstated January 1, 2022.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6380 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 24, 2020 Mr. Green of Texas (for himself, Ms. Garcia of Texas , Mr. Meeks , Mr. Cleaver , and Mrs. Beatty ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To temporarily provide for Federal insurance of transaction accounts during the COVID–19 emergency.

1. Insurance of transaction accounts (a) Banks and savings associations (1) Amendments Section 11(a)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1821(a)(1) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (B)— (i) by striking The net amount and inserting the following: (i) In general Subject to clause (ii), the net amount ; and (ii) by adding at the end the following new clauses: (ii) Authorization for insurance for transaction accounts Notwithstanding clause (i), the Corporation may fully insure the net amount that any depositor at an insured depository institution maintains in a transaction account. Such amount shall not be taken into account when computing the net amount due to such depositor under clause (i). (iii) Transaction account defined For purposes of this subparagraph, the term transaction account has the meaning given that term under section 19 of the Federal Reserve Act ( 12 U.S.C. 461 ). ; and (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting subparagraph (B)(i) . (2) Prospective repeal Effective January 1, 2022, section 11(a)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1821(a)(1) ), as amended by paragraph (1), is amended— (A) in subparagraph (B)— (i) by striking deposit .— and all that follows through clause (ii), the net amount and insert deposit .—The net amount ; and (ii) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii); and (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking subparagraph (B)(i) and inserting subparagraph (B) . (b) Credit unions (1) Amendments Section 207(k)(1) of the Federal Credit Union Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1787(k)(1) ) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), the net amount and inserting the following: (i) Net amount of insurance payable Subject to clause (ii) and the provisions of paragraph (2), the net amount ; and (ii) by adding at the end the following new clauses: (ii) Authorization for insurance for transaction accounts Notwithstanding clause (i), the Board may fully insure the net amount that any member or depositor at an insured credit union maintains in a transaction account. Such amount shall not be taken into account when computing the net amount due to such member or depositor under clause (i). (iii) Transaction account defined For purposes of this subparagraph, the term transaction account has the meaning given that term under section 19 of the Federal Reserve Act ( 12 U.S.C. 461 ). ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting subparagraph (A)(i) . (2) Prospective repeal Effective January 1, 2022, section 207(k)(1) of the Federal Credit Union Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1787(k)(1) ), as amended by paragraph (1), is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) by striking (i) Net amount of insurance payable.— and all that follows through paragraph (2), the net amount and inserting Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2), the net amount ; and (ii) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii); and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking subparagraph (A)(i) and inserting subparagraph (A) . (c) COVID–19 emergency defined In this section, the term COVID–19 emergency means the period that begins upon the date of the enactment of this Act and ends upon the date of the termination by the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.