FDIC Federal Register Citations

[December 22, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 245)]

[Unified Agenda]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [frwais.access.gpo.gov]

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Proposed Rule Stage

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4168. RISK--BASED CAPITAL GUIDELINES; CAPITAL ADEQUACY

GUIDELINES; CAPITAL MAINTENANCE

Priority: Other Significant. Major status under 5 USC 801 is undetermined.

Legal Authority: Not Yet Determined

CFR Citation: 12 CFR 325

Legal Deadline: None

Abstract: The Comptroller of the Currency, Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserves System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and

Office of Thrift Supervision, collectively, are proposing to amend

their risk--based capital standards by removing a sunset provision in

order to permit sponsoring banks, bank holding companies, and thrifts

to exclude from their risk--weighted asset base those assets in asset--

backed commercial paper programs that are consolidated onto sponsoring

banking organizations' balance sheets as a result of a recently issued

accounting interpretation, Financial Accounting Standards Board

Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (FIN

46).

Timetable: