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Federal Deposit Insurance Act

Section 11. Insurance Funds

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(a)  Deposit Insurance.--

(1)  INSURED AMOUNTS PAYABLE.--

(A)  IN GENERAL.--The Corporation shall insure the deposits of all insured depository institutions as provided in this Act.

(B)  NET AMOUNT OF INSURED DEPOSIT. The net amount due to any depositor at an insured depository institution shall not exceed the standard maximum deposit insurance amount as determined in accordance with subparagraphs (C), (D), (E) and (F) and paragraph (3).

(C)  AGGREGATION OF DEPOSITS.--For the purpose of determining the net amount due to any depositor under subparagraph (B), the Corporation shall aggregate the amounts of all deposits in the insured depository institution which are maintained by a depositor in the same capacity and the same right for the benefit of the depositor either in the name of the depositor or in the name of any other person, other than any amount in a trust fund described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 7(i) or any funds described in section 7(i)(3).

(D)  COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN DEPOSITS.--

(i)  PASS-THROUGH INSURANCE.--The Corporation shall provide pass-through deposit insurance for the deposits of any employee benefit plan.

(ii)  PROHIBITION ON ACCEPTANCE OF BENEFIT PLAN DEPOSITS.--An insured depository institution that is not well capitalized or adequately capitalized may not accept employee benefit plan deposits.

(iii)  DEFINITIONS.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the following definitions shall apply:

(I)  CAPITAL STANDARDS.--The terms "well capitalized" and "adequately capitalized" have the same meanings as in section 38.

(II)  EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN.--The term "employee benefit plan" has the same meaning as in paragraph (5)(B)(ii), and includes any eligible deferred compensation plan described in section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [Title 26].

(III)  PASS-THROUGH DEPOSIT INSURANCE.--The term "pass-through deposit insurance" means, with respect to an employee benefit plan, deposit insurance coverage based on the interest of each participant, in accordance with regulations issued by the Corporation.

(E)  STANDARD MAXIMUM DEPOSIT INSURANCE AMOUNT DEFINED.--For purposes of this Act, the term "standard maximum deposit insurance amount" means $250,000, adjusted as provided under subparagraph (F) after March 31, 2010. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the increase in the standard maximum deposit insurance amount to $250,000 shall apply to depositors in any institution for which the Corporation was appointed as receiver or conservator on or after January 1, 2008, and before October 3, 2008. The Corporation shall take such actions as are necessary to carry out the requirements of this section with respect to such depositors, without regard to any time limitations under this Act. In implementing this and the preceding 2 sentences, any payment on a deposit claim made by the Corporation as receiver or conservator to a depositor above the standard maximum deposit insurance amount in effect at the time of the appointment of the Corporation as receiver or conservator shall be deemed to be part of the net amount due to the depositor under subparagraph (B).

(F)  INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.--

(i)  IN GENERAL.--By April 1 of 2010, and the 1st day of each subsequent 5-year period, the Board of Directors and the National Credit Union Administration Board shall jointly consider the factors set forth under clause (v), and, upon determining that an inflation adjustment is appropriate, shall jointly prescribe the amount by which the standard maximum deposit insurance amount and the standard maximum share insurance amount (as defined in section 207(k) of the Federal Credit Union Act) applicable to any depositor at an insured depository institution shall be increased by calculating the product of-- 

(I)  $100,000; and

(II)  the ratio of the published annual value of the Personal Consumption Expenditures Chain--Type Price Index (or any successor index thereto) published by the Department of Commerce, for the calendar year preceding the year in which the adjustment is calculated under this clause, to the published annual value of such index for the calendar year preceding [April 1, 2006], the date this subparagraph takes effect under the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005.

The values used in the calculation under subclause (II) shall be, as of the date of the calculation, the values most recently published by the Department of Commerce.

(ii)  ROUNDING.--If the amount determined under clause (ii) for any period is not a multiple of $10,000, the amount so determined shall be rounded down to the nearest $10,000.

(iii)  PUBLICATION AND REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.--Not later than April 5 of any calendar year in which an adjustment is required to be calculated under clause (i) to the standard maximum deposit insurance amount and the standard maximum share insurance amount under such clause, the Board of Directors and the National Credit Union Administration Board shall--

(I)  publish in the Federal Register the standard maximum deposit insurance amount, the standard maximum share insurance amount, and the amount of coverage under paragraph (3)(A) and section 207(k)(3) of the Federal Credit Union Act, as so calculated; and

(II)  jointly submit a report to the Congress containing the amounts described in subclause (I).

(iv)  6-MONTH IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD.--Unless an Act of Congress enacted before July 1 of the calendar year in which an adjustment is required to be calculated under clause (i) provides otherwise, the increase in the standard maximum deposit insurance amount and the standard maximum share insurance amount shall take effect on January 1 of the year immediately succeeding such calendar year.

(v)  INFLATION ADJUSTMENT CONSIDERATION.--In making any determination under clause (i) to increase the standard maximum deposit insurance amount and the standard maximum share insurance amount, the Board of Directors and the National Credit Union Administration Board shall jointly consider--

(I)  the overall state of the Deposit Insurance Fund and the economic conditions affecting insured depository institutions;

(II)  potential problems affecting insured depository institutions; or

(III)  whether the increase will cause the reserve ratio of the fund to fall below 1.15 percent of estimated insured deposits.

(2)  GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORS.--

(A)  IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding any limitation in this Act or in any other provision of law relating to the amount of deposit insurance available to any 1 depositor--

(i)  a government depositor shall, for the purpose of determining the amount of insured deposits under this subsection, be deemed to be a depositor separate and distinct from any other officer, employee, or agent of the United States or any public unit referred to in subparagraph (B); and

(ii)  except as provided in subparagraph (C), the deposits of a government depositor shall be insured in an amount equal to the standard maximum deposit insurance amount (as determined under paragraph (1)).

(B)  GOVERNMENT DEPOSITOR.--In this paragraph, the term "government depositor" means a depositor that is--

(i)  an officer, employee, or agent of the United States having official custody of public funds and lawfully investing or depositing the same in time and savings deposits in an insured depository institution;

(ii)  an officer, employee, or agent of any State of the United States, or of any county, municipality, or political subdivision thereof having official custody of public funds and lawfully investing or depositing the same in time and savings deposits in an insured depository institution in such State;

(iii)  an officer, employee, or agent of the District of Columbia having official custody of public funds and lawfully investing or depositing the same in time and savings deposits in an insured depository institution in the District of Columbia;

(iv)  an officer, employee, or agent of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, of the Virgin Islands, of American Samoa, of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or of Guam, or of any county, municipality, or political subdivision thereof having official custody of public funds and lawfully investing or depositing the same in time and savings deposits in an insured depository institution in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or Guam, respectively; or

(v)  an officer, employee, or agent of any Indian tribe (as defined in section 3(c) of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 [Title 25]) or agency thereof having official custody of tribal funds and lawfully investing or depositing the same in time and savings deposits in an insured depository institution.

(C)  AUTHORITY TO LIMIT DEPOSITS.--The Corporation may limit the aggregate amount of funds that may be invested or deposited in deposits in any insured depository institution by any government depositor on the basis of the size of any such bank in terms of its assets: Provided, however, such limitation may be exceeded by the pledging of acceptable securities to the government depositor when and where required.

 

(3)  CERTAIN RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding any limitation in this Act relating to the amount of deposit insurance available for the account of any 1 depositor, deposits in an insured depository institution made in connection with--

 

(i)  any individual retirement account described in section 408(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [Title 26];

 

(ii)  subject to the exception contained in paragraph (1)(D)(ii), any eligible deferred compensation plan described in section 457 of such Code; and

 

(iii)  any individual account plan defined in section 3(34) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act [Title 29], and any plan described in section 401(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [Title 26], to the extent that participants and beneficiaries under such plan have the right to direct the investment of assets held in individual accounts maintained on their behalf by the plan,

shall be aggregated and insured in an amount not to exceed $250,000 (which amount shall be subject to inflation adjustments as provided in paragraph (1)(F), except that $250,000 shall be substituted for $100,000 wherever such term appears in such paragraph) per participant per insured depository institution.

 

(B)  AMOUNTS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), the amount aggregated for insurance coverage under this paragraph shall consist of the present vested and ascertainable interest of each participant under the plan, excluding any remainder interest created by, or as a result of, the plan.

 

 

(4)  DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUND.--

 

(A)  ESTABLISHMENT.--There is established the Deposit Insurance Fund, which the Corporation shall--

 

(i)  maintain and administer; 

 

(ii)  use to carry out its insurance purposes, in the manner provided by this subsection; and

 

(iii)  invest in accordance with section 13(a).

 

(B)  USES.--The Deposit Insurance Fund shall be available to the Corporation for use with respect to insured depository institutions the deposits of which are insured by the Deposit Insurance Fund.

 

(C)  LIMITATION ON USE.--Notwithstanding any provision of law other than section 13(c)(4)(G), the Deposit Insurance Fund shall not be used in any manner to benefit any shareholder or affiliate (other than an insured depository institution that receives assistance in accordance with the provisions of this Act) of--

 

(i)  any insured depository institution for which the Corporation has been appointed conservator or receiver, in connection with any type of resolution by the Corporation;

 

(ii)  any other insured depository institution in default or in danger of default, in connection with any type of resolution by the Corporation; or

 

(iii)  any insured depository institution, in connection with the provision of assistance under this section or section 13 with respect to such institution, except that this clause shall not prohibit any assistance to any insured depository institution that is not in default, or that is not in danger of default, that is acquiring (as defined in section 13(f)(8)(B)) another insured depository institution.

 

(D)  DEPOSITS.--All amounts assessed against insured depository institutions by the Corporation shall be deposited into the Deposit Insurance Fund.

 

(5)  CERTAIN INVESTMENT CONTRACTS NOT TREATED AS INSURED DEPOSITS.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--A liability of an insured depository institution shall not be treated as an insured deposit if the liability arises under any insured depository institution investment contract between any insured depository institution and any employee benefit plan which expressly permits benefit-responsive withdrawals or transfers.

 

(B)  DEFINITIONS.--For purposes of subparagraph (A)--

 

(i)  BENEFIT-RESPONSIVE WITHDRAWALS OR TRANSFERS.--The term "benefit-responsive withdrawals or transfers" means any withdrawal or transfer of funds (consisting of any portion of the principal and any interest credited at a rate guaranteed by the insured depository institution investment contract) during the period in which any guaranteed rate is in effect, without substantial penalty or adjustment, to pay benefits provided by the employee benefit plan or to permit a plan participant or beneficiary to redirect the investment of his or her account balance.

 

(ii)  EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN.--The term "employee benefit plan"--

 

(I)  has the meaning given to such term in section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 [Title 29]; and

 

(II)  includes any plan described in section 401(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [Title 26].

 

(6)  [Repealed]

 

(7)  [Repealed]

 

(8)  [Redesignated (5)]

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(a)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(a)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 884), effective September 21, 1950, as amended by section 301(c) of title III of the Act of October 16, 1966 (Pub. L. No. 89--695; 80 Stat. 1055), effective October 16, 1966; section 7(a)(3) of title I of the Act of December 23, 1969 (Pub. L. No. 91--151; 83 Stat. 375), effective December 23, 1969; sections 101(a)(3) and 102(a)(3) of title I of the Act of October 28, 1974 (Pub. L. No. 93--495; 88 Stat. 1500 and 1502), effective November 27, 1974; section 1401(a) of title XIV of the Act of November 10, 1978 (Pub. L. No. 95--630; 92 Stat. 3712), effective March 10, 1979; section 323 of title III of the Act of December 21, 1979 (Pub. L. No. 96--153; 93 Stat. 1120); section 308 of title III of the Act of March 31, 1980 (Pub. L. No. 96--221; 94 Stat. 147), effective March 31, 1980; section 103 of title I of the Act of December 26, 1981 (Pub. L. No. 97--110; 95 Stat. 1514), effective December 26, 1981; sections 201(a)(1) and 211 of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 187 and 218), effective August 9, 1989; sections 202(a) and (b) of title II of the Act of December 12, 1991 (Pub. L. No. 102--233; 105 Stat. 1766), effective December 12, 1991; sections 311(a)(1), (b)(1), (b)(2), and (b)(5) of title III of the Act of December 19, 1991 (Pub. L. No. 102--242; 105 Stat. 2363, 2364 and 2366, respectively), effective December 19, 1993; sections 8(a)--(g) and (i) of the Act of December 17, 1993 (Pub. L. No. 103--204; 107 Stat. 2384--2388), effective December 17, 1993; section 602(a)(21) of title VI of the Act of September 23, 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103--325; 108 Stat. 2289), effective September 23, 1994; Section 2705 of title II of the Act of September 30, 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104--208; 110 Stat. 3009--495), effective September 30, 1996; section 117 of the Act of November 12, 1999 (Pub. L. No. 106--102; 113 Stat. 1372), effective March 12, 2000; section 736(a)(6) of title VII of the Act of November 12, 1999 (Pub. L. 106--102; 113 Stat. 1481), effective November 12, 1999; section 2103(a)--(c) of title II of the Act of February 8, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--171; 120 Stat. 10 and 11), effective date shall take effect on the date the final regulations required under section 9(a)(2) take effect; section 2(a) of the Act of February 15, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--173; 119 Stat. 3601 and 3602), effective date shall take affect on the date on which the final regulations required under section 2109(a)(2) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 take effect; section 8(a)(11)--(14) of the Act of February 15, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--173; 119 Stat. 3611, and 3612), effective date shall take effect on the day of the merger of the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance Fund pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005; section 335(a) of title III of the Act of July 21, 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111--203; 124 Stat. 1554), effective July 21, 2010; section 343(a)(1) of title III of the Act of July 21, 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111--203; 124 Stat. 1544 and 1545), effective December 31, 2010] 

(b)  Liquidation as Closing of Depository Institution.--For the purposes of this Act an insured depository institution shall be deemed to have been closed on account of inability to meet the demands of its depositors in any case in which it has been closed for the purpose of liquidation without adequate provision being made for payment of its depositors.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(b)]

 

[Source:  Section 2[11(b)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 884), effective September 21, 1950, as amended by section 201(a)(1) of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 187), effective August 9, 1989; amended by Pub. L. No. 111--203, July 21, 2010, effective December 31, 2010]

[PROSPECTIVE REPEAL.--Effective January 1, 2013, 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)".] 

(c)  Appointment of Corporation as Conservator or Receiver.--

 

(1)  IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, the law of any State, or the constitution of any State, the Corporation may accept appointment and act as conservator or receiver for any insured depository institution upon appointment in the manner provided in paragraph (2) or (3).

 

(2)  FEDERAL DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.--

 

(A)  APPOINTMENT.--

 

(i)  CONSERVATOR.--The Corporation may, at the discretion of the supervisory authority, be appointed conservator of any insured Federal depository institution and the Corporation may accept such appointment.

 

(ii)  RECEIVER.--The Corporation shall be appointed receiver, and shall accept such appointment, whenever a receiver is appointed for the purpose of liquidation or winding up the affairs of an insured Federal depository institution by the appropriate Federal banking agency, notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law.

 

(B)  ADDITIONAL POWERS.--In addition to and not in derogation of the powers conferred and the duties imposed by this section on the Corporation as conservator or receiver, the Corporation, to the extent not inconsistent with such powers and duties, shall have any other power conferred on or any duty (which is related to the exercise of such power) imposed on a conservator or receiver for any Federal depository institution under any other provision of law.

 

(C)  CORPORATION NOT SUBJECT TO ANY OTHER AGENCY.-- When acting as conservator or receiver pursuant to an appointment described in subparagraph (A), the Corporation shall not be subject to the direction or supervision of any other agency or department of the United States or any State in the exercise of the Corporation's rights, powers, and privileges.

 

(D)  DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION IN CONSERVATORSHIP SUBJECT TO BANKING AGENCY SUPERVISION.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (C), any Federal depository institution for which the Corporation has been appointed conservator shall remain subject to the supervision of the appropriate Federal banking agency.

 

(3)  INSURED STATE DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.--

 

(A)  APPOINTMENT BY APPROPRIATE STATE SUPERVISOR.-- Whenever the authority having supervision of any insured State depository institution appoints a conservator or receiver for such institution and tenders appointment to the Corporation, the Corporation may accept such appointment.

 

(B)  ADDITIONAL POWERS.--In addition to the powers conferred and the duties related to the exercise of such powers imposed by State law on any conservator or receiver appointed under the law of such State for an insured State depository institution, the Corporation, as conservator or receiver pursuant to an appointment described in subparagraph (A), shall have the powers conferred and the duties imposed by this section on the Corporation as conservator or receiver.

 

(C)  CORPORATION NOT SUBJECT TO ANY OTHER AGENCY.--When acting as conservator or receiver pursuant to an appointment described in subparagraph (A), the Corporation shall not be subject to the direction or supervision of any other agency or department of the United States or any State in the exercise of its rights, powers, and privileges.

 

(D)  DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION IN CONSERVATORSHIP SUBJECT TO BANKING AGENCY SUPERVISION.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (C), any insured State depository institution for which the Corporation has been appointed conservator shall remain subject to the supervision of the appropriate State bank or savings association supervisor.

 

(4)  APPOINTMENT OF CORPORATION BY THE CORPORATION.--Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, the law of any State, or the constitution of any State, the Corporation may appoint itself as sole conservator or receiver of any insured State depository institution if--

 

(A)  the Corporation determines--

 

(i)  that--

 

(I)  a conservator, receiver, or other legal custodian has been appointed for such institution;

 

(II)  such institution has been subject to the appointment of any such conservator, receiver, or custodian for a period of at least 15 consecutive days; and

 

(III)  1 or more of the depositors in such institution is unable to withdraw any amount of any insured deposit; or

 

(ii)  that such institution has been closed by or under the laws of any State; and

 

(B)  the Corporation determines that 1 or more of the grounds specified in paragraph (5)--

 

(i)  existed with respect to such institution at the time--

 

(I)  the conservator, receiver, or other legal custodian was appointed; or

 

(II)  such institution was closed; or

 

(ii)  exist at any time--

 

(I)  during the appointment of the conservator, receiver, or other legal custodian; or

 

(II)  while such institution is closed.

 

(5)  GROUNDS FOR APPOINTING CONSERVATOR OR RECEIVER.--The grounds for appointing a conservator or receiver (which may be the Corporation) for any insured depository institution are as follows:

 

(A)  ASSETS INSUFFICIENT FOR OBLIGATIONS.--The institution's assets are less than the institution's obligations to its creditors and others, including members of the institution. 

 

(B)  SUBSTANTIAL DISSIPATION.--Substantial dissipation of assets or earnings due to--

 

(i)  any violation of any statute or regulation; or

 

(ii)  any unsafe or unsound practice.

 

(C)  UNSAFE OR UNSOUND CONDITION.--An unsafe or unsound condition to transact business.

 

(D)  CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS.--Any willful violation of a cease-and-desist order which has become final.

 

(E)  CONCEALMENT.--Any concealment of the institution's books, papers, records, or assets, or any refusal to submit the institution's books, papers, records, or affairs for inspection to any examiner or to any lawful agent of the appropriate Federal banking agency or State bank or savings association supervisor.

 

(F)  INABILITY TO MEET OBLIGATIONS.--The institution is likely to be unable to pay its obligations or meet its depositors' demands in the normal course of business.

 

(G)  LOSSES.--The institution has incurred or is likely to incur losses that will deplete all or substantially all of its capital, and there is no reasonable prospect for the institution to become adequately capitalized (as defined in section 38(b)) without Federal assistance.

 

(H)  VIOLATIONS OF LAW.--Any violation of any law or regulation, or any unsafe or unsound practice or condition that is likely to--

 

(i)  cause insolvency or substantial dissipation of assets or earnings;

 

(ii)  weaken the institution's condition; or

 

(iii)  otherwise seriously prejudice the interests of the institution's depositors or the deposit insurance fund.

 

(I)  CONSENT.--The institution, by resolution of its board of directors or its shareholders or members, consents to the appointment.

 

(J)  CESSATION OF INSURED STATUS.--The institution ceases to be an insured institution.

 

(K)  UNDERCAPITALIZATION.--The institution is undercapitalized (as defined in section 38(b)), and--

 

(i)  has no reasonable prospect of becoming adequately capitalized (as defined in that section);

 

(ii)  fails to become adequately capitalized when required to do so under section 38(f)(2)(A);

 

(iii)  fails to submit a capital restoration plan acceptable to that agency within the time prescribed under section 38(e)(2)(D); or

 

(iv)  materially fails to implement a capital restoration plan submitted and accepted under section 38(e)(2).

 

(L)  THE INSTITUTION.--

 

(i)  is critically undercapitalized, as defined in section 38(b); or

 

(ii)  otherwise has substantially insufficient capital.

 

(M)  MONEY LAUNDERING OFFENSE.--The Attorney General notifies the appropriate Federal banking agency or the Corporation in writing that the insured depository institution has been found guilty of a criminal offense under section 1956 or 1957 of title 18, United States Code, or section 5322 or 5324 of title 31, United States Code.

 

(6)  APPOINTMENT BY THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY.--

 

(A)  CONSERVATOR.--The Corporation may, at the discretion of the Comptroller of the Currency, be appointed conservator and the Corporation may accept any such appointment.

 

(B)  RECEIVER.--The Corporation may, at the discretion of the Comptroller of the Currency, be appointed receiver and the Corporation may accept any such appointment.

 

(7)  JUDICIAL REVIEW.--If the Corporation is appointed (including the appointment of the Corporation as receiver by the Board of Directors) as conservator or receiver of a depository institution under paragraph (4), (9), or (10), the depository institution may, not later than 30 days thereafter, bring an action in the United States district court for the judicial district in which the home office of such depository institution is located, or in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, for an order requiring the Corporation to be removed as the conservator or receiver (regardless of how such appointment was made), and the court shall, upon the merits, dismiss such action or direct the Corporation to be removed as the conservator or receiver.

 

(8)  REPLACEMENT OF CONSERVATOR OF STATE DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--In the case of any insured State depository institution for which the Corporation appointed itself as conservator pursuant to paragraph (4), the Corporation may, without any requirement of notice, hearing, or other action, replace itself as conservator with itself as receiver of such institution.

 

(B)  REPLACEMENT TREATED AS REMOVAL OF INCUMBENT.-- The replacement of a conservator with a receiver under subparagraph (A) shall be treated as the removal of the Corporation as conservator.

 

(C)  RIGHT OF REVIEW OF ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT NOT AFFECTED.--The replacement of a conservator with a receiver under subparagraph (A) shall not affect any right of the insured State depository institution to obtain review, pursuant to paragraph (7), of the original appointment of the conservator.

 

(9)  APPROPRIATE FEDERAL BANKING AGENCY MAY APPOINT CORPORATION AS CONSERVATOR OR RECEIVER FOR INSURED STATE DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION TO CARRY OUT SECTION 38.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--The appropriate Federal banking agency may appoint the Corporation as sole receiver (or, subject to paragraph (11), sole conservator) of any insured State depository institution, after consultation with the appropriate State supervisor, if the appropriate Federal banking agency determines that--

 

(i)  1 or more of the grounds specified in subparagraphs (K) and (L) of paragraph (5) exist with respect to that institution; and

 

(ii)  the appointment is necessary to carry out the purpose of section 38.

 

(B)  NONDELEGATION.--The appropriate Federal banking agency shall not delegate any action under subparagraph (A).

 

(10)  CORPORATION MAY APPOINT ITSELF AS CONSERVATOR OR RECEIVER FOR INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION TO PREVENT LOSS TO DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUND.--The Board of Directors may appoint the Corporation as sole conservator or receiver of an insured depository institution, after consultation with the appropriate Federal banking agency and the appropriate State supervisor (if any), if the Board of Directors determines that--

 

(A)  1 or more of the grounds specified in any subparagraph of paragraph (5) exist with respect to the institution; and

 

(B)  the appointment is necessary to reduce--

 

(i)  the risk that the deposit insurance fund would incur a loss with respect to the insured depository institution, or

 

(ii)  any loss that the deposit insurance fund is expected to incur with respect to that institution.

 

(11)  APPROPRIATE FEDERAL BANKING AGENCY SHALL NOT APPOINT CONSERVATOR UNDER CERTAIN PROVISIONS WITHOUT GIVING CORPORATION OPPORTUNITY TO APPOINT RECEIVER.--The appropriate Federal banking agency shall not appoint a conservator for an insured depository institution under subparagraph (K) or (L) of paragraph (5) without the Corporation's consent unless the agency has given the Corporation 48 hours notice of the agency's intention to appoint the conservator and the grounds for the appointment.

 

(12)  DIRECTORS NOT LIABLE FOR ACQUIESCING IN APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR RECEIVER.--The members of the board of directors of an insured depository institution shall not be liable to the institution's shareholders or creditors for acquiescing in or consenting in good faith to--

 

(A)  the appointment of the Corporation as conservator or receiver for that institution; or

 

(B)  an acquisition or combination under section 38(f)(2)(A)(iii).

 

(13)  ADDITIONAL POWERS.--In any case in which the Corporation is appointed conservator or receiver under paragraph (4), (6), (9), or (10) for any insured State depository institution-- 

 

(A)  this section shall apply to the Corporation as conservator or receiver in the same manner and to the same extent as if that institution were a Federal depository institution for which the Corporation had been appointed conservator or receiver; and

 

(B)  the Corporation as receiver of the institution may--

 

(i)  liquidate the institution in an orderly manner; and

 

(ii)  make any other disposition of any matter concerning the institution, as the Corporation determines is in the best interests of the institution, the depositors of the institution, and the Corporation.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(c)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(c)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 884), effective September 21, 1950, as amended by section 6(c)(17) of the Act of September 17, 1978 (Pub. L. No. 95--369; 92 Stat. 619), effective September 17, 1978; section 113(j) of title I of the Act of October 15, 1982 (Pub. L. No. 97--320; 96 Stat. 1474), effective October 15, 1982; sections 201(b) and 212(a) of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 188 and 222), effective August 9, 1989; section 102 of title I of the Act of December 12, 1991 (Pub. L. No. 102--233; 105 Stat. 1761), effective December 12, 1991; sections 133(a) and (e) of title I of the Act of December 19, 1991 (Pub. L. No. 102--242; 105 Stat. 2270 and 2272, respectively), effective December 19, 1992; sections 1501(a) and 1611(b) of title XV and XVI, respectively, of the Act of October 28, 1992 (Pub. L. No. 102--550; 106 Stat. 4044, 4090), effective December 20, 1992; section 3001(b) of title III of the Act of August 10, 1993 (Pub. L. No. 103--66; 107 Stat. 336), effective August 10, 1993; sections 27(b)(1)--(3) of the Act of December 17, 1993 (Pub. L. No. 103--204; 107 Stat. 2410), effective December 17, 1993; section 411(c)(2)(A) of title IV of the Act of September 23, 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103--325; 108 Stat. 2253), effective September 23, 1994; sections 8(a)(4)(A)--(C) of the Act of October 30, 2004 (Pub. L. No. 108-386; 118 Stat. 2231), effective October 30, 2004; section 701(b) of title VII of the Act of October 13, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--351; 120 Stat. 1985), effective October 13, 2006, and shall apply with respect to conservators or receivers appointed on or after the day of enactment; section 363(5)(A) of title III of the Act of July 21, 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111--203; 124 Stat. 1552), effective July 21, 2010] 

 


 

(d)  Powers and Duties of Corporation as Conservator or Receiver.--

 

(1)  RULEMAKING AUTHORITY OF CORPORATION.--The Corporation may prescribe such regulations as the Corporation determines to be appropriate regarding the conduct of conservatorships or receiverships.

 

(2)  GENERAL POWERS.--

 

(A)  SUCCESSOR TO INSTITUTION.--The Corporation shall, as conservator or receiver, and by operation of law, succeed to--

 

(i)  all rights, titles, powers, and privileges of the insured depository institution, and of any stockholder, member, accountholder, depositor, officer, or director of such institution with respect to the institution and the assets of the institution; and

 

(ii)  title to the books, records, and assets of any previous conservator or other legal custodian of such institution.

 

(B)  OPERATE THE INSTITUTION.--The Corporation may (subject to the provisions of section 40), as conservator or receiver-- 

 

(i)  take over the assets of and operate the insured depository institution with all the powers of the members or shareholders, the directors, and the officers of the institution and conduct all business of the institution;

 

(ii)  collect all obligations and money due the institution;

 

(iii)  perform all functions of the institution in the name of the institution which are consistent with the appointment as conservator or receiver; and

 

(iv)  preserve and conserve the assets and property of such institution.

 

(C)  FUNCTIONS OF INSTITUTION'S OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND SHAREHOLDERS.--The Corporation may, by regulation or order, provide for the exercise of any function by any member or stockholder, director, or officer of any insured depository institution for which the Corporation has been appointed conservator or receiver.

 

(D)  POWERS AS CONSERVATOR.--The Corporation may, as conservator, take such action as may be--

 

(i)  necessary to put the insured depository institution in a sound and solvent condition; and

 

(ii)  appropriate to carry on the business of the institution and preserve and conserve the assets and property of the institution.

 

(E)  ADDITIONAL POWERS AS RECEIVER.--The Corporation may (subject to the provisions of section 40), as receiver, place the insured depository institution in liquidation and proceed to realize upon the assets of the institution, having due regard to the conditions of credit in the locality.

 

(F)  ORGANIZATION OF NEW INSTITUTIONS.--The Corporation may, as receiver, with respect to any insured depository institution, organize a new depository institution under subsection (m) or a bridge depository institution under subsection (n).

 

(G)  MERGER; TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.--

 

(i)  IN GENERAL.--The Corporation may, as conservator or receiver--

 

(I)  merge the insured depository institution with another insured depository institution; or

 

(II)  subject to clause (ii), transfer any asset or liability of the institution in default (including assets and liabilities associated with any trust business) without any approval, assignment, or consent with respect to such transfer.

 

(ii)  APPROVAL BY APPROPRIATE FEDERAL BANKING AGENCY.--No transfer described in clause (i)(II) may be made to another depository institution (other than a new depository institution or a bridge depository institution established pursuant to subsection (m) or (n)) without the approval of the appropriate Federal banking agency for such institution.

 

(H)  PAYMENT OF VALID OBLIGATIONS.--The Corporation, as conservator or receiver, shall pay all valid obligations of the insured depository institution in accordance with the prescriptions and limitations of this Act.

 

(I)  SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.--

 

(i)  IN GENERAL.--The Corporation may, as conservator, receiver, or exclusive manager and for purposes of carrying out any power, authority, or duty with respect to an insured depository institution (including determining any claim against the institution and determining and realizing upon any asset of any person in the course of collecting money due the institution), exercise any power established under section 8(n), and the provisions of such section shall apply with respect to the exercise of any such power under this subparagraph in the same manner as such provisions apply under such section.

 

(ii)  AUTHORITY OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.--A subpoena or subpoena duces tecum may be issued under clause (i) only by, or with the written approval of, the Board of Directors or their designees (or, in the case of a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued by the Resolution Trust Corporation under this subparagraph and section 21A(b)(4), only by, or with the written approval of, the Board of Directors of such Corporation or their designees). 

 

(iii)  RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.--This subsection shall not be construed as limiting any rights that the Corporation, in any capacity, might otherwise have under section 10(c) of this Act.

 

(J)  INCIDENTAL POWERS.--The Corporation may, as conservator or receiver--

 

(i)  exercise all powers and authorities specifically granted to conservators or receivers, respectively, under this Act and such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry out such powers; and

 

(ii)  take any action authorized by this Act, which the Corporation determines is in the best interests of the depository institution, its depositors, or the Corporation.

 

(K)  UTILIZATION OF PRIVATE SECTOR.--In carrying out its responsibilities in the management and disposition of assets from insured depository institutions, as conservator, receiver, or in its corporate capacity, the Corporation shall utilize the services of private persons, including real estate and loan portfolio asset management, property management, auction marketing, legal, and brokerage services, only if such services are available in the private sector and the Corporation determines utilization of such services is the most practicable, efficient, and cost effective.

 

(3)  AUTHORITY OF RECEIVER TO DETERMINE CLAIMS.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--The Corporation may, as receiver, determine claims in accordance with the requirements of this subsection and regulations prescribed under paragraph (4).

 

(B)  NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.--The receiver, in any case involving the liquidation or winding up of the affairs of a closed depository institution, shall--

 

(i)  promptly publish a notice to the depository institution's creditors to present their claims, together with proof, to the receiver by a date specified in the notice which shall be not less than 90 days after the publication of such notice; and

 

(ii)  republish such notice approximately 1 month and 2 months, respectively, after the publication under clause (i).

 

(C)  MAILING REQUIRED.--The receiver shall mail a notice similar to the notice published under subparagraph (B)(i) at the time of such publication to any creditor shown on the institution's books--

 

(i)  at the creditor's last address appearing in such books; or

 

(ii)  upon discovery of the name and address of a claimant not appearing on the institution's books within 30 days after the discovery of such name and address.

 

(4)  RULEMAKING AUTHORITY RELATING TO DETERMINATION OF CLAIMS.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--The Corporation may prescribe regulations regarding the allowance or disallowance of claims by the receiver and providing for administrative determination of claims and review of such determination.

 

(B)  FINAL SETTLEMENT PAYMENT PROCEDURE.--

 

(i)  IN GENERAL.--In the handling of receiverships of insured depository institutions, to maintain essential liquidity and to prevent financial disruption, the Corporation may, after the declaration of an institution's insolvency, settle all uninsured and unsecured claims on the receivership with a final settlement payment which shall constitute full payment and disposition of the Corporation's obligations to such claimants.

 

(ii)  FINAL SETTLEMENT PAYMENT.--For purposes of clause (i), a final settlement payment shall be payment of an amount equal to the product of the final settlement payment rate and the amount of the uninsured and unsecured claim on the receivership; and

 

(iii)  FINAL SETTLEMENT PAYMENT RATE.--For purposes of clause (ii), the final settlement payment rate shall be a percentage rate reflecting an average of the Corporation's receivership recovery experience, determined by the Corporation in such a way that over such time period as the Corporation may deem appropriate, the Corporation in total will receive no more or less than it would have received in total as a general creditor standing in the place of insured depositors in each specific receivership.

 

(iv)  CORPORATION AUTHORITY.--The Corporation may undertake such supervisory actions and promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to assure that the requirements of this section can be implemented with respect to each insured depository institution in the event of its insolvency.

 

(5)  PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINATION OF CLAIMS.--

 

(A)  DETERMINATION PERIOD.--

 

(i)  IN GENERAL.--Before the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date any claim against a depository institution is filed with the Corporation as receiver, the Corporation shall determine whether to allow or disallow the claim and shall notify the claimant of any determination with respect to such claim.

 

(ii)  EXTENSION OF TIME.--The period described in clause (i) may be extended by a written agreement between the claimant and the Corporation.

 

(iii)  MAILING OF NOTICE SUFFICIENT.--The requirements of clause (i) shall be deemed to be satisfied if the notice of any determination with respect to any claim is mailed to the last address of the claimant which appears--

 

(I)  on the depository institution's books;

 

(II)  in the claim filed by the claimant; or

 

(III)  in documents submitted in proof of the claim.

 

(iv)  CONTENTS OF NOTICE OF DISALLOWANCE.--If any claim filed under clause (i) is disallowed, the notice to the claimant shall contain--

 

(I)  a statement of each reason for the disallowance; and

 

(II)  the procedures available for obtaining agency review of the determination to disallow the claim or judicial determination of the claim.

 

(B)  ALLOWANCE OF PROVEN CLAIM.--The receiver shall allow any claim received on or before the date specified in the notice published under paragraph (3)(B)(i) by the receiver from any claimant which is proved to the satisfaction of the receiver.

 

(C)  DISALLOWANCE OF CLAIMS FILED AFTER END OF FILING PERIOD.--

 

(i)  IN GENERAL.--Except as provided in clause (ii), claims filed after the date specified in the notice published under paragraph (3)(B)(i) shall be disallowed and such disallowance shall be final.

 

(ii)  CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS.--Clause (i) shall not apply with respect to any claim filed by any claimant after the date specified in the notice published under paragraph (3)(B)(i) and such claim may be considered by the receiver if--

 

(I)  the claimant did not receive notice of the appointment of the receiver in time to file such claim before such date; and

 

(II)  such claim is filed in time to permit payment of such claim.

 

(D)  AUTHORITY TO DISALLOW CLAIMS.--

 

(i)  IN GENERAL.--The receiver may disallow any portion of any claim by a creditor or claim of security, preference, or priority which is not proved to the satisfaction of the receiver.

 

(ii)  PAYMENTS TO LESS THAN FULLY SECURED CREDITORS.-- In the case of a claim of a creditor against an insured depository institution which is secured by any property or other asset of such institution, any receiver appointed for any insured depository institution--

 

(I)  may treat the portion of such claim which exceeds an amount equal to the fair market value of such property or other asset as an unsecured claim against the institution; and

 

(II)  may not make any payment with respect to such unsecured portion of the claim other than in connection with the disposition of all claims of unsecured creditors of the institution.

 

(iii)  EXCEPTIONS.--No provision of this paragraph shall apply with respect to--

 

(I)  any extension of credit from any Federal home loan bank or Federal Reserve bank to any insured depository institution; or

 

(II)  any security interest in the assets of the institution securing any such extension of credit. 

 

(E)  NO JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DETERMINATION PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (D).--No court may review the Corporation's determination pursuant to subparagraph (D) to disallow a claim.

 

(F)  LEGAL EFFECT OF FILING.--

 

(i)  STATUTE OF LIMITATION TOLLED.--For purposes of any applicable statute of limitations, the filing of a claim with the receiver shall constitute a commencement of an action.

 

(ii)  NO PREJUDICE TO OTHER ACTIONS.--Subject to paragraph (12), the filing of a claim with the receiver shall not prejudice any right of the claimant to continue any action which was filed before the appointment of the receiver.

 

(6)  PROVISION FOR AGENCY REVIEW OR JUDICIAL DETERMINATION OF CLAIMS.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--Before the end of the 60-day period beginning on the earlier of--

 

(i)  the end of the period described in paragraph (5)(A)(i) with respect to any claim against a depository institution for which the Corporation is receiver; or

 

(ii)  the date of any notice of disallowance of such claim pursuant to paragraph (5)(A)(i),

the claimant may request administrative review of the claim in accordance with subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (7) or file suit on such claim (or continue an action commenced before the appointment of the receiver) in the district or territorial court of the United States for the district within which the depository institution's principal place of business is located or the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (and such court shall have jurisdiction to hear such claim).

 

(B)  STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.--If any claimant fails to--

 

 

(i)  request administrative review of any claim in accordance with subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (7); or

 

(ii)  file suit on such claim (or continue an action commenced before the appointment of the receiver),

before the end of the 60-day period described in subparagraph (A), the claim shall be deemed to be disallowed (other than any portion of such claim which was allowed by the receiver) as of the end of such period, such disallowance shall be final, and the claimant shall have no further rights or remedies with respect to such claim.

 

(7)  REVIEW OF CLAIMS.--

 

 

(A)  ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.--If any claimant requests review under this subparagraph in lieu of filing or continuing any action under paragraph (6) and the Corporation agrees to such request, the Corporation shall consider the claim after opportunity for a hearing on the record. The final determination of the Corporation with respect to such claim shall be subject to judicial review under chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code.

 

(B)  OTHER REVIEW PROCEDURES.--

 

(i)  IN GENERAL.--The Corporation shall also establish such alternative dispute resolution processes as may be appropriate for the resolution of claims filed under paragraph (5)(A)(i).

 

(ii)  CRITERIA.--In establishing alternative dispute resolution processes, the Corporation shall strive for procedures which are expeditious, fair, independent, and low cost.

 

(iii)  VOLUNTARY BINDING OR NONBINDING PROCEDURES.--The Corporation may establish both binding and nonbinding processes, which may be conducted by any government or private party, but all parties, including the claimant and the Corporation, must agree to the use of the process in a particular case.

 

(iv)  CONSIDERATION OF INCENTIVES.--The Corporation shall seek to develop incentives for claimants to participate in the alternative dispute resolution process.

 

(8)  EXPEDITED DETERMINATION OF CLAIMS.-- 

 

(A)  ESTABLISHMENT REQUIRED.--The Corporation shall establish a procedure for expedited relief outside of the routine claims process established under paragraph (5) for claimants who--

 

(i)  allege the existence of legally valid and enforceable or perfected security interests in assets of any depository institution for which the Corporation has been appointed receiver; and

 

(ii)  allege that irreparable injury will occur if the routine claims procedure is followed.

 

(B)  DETERMINATION PERIOD.--Before the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date any claim is filed in accordance with the procedures established pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Corporation shall--

 

(i)  determine--

 

(I)  whether to allow or disallow such claim; or

 

(II)  whether such claim should be determined pursuant to the procedures established pursuant to paragraph (5); and

 

(ii)  notify the claimant of the determination, and if the claim is disallowed, provide a statement of each reason for the disallowance and the procedure for obtaining agency review or judicial determination.

 

(C)  PERIOD FOR FILING OR RENEWING SUIT.--Any claimant who files a request for expedited relief shall be permitted to file a suit, or to continue a suit filed before the appointment of the receiver, seeking a determination of the claimant's rights with respect to such security interest after the earlier of--

 

(i)  the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the filing of a request for expedited relief; or

 

(ii)  the date the Corporation denies the claim.

 

(D)  STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.--If an action described in subparagraph (C) is not filed, or the motion to renew a previously filed suit is not made, before the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which such action or motion may be filed in accordance with subparagraph (B), the claim shall be deemed to be disallowed as of the end of such period (other than any portion of such claim which was allowed by the receiver), such disallowance shall be final, and the claimant shall have no further rights or remedies with respect to such claim.

 

(E)  LEGAL EFFECT OF FILING.--

 

(i)  STATUTE OF LIMITATION TOLLED.--For purposes of any applicable statute of limitations, the filing of a claim with the receiver shall constitute a commencement of an action.

 

(ii)  NO PREJUDICE TO OTHER ACTIONS.--Subject to paragraph (12), the filing of a claim with the receiver shall not prejudice any right of the claimant to continue any action which was filed before the appointment of the receiver.

 

(9)  AGREEMENT AS BASIS OF CLAIM.--

 

(A)  REQUIREMENTS.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any agreement which does not meet the requirements set forth in section 13(e) shall not form the basis of, or substantially comprise, a claim against the receiver or the Corporation.

 

(B)  EXCEPTION TO CONTEMPORANEOUS EXECUTION REQUIREMENT.--Notwithstanding section 13(e)(2), any agreement relating to an extension of credit between a Federal home loan bank or Federal Reserve bank and any insured depository institution which was executed before the extension of credit by such bank to such institution shall be treated as having been executed contemporaneously with such extension of credit for purposes of subparagraph (A).

 

(10)  PAYMENT OF CLAIMS.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--The receiver may, in the receiver's discretion and to the extent funds are available, pay creditor claims which are allowed by the receiver, approved by the Corporation pursuant to a final determination pursuant to paragraph (7) or (8), or determined by the final judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction in such manner and amounts as are authorized under this Act. 

 

(B)  PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS ON CLAIMS.--The receiver may, in the receiver's sole discretion, pay dividends on proved claims at any time, and no liability shall attach to the Corporation (in such Corporation's corporate capacity or as receiver), by reason of any such payment, for failure to pay dividends to a claimant whose claim is not proved at the time of any such payment.

 

(C)  RULEMAKING AUTHORITY OF CORPORATION.--The Corporation may prescribe such rules, including definitions of terms, as it deems appropriate to establish a single uniform interest rate for or to make payments of post insolvency interest to creditors holding proven claims against the receivership estates of insured Federal or State depository institutions following satisfaction by the receiver of the principal amount of all creditor claims.

 

(11)  DEPOSITOR PREFERENCE.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--Subject to section 5(e)(2)(C), amounts realized from the liquidation or other resolution of any insured depository institution by any receiver appointed for such institution shall be distributed to pay claims (other than secured claims to the extent of any such security) in the following order of priority:

 

(i)  Administrative expenses of the receiver.

 

(ii)  Any deposit liability of the institution.

 

(iii)  Any other general or senior liability of the institution (which is not a liability described in clause (iv) or (v)).

 

(iv)  Any obligation subordinated to depositors or general creditors (which is not an obligation described in clause (v)).

 

(v)  Any obligation to shareholders or members arising as a result of their status as shareholders or members (including any depository institution holding company or any shareholder or creditor of such company).

 

(B)  EFFECT ON STATE LAW.--

 

(i)  IN GENERAL.--The provisions of subparagraph (A) shall not supersede the law of any State except to the extent such law is inconsistent with the provisions of such subparagraph, and then only to the extent of the inconsistency.

 

(ii)  Procedure for determination of inconsistency.--Upon the Corporation's own motion or upon the request of any person with a claim described in subparagraph (A) or any State which is submitted to the Corporation in accordance with procedures which the Corporation shall prescribe, the Corporation shall determine whether any provision of the law of any State is inconsistent with any provision of subparagraph (A) and the extent of any such inconsistency.

 

(iii)  JUDICIAL REVIEW.--The final determination of the Corporation under clause (ii) shall be subject to judicial review under chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code.

 

(C)  ACCOUNTING REPORT.--Any distribution by the Corporation in connection with any claim described in subparagraph (A)(v) shall be accompanied by the accounting report required under paragraph (15)(B).

 

(12)  SUSPENSION OF LEGAL ACTIONS.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--After the appointment of a conservator or receiver for an insured depository institution, the conservator or receiver may request a stay for a period not to exceed--

 

(i)  45 days, in the case of any conservator; and

 

(ii)  90 days, in the case of any receiver, in any judicial action or proceeding to which such institution is or becomes a party.

 

(B)  GRANT OF STAY BY ALL COURTS REQUIRED.--Upon receipt of a request by any conservator or receiver pursuant to subparagraph (A) for a stay of any judicial action or proceeding in any court with jurisdiction of such action or proceeding, the court shall grant such stay as to all parties.

 

(13)  ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES.--

 

(A)  PRIOR FINAL ADJUDICATION.--The Corporation shall abide by any final unappealable judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction which was rendered before the appointment of the Corporation as conservator or receiver. 

 

(B)  RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF CONSERVATOR OR RECEIVER.--In the event of any appealable judgment, the Corporation as conservator or receiver shall--

 

(i)  have all the rights and remedies available to the insured depository institution (before the appointment of such conservator or receiver) and the Corporation in its corporate capacity, including removal to Federal court and all appellate rights; and

 

(ii)  not be required to post any bond in order to pursue such remedies.

 

(C)  NO ATTACHMENT OR EXECUTION.--No attachment or execution may issue by any court upon assets in the possession of the receiver.

 

(D)  LIMITATION ON JUDICIAL REVIEW.--Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, no court shall have jurisdiction over--

 

(i)  any claim or action for payment from, or any action seeking a determination of rights with respect to, the assets of any depository institution for which the Corporation has been appointed receiver, including assets which the Corporation may acquire from itself as such receiver; or

 

(ii)  any claim relating to any act or omission of such institution or the Corporation as receiver.

 

(E)  DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.--In exercising any right, power, privilege, or authority as conservator or receiver in connection with any sale or disposition of assets of any insured depository institution for which the Corporation has been appointed conservator or receiver, including any sale or disposition of assets acquired by the Corporation under section 13(d)(1), the Corporation shall conduct its operations in a manner which--

 

(i)  maximizes the net present value return from the sale or disposition of such assets;

 

(ii)  minimizes the amount of any loss realized in the resolution of cases;

 

(iii)  ensures adequate competition and fair and consistent treatment of offerors;

 

(iv)  prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, or ethnic groups in the solicitation and consideration of offers; and

 

(v)  maximizes the preservation of the availability and affordability of residential real property for low- and moderate-income individuals.

 

(14)  STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR ACTIONS BROUGHT BY CONSERVATOR OR RECEIVER.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding any provision of any contract, the applicable statute of limitations with regard to any action brought by the Corporation as conservator or receiver shall be--

 

(i)  in the case of any contract claim, the longer of--

 

(I)  the 6-year period beginning on the date the claim accrues; or

 

(II)  the period applicable under State law; and

 

(ii)  in the case of any tort claim (other than a claim which is subject to section 21A(b)(14) of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act), the longer of--

 

(I)  the 3-year period beginning on the date the claim accrues; or

 

(II)  the period applicable under State law.

 

(B)  DETERMINATION OF THE DATE ON WHICH A CLAIM ACCRUES.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), the date on which the statute of limitations begins to run on any claim described in such subparagraph shall be the later of--

 

(i)  the date of the appointment of the Corporation as conservator or receiver; or

 

(ii)  the date on which the cause of action accrues.

 

(C)  REVIVAL OF EXPIRED STATE CAUSES OF ACTION.--

 

(i)  IN GENERAL.--In the case of any tort claim described in clause (ii) for which the statute of limitation applicable under State law with respect to such claim has expired not more than 5 years before the appointment of the Corporation as conservator or receiver, the Corporation may bring an action as conservator or receiver on such claim without regard to the expiration of the statute of limitation applicable under State law.

 

(ii)  CLAIMS DESCRIBED.--A tort claim referred to in clause (i) is a claim arising from fraud, intentional misconduct resulting in unjust enrichment, or intentional misconduct resulting in substantial loss to the institution.

 

(15)  ACCOUNTING AND RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.-- 

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--The Corporation as conservator or receiver shall, consistent with the accounting and reporting practices and procedures established by the Corporation, maintain a full accounting of each conservatorship and receivership or other disposition of institutions in default.

 

(B)  ANNUAL ACCOUNTING OR REPORT.--With respect to each conservatorship or receivership to which the Corporation was appointed, the Corporation shall make an annual accounting or report, as appropriate, available to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Comptroller General of the United States, and the authority which appointed the Corporation as conservator or receiver.

 

(C)  AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.--Any report prepared pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall be made available by the Corporation upon request to any shareholder of the depository institution for which the Corporation was appointed conservator or receiver or any other member of the public.

 

(D)  RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENT.--

 

(i)  IN GENERAL.--Except as provided in clause (ii), after the end of the 6-year period; beginning on the date the Corporation is appointed as receiver of an insured depository institution, the Corporation may destroy any records of such institution which the Corporation, in the Corporation's discretion, determines to be unnecessary unless directed not to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction or governmental agency, or prohibited by law.

 

(ii)  OLD RECORDS.--Notwithstanding clause (i), the Corporation may destroy records of an insured depository institution which are at least 10 years old as of the date on which the Corporation is appointed as the receiver of such depository institution in accordance with clause (i) at any time after such appointment is final, without regard to the 6-year period of limitation contained in clause (i).

 

(16)  CONTRACTS WITH STATE HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITIES.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--The Corporation may enter into contracts with any State housing finance authority for the sale of mortgage-related assets (as such terms are defined in section 1301 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989) of any depository institution in default (including assets and liabilities associated with any trust business), such contracts to be effective in accordance with their terms without any further approval, assignment, or consent with respect thereto.

 

(B)  FACTORS TO CONSIDER.--In evaluating the disposition of mortgage-related assets to any State housing finance authority the Corporation shall consider--

 

(i)  the State housing finance authority's ability to acquire and service current, delinquent, and defaulted mortgage-related assets;

 

(ii)  the State housing finance authority's ability to further national housing policies;

 

(iii)  the State housing finance authority's sensitivity to the impact of the sale of mortgage-related assets upon the State and local communities;

 

(iv)  the costs to the Federal Government associated with alternative ownership or disposition of the mortgage-related assets;

 

(v)  the minimization of future guaranties which may be required of the Federal Government;

 

(vi)  the maximization of mortgage-related asset values; and

 

(vii)  the utilization of institutions currently established in mortgage-related asset market activities.

 

(17)  FRAUDULENT TRANSFERS.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--The Corporation, as conservator or receiver for any insured depository institution, and any conservator appointed by the Comptroller of the Currency may avoid a transfer of any interest of an institution-affiliated party, or any person who the Corporation or conservator determines is a debtor of the institution, in property, or any obligation incurred by such party or person, that was made within 5 years of the date on which the Corporation or conservator was appointed conservator or receiver if such party or person voluntarily or involuntarily made such transfer or incurred such liability with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud the insured depository institution, the Corporation or other conservator, or any other appropriate Federal banking agency.

 

(B)  RIGHT OF RECOVERY.--To the extent a transfer is avoided under subparagraph (A), the Corporation or any conservator described in such subparagraph may recover, for the benefit of the insured depository institution, the property transferred, or, if a court so orders, the value of such property (at the time of such transfer) from--

 

(i)  the initial transferee of such transfer or the institution-affiliated party or person for whose benefit such transfer was made; or

 

(ii)  any immediate or mediate transferee of any such initial transferee.

 

(C)   RIGHTS OF TRANSFEREE OR OBLIGEE.--The Corporation or any conservator described in subparagraph (A) may not recover under subparagraph (B) from--

 

(i)  any transferee that takes for value, including satisfaction or securing of a present or antecedent debt, in good faith; or

 

(ii)  any immediate or mediate good faith transferee of such transferee.

 

(D)  RIGHTS UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH.--The rights under this paragraph of the Corporation and any conservator described in subparagraph (A) shall be superior to any rights of a trustee or any other party (other than any party which is a Federal agency) under title 11, United States Code.

 

(18)  ATTACHMENT OF ASSETS AND OTHER INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.--Subject to paragraph (19), any court of competent jurisdiction may, at the request of--

 

(A)  the Corporation (in the Corporation's capacity as conservator or receiver for any insured depository institution or in the Corporation's corporate capacity with respect to any asset acquired or liability assumed by the Corporation under section 11, 12, or 13); or

 

(B)  any conservator appointed by the Comptroller of the Currency, issue an order in accordance with Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, including an order placing the assets of any person designated by the Corporation or such conservator under the control of the court and appointing a trustee to hold such assets.

 

(19)  STANDARDS.--

 

(A)  SHOWING.--Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply with respect to any proceeding under paragraph (18) without regard to the requirement of such rule that the applicant show that the injury, loss, or damage is irreparable and immediate.

 

(B)  STATE PROCEEDING.--If, in the case of any proceeding in a State court, the court determines that rules of civil procedure available under the laws of such State provide substantially similar protections to such party's right to due process as Rule 65 (as modified with respect to such proceeding by subparagraph (A)), the relief sought by the Corporation or a conservator pursuant to paragraph (18) may be requested under the laws of such State.

 

(20)  TREATMENT OF CLAIMS ARISING FROM BREACH OF CONTRACTS EXECUTED BY THE RECEIVER OR CONSERVATOR.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, any final and unappealable judgment for monetary damages entered against a receiver or conservator for an insured depository institution for the breach of an agreement executed or approved by such receiver or conservator after the date of its appointment shall be paid as an administrative expense of the receiver or conservator. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to limit the power of a receiver or conservator to exercise any rights under contract or law, including to terminate, breach, cancel, or otherwise discontinue such agreement.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(d)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(d)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 884), effective September 21, 1950, as amended by section 212(a) of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 222), effective August 9, 1989; sections 2521(a)(1), 2528(a), and 2534(a) of title XXV of the Act of November 29, 1990 (Pub. L. No. 101--647; 104 Stat. 4863, 4877, and 4882 respectively), effective November 29, 1990; sections 123(a), 141(b), and 161(a) of title I, section 241(c) of title II, and sections 416 and 426 of title IV of the Act of December 19, 1991 (Pub. L. No. 102--242; 105 Stat. 2252, 2277, 2285, 2331, 2376, and 2378, respectively), effective December 19, 1991; sections 1603(e)(1), 1604(c)(2), and 1606(c) of title XVI of the Act of October 28, 1992 (Pub. L. No. 102--550; 106 Stat. 4081, 4083, and 4088), effective December 19, 1991; section 3001(a) of title III of the Act of August 10, 1993 (Pub. L. No. 103--66; 107 Stat. 336), effective August 10, 1993; sections 3(d) and 4(b) of the Act of December 17, 1993 (Pub. L. No. 103--204; 107 Stat. 2379 and 2380, respectively), effective December 17, 1993; section 602(a)(22)--(25) of title VI of the Act of September 23, 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103--325; 108 Stat. 2289), effective September 23, 1994; section 201 of title II of the Act of September 29, 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103--328; 108 Stat. 2368), effective September 29, 1994; section 2602 of title II of the Act of September 30, 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104--208; 110 Stat. 3009--469), effective September 30, 1996; section 1222 of title XII of the Act of December 27, 2000 (Pub. L. No. 106--569; 114 Stat. 3036, effective December 27, 2000; section 722(g) of title VII of the Act of October 13, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--351; 120 Stat. 1999), effective October 13, 2006; section 1604(a)(1) of title VII of the Act of July 30, 2008 (Pub. L. No. 110--289; 122 Stat. 2826), effective July 30, 2008; section 363(5)(B) of title III of the Act of July 21, 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111--203; 124 Stat. 1552), effective July 21, 2010]

 

 


 

 

(e)  Provisions Relating to Contracts Entered Into Before Appointment of Conservator or Receiver.--

 

(1)  AUTHORITY TO REPUDIATE CONTRACTS.--In addition to any other rights a conservator or receiver may have, the conservator or receiver for any insured depository institution may disaffirm or repudiate any contract or lease--

 

(A)  to which such institution is a party;

 

(B)  the performance of which the conservator or receiver, in the conservator's or receiver's discretion, determines to be burdensome; and

 

(C)  the disaffirmance or repudiation of which the conservator or receiver determines, in the conservator's or receiver's discretion, will promote the orderly administration of the institution's affairs.

 

(2)  TIMING OF REPUDIATION.--The conservator or receiver appointed for any insured depository institution in accordance with subsection (c) shall determine whether or not to exercise the rights of repudiation under this subsection within a reasonable period following such appointment.

 

(3)  CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES FOR REPUDIATION.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (C) and paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), the liability of the conservator or receiver for the disaffirmance or repudiation of any contract pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be--

 

(i)  limited to actual direct compensatory damages; and

 

(ii)  determined as of--

 

(I)  the date of the appointment of the conservator or receiver; or

 

(II)  in the case of any contract or agreement referred to in paragraph (8), the date of the disaffirmance or repudiation of such contract or agreement.

 

(B)  NO LIABILITY FOR OTHER DAMAGES.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term "actual direct compensatory damages" does not include--

 

(i)  punitive or exemplary damages;

 

(ii)  damages for lost profits or opportunity; or

 

(iii)  damages for pain and suffering.

 

(C)  MEASURE OF DAMAGES FOR REPUDIATION OF FINANCIAL CONTRACTS.--In the case of any qualified financial contract or agreement to which paragraph (8) applies, compensatory damages shall be--

 

(i)  deemed to include normal and reasonable costs of cover or other reasonable measures of damages utilized in the industries for such contract and agreement claims; and

 

(ii)  paid in accordance with this subsection and subsection (i) except as otherwise specifically provided in this section.

 

(4)  LEASES UNDER WHICH THE INSTITUTION IS THE LESSEE.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--If the conservator or receiver disaffirms or repudiates a lease under which the insured depository institution was the lessee, the conservator or receiver shall not be liable for any damages (other than damages determined pursuant to subparagraph (B)) for the disaffirmance or repudiation of such lease.

 

(B)  PAYMENTS OF RENT.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the lessor under a lease to which such subparagraph applies shall--

 

(i)  be entitled to the contractual rent accruing before the later of the date--

 

(I)  the notice of disaffirmance or repudiation is mailed; or 

 

(II)  the disaffirmance or repudiation becomes effective, unless the lessor is in default or breach of the terms of the lease;

 

(ii)  have no claim for damages under any acceleration clause or other penalty provision in the lease; and

 

(iii)  have a claim for any unpaid rent, subject to all appropriate offsets and defenses, due as of the date of the appointment which shall be paid in accordance with this subsection and subsection (i).

 

(5)  LEASES UNDER WHICH THE INSTITUTION IS THE LESSOR.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--If the conservator or receiver repudiates an unexpired written lease of real property of the insured depository institution under which the institution is the lessor and the lessee is not, as of the date of such repudiation, in default, the lessee under such lease may either--

 

(i)  treat the lease as terminated by such repudiation; or

 

(ii)  remain in possession of the leasehold interest for the balance of the term of the lease unless the lessee defaults under the terms of the lease after the date of such repudiation.

 

(B)  PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LESSEE REMAINING IN POSSESSION.--If any lessee under a lease described in subparagraph (A) remains in possession of a leasehold interest pursuant to clause (ii) of such subparagraph--

 

(i)  the lessee--

 

(I)  shall continue to pay the contractual rent pursuant to the terms of the lease after the date of the repudiation of such lease;

 

(II)  may offset against any rent payment which accrues after the date of the repudiation of the lease, any damages which accrue after such date due to the nonperformance of any obligation of the insured depository institution under the lease after such date; and

 

(ii)  the conservator or receiver shall not be liable to the lessee for any damages arising after such date as a result of the repudiation other than the amount of any offset allowed under clause (i)(II).

 

(6)  CONTRACTS FOR THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--If the conservator or receiver repudiates any contract (which meets the requirements of each paragraph of section 13(e)) for the sale of real property and the purchaser of such real property under such contract is in possession and is not, as of the date of such repudiation, in default, such purchaser may either--

 

(i)  treat the contract as terminated by such repudiation; or

 

(ii)  remain in possession of such real property.

 

(B)  PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PURCHASER REMAINING IN POSSESSION.--If any purchaser of real property under any contract described in subparagraph (A) remains in possession of such property pursuant to clause (ii) of such subparagraph--

 

(i)  the purchaser--

 

(I)  shall continue to make all payments due under the contract after the date of the repudiation of the contract; and

 

(II)  may offset against any such payments any damages which accrue after such date due to the nonperformance (after such date) of any obligation of the depository institution under the contract; and

 

(ii)  the conservator or receiver shall--

 

(I)  not be liable to the purchaser for any damages arising after such date as a result of the repudiation other than the amount of any offset allowed under clause (i)(II);

 

(II)  deliver title to the purchaser in accordance with the provisions of the contract; and

 

(III)  have no obligation under the contract other than the performance required under subclause (II).

 

(C)  ASSIGNMENT AND SALE ALLOWED.--

 

(i)  IN GENERAL.--No provision of this paragraph shall be construed as limiting the right of the conservator or receiver to assign the contract described in subparagraph (A) and sell the property subject to the contract and the provisions of this paragraph.

 

(ii)  NO LIABILITY AFTER ASSIGNMENT AND SALE.--If an assignment and sale described in clause (i) is consummated, the conservator or receiver shall have no further liability under the contract described in subparagraph (A) or with respect to the real property which was the subject of such contract.

 

(7)  PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SERVICE CONTRACTS.--

 

(A)  SERVICES PERFORMED BEFORE APPOINTMENT.--In the case of any contract for services between any person and any insured depository institution for which the Corporation has been appointed conservator or receiver, any claim of such person for services performed before the appointment of the conservator or the receiver shall be--

 

(i)  a claim to be paid in accordance with subsections (d) and (i); and

 

(ii)  deemed to have arisen as of the date the conservator or receiver was appointed.

 

(B)  SERVICES PERFORMED AFTER APPOINTMENT AND PRIOR TO REPUDIATION.--If, in the case of any contract for services described in subparagraph (A), the conservator or receiver accepts performance by the other person before the conservator or receiver makes any determination to exercise the right of repudiation of such contract under this section--

 

(i)  the other party shall be paid under the terms of the contract for the services performed; and

 

(ii)  the amount of such payment shall be treated as an administrative expense of the conservatorship or receivership.

 

(C)  ACCEPTANCE OF PERFORMANCE NO BAR TO SUBSEQUENT REPUDIATION.--The acceptance by any conservator or receiver of services referred to in subparagraph (B) in connection with a contract described in such subparagraph shall not affect the right of the conservator or receiver to repudiate such contract under this section at any time after such performance.

 

(8)  CERTAIN QUALIFIED FINANCIAL CONTRACTS.--

 

(A)  RIGHTS OF PARTIES TO CONTRACTS.--Subject to paragraphs (9) and (10) of this subsection and notwithstanding any other provision of this Act (other than subsection (d)(9) of this section and section 13(e)), any other Federal law, or the law of any State, no person shall be stayed or prohibited from exercising--

 

(i)  any right such person has to cause the termination, liquidation, or acceleration of any qualified financial contract with an insured depository institution which arises upon the appointment of the Corporation as receiver for such institution at any time after such appointment;

 

(ii)  any right under any security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to one or more qualified financial contracts described in clause (i).

 

(iii)  any right to offset or net out any termination value, payment amount, or other transfer obligation arising under or in connection with 1 or more contracts and agreements described in clause (i), including any master agreement for such contracts or agreements.

 

(B)  APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS.--Subsection (d)(12) shall apply in the case of any judicial action or proceeding brought against any receiver referred to in subparagraph (A), or the insured depository institution for which such receiver was appointed, by any party to a contract or agreement described in subparagraph (A)(i) with such institution.

 

(C)  CERTAIN TRANSFERS NOT AVOIDABLE.--

 

(i)  IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding paragraph (11), section 5242 of the Revised Statutes of the United States or any other Federal or State law relating to the avoidance of preferential or fraudulent transfers, the Corporation, whether acting as such or as conservator or receiver of an insured depository institution, may not avoid any transfer of money or other property in connection with any qualified financial contract with an insured depository institution.

 

(ii)  EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN TRANSFERS.--Clause (i) shall not apply to any transfer of money or other property in connection with any qualified financial contract with an insured depository institution if the Corporation determines that the transferee had actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud such institution, the creditors of such institution, or any conservator or receiver appointed for such institution.

 

(D)  CERTAIN CONTRACTS AND AGREEMENTS DEFINED.--For purposes of this subsection, the following definitions shall apply: 

 

(i)  QUALIFIED FINANCIAL CONTRACT.--The term "qualified financial contract" means any securities contract, commodity contract, forward contract, repurchase agreement, swap agreement, and any similar agreement that the Corporation determines by regulation, resolution, or order to be a qualified financial contract for purposes of this paragraph.

 

(ii)  SECURITIES CONTRACT.--The term "securities contract"--

 

(I)  means a contract for the purchase, sale, or loan of a security, a certificate of deposit, a mortgage loan, any interest in a mortgage loan, a group or index of securities, certificates of deposit, or mortgage loans or interests therein (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof) or any option on any of the foregoing, including any option to purchase or sell any such security, certificate of deposit, mortgage loan, interest, group or index, or option, and including any repurchase or reverse repurchase transaction on any such security, certificate of deposit, mortgage loan, interest, group or index, or option (whether or not such repurchase or reverse repurchase transaction is a "repurchase agreement", as defined in clause (v));

 

(II)  does not include any purchase, sale, or repurchase obligation under a participation in a commercial mortgage loan unless the Corporation determines by regulation, resolution, or order to include any such agreement within the meaning of such term;

 

(III)  means any option entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currencies;

 

(IV)  means the guarantee (including by novation) by or to any securities clearing agency of any settlement of cash, securities, certificates of deposit, mortgage loans or interests therein, group or index of securities, certificates of deposit, or mortgage loans or interests therein (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof) or option on any of the foregoing, including any option to purchase or sell any such security, certificate of deposit, mortgage loan, interest, group or index, or option (whether or not such settlement is in connection with any agreement or transaction referred to in subclauses (I) through (XII) (other than subclause (II));

 

(V)  means any margin loan;

 

(VI)  means any extension of credit for the clearance or settlement of securities transactions;

 

(VII)  means any loan transaction coupled with a securities collar transaction, any prepaid securities forward transaction, or any total return swap transaction coupled with a securities sale transaction;

 

(VIII)  means any other agreement or transaction that is similar to any agreement or transaction referred to in this clause;

 

(IX)  means any combination of the agreements or transactions referred to in this clause;

 

(X)  means any option to enter into any agreement or transaction referred to in this clause;

 

(XI)  means a master agreement that provides for an agreement or transaction referred to in subclause (I), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), or (X) 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 securities contract under this clause, except that the master agreement shall be considered to be a securities contract under this clause only with respect to each agreement or transaction under the master agreement that is referred to in subclause (I), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), or (X); and

 

(XII)  means any security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to any agreement or transaction referred to in this clause, including any guarantee or reimbursement obligation in connection with any agreement or transaction referred to in this clause.

 

(iii)  COMMODITY CONTRACT.--The term "commodity contract" means--

 

(I)  with respect to a futures commission merchant, a contract for the purchase or sale of a commodity for future delivery on, or subject to the rules of, a contract market or board of trade; 

 

(II)  with respect to a foreign futures commission merchant, a foreign future;

 

(III)  with respect to a leverage transaction merchant, a leverage transaction;

 

(IV)  with respect to a clearing organization, a contract for the purchase or sale of a commodity for future delivery on, or subject to the rules of, a contract market or board of trade that is cleared by such clearing organization, or commodity option traded on, or subject to the rules of, a contract market or board of trade that is cleared by such clearing organization;

 

(V)  with respect to a commodity options dealer, a commodity option;

 

(VI)  any other agreement or transaction that is similar to any agreement or transaction referred to in this clause;

 

(VII)  any combination of the agreements or transactions referred to in this clause;

 

(VIII)  any option to enter into any agreement or transaction referred to in this clause;

 

(IX)  a master agreement that provides for an agreement or transaction referred to in subclause (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), or (VIII), 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 commodity contract under this clause, except that the master agreement shall be considered to be a commodity contract under this clause only with respect to each agreement or transaction under the master agreement that is referred to in subclause (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), or (VIII); or

 

(X)  any security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to any agreement or transaction referred to in this clause, including any guarantee or reimbursement obligation in connection with any agreement or transaction referred to in this clause.

 

(iv)  FORWARD CONTRACT.--The term "forward contract" means--

 

(I)  a contract (other than a commodity contract) for the purchase, sale, or transfer of a commodity or any similar good, article, service, right, or interest which is presently or in the future becomes the subject of dealing in the forward contract trade, or product or byproduct thereof, with a maturity date more than 2 days after the date the contract is entered into, including, a repurchase or reverse repurchase transaction (whether or not such repurchase or reverse repurchase transaction is a "repurchase agreement", as defined in clause (v)), consignment, lease, swap, hedge transaction, deposit, loan, option, allocated transaction, unallocated transaction, or any other similar agreement;

 

(II)  any combination of agreements 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 transaction referred to in subclauses (I), (II), or (III), 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 forward contract under this clause, except that the master agreement shall be considered to be a forward contract under this clause only with respect to each agreement or transaction under the master agreement that is referred to in subclause (I), (II), or (III); or

 

(V)  any security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to any agreement or transaction referred to in subclause (I), (II), (III), or (IV), including any guarantee or reimbursement obligation in connection with any agreement or transaction referred to in any such subclause.

 

(v)  REPURCHASE AGREEMENT.--The term "repurchase agreement" (which definition also applies to a reverse repurchase agreement)--

 

(I)  means an agreement, including related terms, which provides for the transfer of one or more certificates of deposit, mortgage-related securities (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 securities 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 certificates of deposit, eligible bankers' acceptances, securities, mortgage loans, or interests with a simultaneous agreement by such transferee to transfer to the transferor thereof certificates 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 repurchase obligation under a participation in a commercial mortgage loan unless the Corporation determines by regulation, resolution, or order to include any such participation within the meaning of such term;

 

(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 referred 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 agreement shall be considered to be a repurchase agreement under this subclause only with respect to each agreement or transaction under the master agreement that is referred to in subclause (I), (III), or (IV); and

 

(VI)  means any security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to any agreement or transaction referred to in subclause (I), (III), (IV), or (V), including any guarantee or reimbursement 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 central government of a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (as determined by regulation or order adopted by the appropriate Federal 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, including a rate floor, rate cap, rate collar, cross-currency rate swap, and basis swap; a spot, same day-tomorrow, tomorrow-next, forward, or other foreign exchange precious metals or other commodity agreement; a currency swap, option, future, or forward agreement; an equity index or equity swap, option, future, 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 commodity index or commodity swap, option, future, or forward agreement; weather swap, option, future, or forward agreement; an emissions swap, option, future, or forward agreement; or an inflation swap, option, future, or forward agreement;

 

(II)  any agreement or transaction 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 recurrent dealings in the swap or other derivatives markets (including terms and conditions incorporated by reference in such agreement) and that is a forward, swap, future, option or spot transaction on one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity securities or other equity instruments, debt securities or other debt instruments, quantitative measures associated with an occurrence, extent of an occurrence, or contingency associated with a financial, commercial, or economic consequence, or economic or financial indices or measures of economic or financial risk or value;

 

(III)  any combination of agreements 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 transaction 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, except 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 enhancement related to any agreements or transactions referred to in subclause (I), (II), (III), (IV), or (V), including any guarantee or reimbursement obligation in connection with any agreement or transaction referred to in any such subclause. Such term is applicable for purposes of this subsection only and shall not be construed or applied so as to challenge or affect the characterization, definition, or treatment of any swap agreement under any other statute, regulation, or rule, including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Legal Certainty for Bank Products Act of 2000, the Securities Laws (as such term is defined in section 3(a)(47) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) and the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

(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 qualified financial contract. If a master agreement contains provisions relating to agreements or transactions that are not themselves qualified financial contracts, the master agreement shall be deemed to be a qualified financial contract only with respect to those transactions that are themselves qualified financial contracts.

 

(viii)  TRANSFER.--The term "transfer" means every mode, direct or indirect, absolute or conditional, voluntary or involuntary, of disposing of or parting with property or with an interest in property, including retention of title as a security interest and foreclosure of the depository institution's equity of redemption.

 

(ix)  PERSON.--The term "person" includes any governmental entity in addition to any entity included in the definition of such term in section 1 of title 1, United States Code.

 

(E)  CERTAIN PROTECTIONS IN EVENT OF APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act (other than subsections (d)(9)) and (e)(10) of this section, and section 13(e) of this Act), any other Federal law, or the law of any State, no person shall be stayed or prohibited from exercising--

 

(i)  any right such person has to cause the termination, liquidation, or acceleration of any qualified financial contract with a depository institution in a conservatorship based upon a default under such financial contract which is enforceable under applicable noninsolvency law;

 

(ii)  any right under any security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to one or more qualified financial contracts described in clause (i);

 

(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 financial contracts.

 

(F)  CLARIFICATION.--No provision of law shall be construed as limiting the right or power of the Corporation, or authorizing any court or agency to limit or delay, in any manner, the right or power of the Corporation 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 accordance with subsection (e)(1) of this section.

 

(G)  WALKAWAY CLAUSES NOT EFFECTIVE.--

 

(i)  IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs (A) and (E), and sections 403 and 404 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991, no walkaway clause shall be enforceable in a qualified financial contract of an insured depository institution in default.

 

(ii)  LIMITED SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS.--In the case of a qualified financial contract referred to in clause (i), any payment or delivery obligations otherwise due from a party pursuant to the qualified financial contract shall be suspended from the time the receiver is appointed until the earlier of--

 

(I)  the time such party receives notice that such contract has been transferred pursuant to subparagraph (A); or

 

(II)  5:00 p.m. (eastern time) on the business day following the date of the appointment of the receiver.

 

(iii)  WALKAWAY CLAUSE DEFINED.--For purposes of this subparagraph, the term walkaway clause' means any provision in a qualified financial contract that suspends, conditions, or extinguishes a payment obligation of a party, in whole or in part, or does not create a payment obligation of a party that would otherwise exist, solely because of such party's status as a nondefaulting party in connection with the insolvency of an insured depository institution that is a party to the contract or the appointment of or the exercise of rights or powers by a conservator or receiver of such depository institution, and not as a result of a party's exercise of any right to offset, setoff, or net obligations that exist under the contract, any other contract between those parties, or applicable law.

 

(H)  RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.-- The Corporation, in consultation with the appropriate Federal banking agencies, may prescribe regulations requiring more detailed recordkeeping by any insured depository institution with respect to qualified financial contracts (including market valuations) only if such insured depository institution is in a troubled condition (as such term is defined by the Corporation pursuant to section 1831 of this title).

 

(9)  TRANSFER OF QUALIFIED FINANCIAL CONTRACTS.-- 

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--In making any transfer of assets or liabilities of a depository institution in default which includes any qualified financial contract, the conservator or receiver for such depository institution shall either--

 

(i)  transfer to one financial institution, other than a financial institution for which a conservator, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or other legal custodian has been appointed or which is otherwise the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding--

 

(I)  all qualified financial contracts between any person or any affiliate of such person and the depository institution in default;

 

(II)  all claims of such person or any affiliate of such person against such depository institution 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 institution);

 

(III)  all claims of such depository institution 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 subclause (I) or any claim described in subclause (II) or (III) under any such contract; or

 

(ii)  transfer none of the qualified financial contracts, claims, property or other credit enhancement referred to in clause (i) (with respect to such person and any affiliate of such person).

 

(B)  TRANSFER TO FOREIGN BANK, FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, OR BRANCH OR AGENCY OF A FOREIGN BANK OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.--In transferring any qualified financial contracts and related claims and property under subparagraph (A)(i), the conservator or receiver for the depository institution shall not make such transfer to a foreign bank, financial institution organized under the laws of a foreign country, or a branch or agency of a foreign bank or financial institution unless, under the law applicable to such bank, financial institution, branch or agency, to the qualified financial contracts, and to any netting contract, any security agreement or arrangement or other credit enhancement related to one or more qualified financial contracts, the contractual rights of the parties to such qualified financial contracts, netting contracts, security agreements or arrangements, or other credit enhancements are enforceable substantially to the same extent as permitted under this section.

 

(C)  TRANSFER OF CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO THE RULES OF A CLEARING ORGANIZATION.--In the event that a conservator or receiver transfers any qualified financial contract and related claims, property, and credit enhancements pursuant to subparagraph (A)(i) and such contract is cleared by or subject to the rules of a clearing organization, the clearing organization shall not be required to accept the transferee as a member by virtue of the transfer.

 

(D)  DEFINITIONS.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term "financial institution" means a broker or dealer, a depository institution, a futures commission merchant, or any other institution, as determined by the Corporation by regulation to be a financial institution, and the term "clearing organization" has the same meaning as in section 402 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991.

 

(10)  NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--If--

 

(i)  the conservator or receiver for an insured depository institution in default makes any transfer of the assets and liabilities of such institution; and

 

(ii)  the transfer includes any qualified financial contract, the conservator or receiver shall notify any person who is a party to any such contract of such transfer by 5:00 p.m. (eastern time) on the business day following the date of the appointment of the receiver in the case of a receivership, or the business day following such transfer in the case of a conservatorship.

 

(B)  CERTAIN RIGHTS NOT ENFORCEABLE.--

 

(i)  RECEIVERSHIP.--A person who is a party to a qualified financial contract with an insured depository institution may not exercise any right that such person has to terminate, liquidate, or net such contract under paragraph (8)(A) of this subsection or section 403 or 404 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991, solely by reason of or incidental to the appointment of a receiver for the depository institution (or the insolvency or financial condition of the depository institution for which the receiver has been appointed)--

 

(I)  until 5:00 p.m. (eastern time) on the business day following the date of the appointment of the receiver; or

 

(II)  after the person has received notice that the contract has been transferred pursuant to paragraph (9)(A).

 

(ii)  CONSERVATORSHIP.--A person who is a party to a qualified financial contract with an insured depository institution may not exercise any right that such person has to terminate, liquidate, or net such contract under paragraph (8)(E) of this subsection or section 403 or 404 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991, solely by reason of or incidental to the appointment of a conservator for the depository institution (or the insolvency or financial condition of the depository institution for which the conservator has been appointed).

 

(iii)  NOTICE.--For purposes of this paragraph, the Corporation as receiver or conservator of an insured depository institution shall be deemed to have notified a person who is a party to a qualified financial contract with such depository institution if the Corporation has taken steps reasonably calculated to provide notice to such person by the time specified in subparagraph (A).

 

(C)  TREATMENT OF BRIDGE DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.--The following institutions shall not be considered to be a financial institution for which a conservator, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or other legal custodian has been appointed or which is otherwise the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding for purposes of paragraph (9):

 

(i)  A bridge depository institution.

 

(ii)  A depository institution organized by the Corporation, for which a conservator is appointed either--

 

(I)  immediately upon the organization of the institution; or

 

(II)  at the time of a purchase and assumption transaction between the depository institution and the Corporation as receiver for a depository institution in default.

 

(D)  "BUSINESS DAY" DEFINED.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term "business day" means any day other than any Saturday, Sunday, or any day on which either the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is closed.

 

(11)  DISAFFIRMANCE OR REPUDIATION OF QUALIFIED FINANCIAL CONTRACTS.--In exercising the rights of disaffirmance or repudiation of a conservator or receiver with respect to any qualified financial contract to which an insured depository institution is a party, the conservator or receiver for such institution shall either--

 

(A)  disaffirm or repudiate all qualified financial contracts between--

 

(i)  any person or any affiliate of such person; and

 

(ii)  the depository institution in default; or

 

(B)  disaffirm or repudiate none of the qualified financial contracts referred to in subparagraph (A) (with respect to such person or any affiliate of such person).

 

(12)  CERTAIN SECURITY INTERESTS NOT AVOIDABLE.--No provision of this subsection shall be construed as permitting the avoidance of any legally enforceable or perfected security interest in any of the assets of any depository institution except where such an interest is taken in contemplation of the institution's insolvency or with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud the institution or the creditors of such institution.

 

(13)  AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE CONTRACTS.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--The conservator or receiver may enforce any contract, other than a director's or officer's liability insurance contract or a depository institution bond, entered into by the depository institution notwithstanding any provision of the contract providing for termination, default, acceleration, or exercise of rights upon, or solely by reason of, insolvency or the appointment of or the exercise of rights or powers by a conservator or receiver. 

 

(B)  CERTAIN RIGHTS NOT AFFECTED.--No provision of this paragraph may be construed as impairing or affecting any right of the conservator or receiver to enforce or recover under a director's or officer's liability insurance contract or depository institution bond under other applicable law.

 

(C)  CONSENT REQUIREMENT.--

 

(i)  IN GENERAL.--Except as otherwise provided by this section or section 15, no person may exercise any right or power to terminate, accelerate, or declare a default under any contract to which the depository institution is a party, or to obtain possession of or exercise control over any property of the institution or affect any contractual rights of the institution, without the consent of the conservator or receiver, as appropriate, during the 45-day period beginning on the date of the appointment of the conservator, or during the 90-day period beginning on the date of the appointment of the receiver, as applicable.

 

(ii)  CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS.--No provision of this subparagraph shall apply to a director or officer liability insurance contract or a depository institution bond, to the rights of parties to certain qualified financial contracts pursuant to paragraph (8), or to the rights of parties to netting contracts pursuant to subtitle A of title IV of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 (12 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.), or shall be construed as permitting the conservator or receiver to fail to comply with otherwise enforceable provisions of such contract.

 

(iii)  RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.--Nothing in this subparagraph shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the applicability of title 11, United States Code.

 

(14)  EXCEPTION FOR FEDERAL RESERVE AND FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS.--No provision of this subsection shall apply with respect to--

 

(A)  any extension of credit from any Federal home loan bank or Federal Reserve bank to any insured depository institution; or

 

(B)  any security interest in the assets of the institution securing any such extension of credit.

 

(15)  SELLING CREDIT CARD ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE.--

 

(A)  NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.--An undercapitalized insured depository institution (as defined in section 38) shall notify the Corporation in writing before entering into an agreement to sell credit card accounts receivable.

 

(B)  WAIVER BY CORPORATION.--The Corporation may at any time, in its sole discretion and upon such terms as it may prescribe, waive its right to repudiate an agreement to sell credit card accounts receivable if the Corporation--

 

(i)  determines that the waiver is in the best interests of the deposit insurance fund; and

 

(ii)  provides a written waiver to the selling institution.

 

(C)  EFFECT OF WAIVER ON SUCCESSORS.--

 

(i)  IN GENERAL.--If, under subparagraph (B), the Corporation has waived its right to repudiate an agreement to sell credit card accounts receivable--

 

(I)  any provision of the agreement that restricts solicitation of a credit card customer of the selling institution, or the use of a credit card customer list of the institution, shall bind any receiver or conservator of the institution; and

 

(II)  the Corporation shall require any acquirer of the selling institution, or of substantially all of the selling institution's assets or liabilities, to agree to be bound by a provision described in subclause (I) as if the acquirer were the selling institution.

 

(ii)  EXCEPTION.--Clause (i)(II) does not--

 

(I)  restrict the acquirer's authority to offer any product or service to any person identified without using a list of the selling institution's customers in violation of the agreement;

 

(II)  require the acquirer to restrict any preexisting relationship between the acquirer and a customer; or

 

(III)  apply to any transaction in which the acquirer acquires only insured deposits.

 

(D)  WAIVER NOT ACTIONABLE.--The Corporation shall not, in any capacity, be liable to any person for damages resulting from the waiver of or failure to waive the Corporation's right under this section to repudiate any contract or lease, including an agreement to sell credit card accounts receivable. No court shall issue any order affecting any such waiver or failure to waive.

 

(E)  OTHER AUTHORITY NOT AFFECTED.--This paragraph does not limit any other authority of the Corporation to waive the Corporation's right to repudiate an agreement or lease under this section.

 

(16)  CERTAIN CREDIT CARD CUSTOMER LISTS PROTECTED.—

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--If any insured depository institution sells credit card accounts receivable under an agreement negotiated at arm's length that provides for the sale of the institution's credit card customer list, the Corporation shall prohibit any party to a transaction with respect to the institution under this section or section 13 from using the list, except as permitted under the agreement.

 

(B)  FRAUDULENT TRANSACTIONS EXCLUDED.--Subparagraph (A) does not limit the Corporation's authority to repudiate any agreement entered into with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud the institution, the institution's creditors, or the Corporation.

 

(17)  SAVINGS CLAUSE.--The meanings of terms used in this subsection are applicable for purposes of this subsection only, and shall not be construed or applied so as to challenge or affect the characterization, definition, or treatment of any similar terms under any other statute, regulation, or rule, including the Gramm--Leach--Bliley Act, the Legal Certainty for Bank Products Act of 2000, the securities laws (as that term is defined in section 3(a)(47) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), and the Commodity Exchange Act.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(e)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(e)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 885), effective September 21, 1950, as amended by sections 6(c)(18) and (19) of the Act of September 17, 1978 (Pub. L. No. 95--369; 92 Stat. 619), effective September 17, 1978; section 212(a) of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 222), effective August 9, 1989; section 161(a) of title I of the Act of December 19, 1991 (Pub. L. No. 102--242; 105 Stat. 2285), effective December 19, 1991; section 325 of Title III and section 602(a)(26) and (27) of title VI of the Act of September 23, 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103--325; 108 Stat. 2228 and 2289, respectively), effective September 23, 1994; section 501(c)(2) of title V of the Act of October 22, 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103--394; 108 Stat. 4143, effective October 22, 1994; section 2706 of title II of the Act of September 30, 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104--208; 110 Stat. 3009--496), effective September 30, 1996; sections 901(a)(1), (b)(1), (c)(1), (d)(1), (e)(1), (f)(1), (g)(1), (h)(1), 901(i)(1), 902(a)(1), 903(a), 904(a), 905(a), and 908(a) of title IX of the Act of April 20, 2005 (Pub. L. No. 109--8; 119 Stat. 147, 149, 151, 152, 155, 157--162, 165, 166, and 183, respectively), effective April 20, 2005; section 718(a) of title VII of the Act of October 13, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--351; 120 Stat. 1997), effective October 13, 2006; sections 2(a)(1), 2(b)(1), 2(c)(1), 3(a) and 6(a) of the Act of December 12, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--390; 120 Stat. 2692--2694, and 2698, respectively), effective December 12, 2006; section 1604(a)(2) and (3) of title VII of the Act of July 30, 2008 (Pub. L. No. 110--289; 122 Stat. 2826 and 2827), effective July 30, 2008] 

(f)  Payment of Insured Deposits.--

 

(1)  IN GENERAL.--In case of the liquidation of, or other closing or winding up of the affairs of, any insured depository institution, payment of the insured deposits in such institution shall be made by the Corporation as soon as possible, subject to the provisions of subsection (g), either by cash or by making available to each depositor a transferred deposit in a new insured depository institution in the same community or in another insured depository institution in an amount equal to the insured deposit of such depositor. 

 

 

(2)  PROOF OF CLAIMS.--The Corporation, in its discretion, may require proof of claims to be filed and may approve or reject such claims for insured deposits.

 

(3)  RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES.--A determination by the Corporation regarding any claim for insurance coverage shall be treated as a final determination for purposes of this section. In its discretion, the Corporation may promulgate regulations prescribing procedures for resolving any disputed claim relating to any insured deposit or any determination of insurance coverage with respect to any deposit.

 

(4)  REVIEW OF CORPORATION DETERMINATION.--A final determination made by the Corporation regarding any claim for insurance coverage shall be a final agency action reviewable in accordance with chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, by the United States district court for the Federal judicial district where the principal place of business of the depository institution is located.

 

(5)  STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.--Any request for review of a final determination by the Corporation regarding any claim for insurance coverage shall be filed with the appropriate United States district court not later than 60 days after the date on which such determination is issued.".

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(f)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(f)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 885), effective September 21, 1950, as amended by section 6(c)(20) of the Act of September 17, 1978 (Pub. L. No. 95--369; 92 Stat. 619), effective September 17, 1978; sections 201(a)(1) and 212(a) of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 187 and 222), effective August 9, 1989; section 602(a)(28) of title VI of the Act of September 23, 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103--325; 108 Stat. 2289), effective September 23, 1994; Section 8(a)(12) of the Act of February 15, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--173; 119 Stat. 3612), effective date shall take effect on the day of the merger of the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance Fund pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005; section 721(a) of title VII of the Act of October 13, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--351; 120 Stat. 1998), effective October 13, 2006]

(g)  Subrogation of Corporation.--

 

(1)  IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, the law of any State, or the constitution of any State, the Corporation, upon the payment to any depositor as provided in subsection (f) of this section in connection with any insured depository institution or insured branch described in such subsection or the assumption of any deposit in such institution or branch by another insured depository institution pursuant to this section or section 13, shall be subrogated to all rights of the depositor against such institution or branch to the extent of such payment or assumption.

 

 

(2)  DIVIDENDS ON SUBROGRATED AMOUNTS.--The subrogation of the Corporation under paragraph (1) with respect to any insured depository institution shall include the right on the part of the Corporation to receive the same dividends from the proceeds of the assets of such institution and recoveries on account of stockholders' liability as would have been payable to the depositor on a claim for the insured deposit, but such depositor shall retain such claim for any uninsured or unassumed portion of the deposit.

 

(3)  WAIVER OF CERTAIN CLAIMS.--With respect to any bank which closes after May 25, 1938, the Corporation shall waive, in favor only of any person against whom stockholders' individual liability may be asserted, any claim on account of such liability in excess of the liability, if any, to the bank or its creditors, for the amount unpaid upon such stock in such bank; but any such waiver shall be effected in such manner and on such terms and conditions as will not increase recoveries or dividends on account of claims to which the Corporation is not subrogated.

 

(4)  APPLICABILITY OF STATE LAW.--Subject to subsection (d)(11) of this section, if the Corporation is appointed pursuant to subsection (c)(3), or determines not to invoke the authority conferred in subsection (c)(4), the rights of depositors and other creditors of any State depository institution shall be determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of State law.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(g)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(g)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 885), effective September 21, 1950, as amended by sections 6(c)(21) and (22) of the Act of September 17, 1978 (Pub. L. No. 95--369; 92 Stat. 619), effective September 17, 1978; section 113(k) of title I of the Act of October 15, 1982 (Pub. L. No. 97--320; 96 Stat. 1474), effective October 15, 1982; sections 201(a)(1) and 212(a) of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 187 and 222), effective August 9, 1989] 

(h)  Conditions Applicable To Resolution Proceedings.--

 

(1)  CONSIDERATION OF LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT REQUIRED.--The Corporation shall fully consider the adverse economic impact on local communities, including businesses and farms, of actions to be taken by it during the administration and liquidation of loans of a depository institution in default.

 

 

(2)  ACTIONS TO ALLEVIATE ADVERSE ECONOMIC IMPACT TO BE CONSIDERED.--The actions which the Corporation shall consider include the release of proceeds from the sale of products and services for family living and business expenses and shortening the undue length of the decisionmaking process for the acceptance of offers of settlement contingent upon third party financing.

 

(3)  GUIDELINES REQUIRED.--The Corporation shall adopt and publish procedures and guidelines to minimize adverse economic effects caused by its actions on individual debtors in the community.

 

(4)  FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY IMPACT ANALYSIS.--After the appointment of the Corporation as conservator or receiver for any insured depository institution and before taking any action under this section or section 13 in connection with the resolution of such institution, the Corporation shall--

 

(A)  evaluate the likely impact of the means of resolution, and any action which the Corporation may take in connection with such resolution, on the viability of other insured depository institutions in the same community; and

 

(B)  take such evaluation into account in determining the means for resolving the institution and establishing the terms and conditions for any such action.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(h)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(h)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 886--887), effective September 21, 1950, as amended by section 301(d) of title III of the Act of October 16, 1966 (Pub. L. No. 89--695; 80 Stat. 1055), effective October 16, 1966; section 7(a)(4) of title I of the Act of December 23, 1969 (Pub. L. No. 91--151; 83 Stat. 375), effective December 23, 1969; section 102(a)(4) of title I of the Act of October 28, 1974 (Pub. L. No. 93--495; 88 Stat. 1502), effective November 27, 1974; section 308 of title III of the Act of March 31, 1980 (Pub. L. No. 96--221; 94 Stat. 147), effective March 31, 1980; section 503(a)(1) and (2) of title V of the Act of August 10, 1987 (Pub. L. No. 100--86; 101 Stat. 629), effective August 10, 1987 (Pub. L. No. 100--86 redesignated paragraphs (i), (j), (k) and (l) as (2), (3), (4) and (5), respectively); section 212(a) of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 222), effective August 9, 1989; section 141(d) of title I of the Act of December 19, 1991 (Pub. L. No. 102--242; 105 Stat. 2277), effective December 19, 1991] 

(i)  Valuation of Claims in Default.--

 

(1)  IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law or the law of any State and regardless of the method which the Corporation determines to utilize with respect to an insured depository institution in default or in danger of default, including transactions authorized under subsection (n) and section 13(c), this subsection shall govern the rights of the creditors (other than insured depositors) of such institution.

 

 

(2)  MAXIMUM LIABILITY.--The maximum liability of the Corporation, acting as receiver or in any other capacity, to any person having a claim against the receiver or the insured depository institution for which such receiver is appointed shall equal the amount such claimant would have received if the Corporation had liquidated the assets and liabilities of such institution without exercising the Corporation's authority under subsection (n) of this section or section 13.

 

(3)  ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS AUTHORIZED.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--The Corporation may, in its discretion and in the interests of minimizing its losses, use its own resources to make additional payments or credit additional amounts to or with respect to or for the account of any claimant or category of claimants. Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal or State law, or the constitution of any State, the Corporation shall not be obligated, as a result of having made any such payment or credited any such amount to or with respect to or for the account of any claimant or category of claimants, to make payments to any other claimant or category of claimants.

 

(B)  MANNER OF PAYMENT.--The Corporation may make the payments or credit the amounts specified in subparagraph (A) directly to the claimants or may make such payments or credit such amounts to an open insured depository institution to induce such institution to accept liability for such claims.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(i)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(i)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 886), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 503(a)(3) of title V of the Act of August 10, 1987 (Pub. L. No. 100--86; 101 Stat. 629--632), effective August 10, 1987, and as amended by section 212(a) of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 222), effective August 9, 1989; section 161(e) of title I of the Act of December 19, 1991 (Pub. L. No. 102--242; 105 Stat. 2286), effective December 19, 1991; section 602(a)(29) of title VI of the Act of September 23, 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103--325; 108 Stat. 2289), effective September 23, 1994; Section 8(a)(13) of the Act of February 15, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--173; 119 Stat. 3612), effective date shall take effect on the day of the merger of the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance Fund pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005] 

(j)  Limitation on court action.—Except as provided in this section, no court may take any action, except at the request of the Board of Directors by regulation or order, to restrain or affect the exercise of powers or functions of the Corporation as a conservator or a receiver.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(j)]

 

[Source:  Section 2[11(j)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 886), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 507 of title V of the Act of August 10, 1987 (Pub. L. No. 100--86; 101 Stat. 634), effective August 10, 1987, and as amended by section 212(a) of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 222), effective August 9, 1989] 

(k)  Liability of directors and officers.--A director or officer of an insured depository institution may be held personally liable for monetary damages in any civil action by, on behalf of, or at the request or direction of the Corporation, which action is prosecuted wholly or partially for the benefit of the Corporation--

 

(1)  acting as conservator or receiver of such institution,

 

(2)  acting based upon a suit, claim, or cause of action purchased from, assigned by, or otherwise conveyed by such receiver or conservator, or

 

(3)  acting based upon a suit, claim, or cause of action purchased from, assigned by, or otherwise conveyed in whole or in part by an insured depository institution or its affiliate in connection with assistance provided under section 13,

for gross negligence, including any similar conduct or conduct that demonstrates a greater disregard of a duty of care (than gross negligence) including intentional tortious conduct, as such terms are defined and determined under applicable State law. Nothing in this paragraph shall impair or affect any right of the Corporation under other applicable law.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(k)]

 

[Source:  Section 2[11(k)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 212(a) of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 222), effective August 9, 1989] 

(lDamages.--In any proceeding related to any claim against an insured depository institution's director, officer, employee, agent, attorney, accountant, appraiser, or any other party employed by or providing services to an insured depository institution, recoverable damages determined to result from the improvident or otherwise improper use or investment of any insured depository institution's assets shall include principal losses and appropriate interest.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(l)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(l)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 212(a) of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 222), effective August 9, 1989]

 


 

 

(m)  New Depository Institutions.--

 

(1)  ORGANIZATION AUTHORIZED.--As soon as possible after the default of an insured depository institution, the Corporation, if it finds that it is advisable and in the interest of the depositors of the insured depository institution in default or the public shall organize a new national bank or Federal savings association in the same community as the insured depository institution in default to assume the insured deposits of such depository institution in default and otherwise to perform temporarily the functions hereinafter provided for.

 

(2)  ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.--The articles of association and the organization certificate of the new depository institution shall be executed by representatives designated by the Corporation.

 

(3)  CAPITAL STOCK.--No capital stock need be paid in by the Corporation. 

 

(4)  EXECUTIVE OFFICER.--The new depository institution shall not have a board of directors, but shall be managed by an executive officer appointed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation who shall be subject to its directions.

 

(5)  SUBJECT TO LAWS RELATING TO NATIONAL BANKS.--In all other respects the new depository institution shall be organized in accordance with the then existing provisions of law relating to the organization of national banking associations.

 

(6)  NEW DEPOSITS.--The new depository institution may, with the approval of the Corporation, accept new deposits which shall be subject to withdrawal on demand and which, except where the new depository institution is the only depository institution in the community, shall not exceed an amount equal to the standard maximum deposit insurance amount from any depositor.

 

(7)  INSURED STATUS.--The new depository institution, without application to or approval by the Corporation, shall be an insured depository institution and shall maintain on deposit with the Federal Reserve bank of its district reserves in the amount required by law for member banks, but it shall not be required to subscribe for stock of the Federal Reserve bank.

 

(8)  INVESTMENTS.--Funds of the new depository institution shall be kept on hand in cash, invested in obligations of the United States or obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States, or deposited with the Corporation, any Federal Reserve bank, or, to the extent of the insurance coverage on any such deposit, an insured depository institution.

 

(9)  CONDUCT OF BUSINESS.--The new depository institution, unless otherwise authorized by the Comptroller of the Currency shall transact business only as authorized by this Act and as may be incidental to its organization.

 

(10)  EXEMPT STATUS.--Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal or State law, the new depository institution, its franchise, property, and income shall be exempt from all taxation now or hereafter imposed by the United States, by any territory, dependency, or possession thereof, or by any State, county, municipality, or local taxing authority.

 

(11)  TRANSFER OF DEPOSITS.--(A) Upon the organization of a new depository institution, the Corporation shall promptly make available to it an amount equal to the estimated insured deposits of such depository institution in default plus the estimated amount of the expenses of operating the new depository institution, and shall determine as soon as possible the amount due each depositor for the depositor's insured deposit in the insured depository institution in default, and the total expenses of operation of the new depository institution.

 

(B)  Upon such determination, the amounts so estimated and made available shall be adjusted to conform to the amounts so determined.

 

(12)  EARNINGS.--Earnings of the new depository institution shall be paid over or credited to the Corporation in such adjustment.

 

(13)  LOSSES.--If any new depository institution, during the period it continues its status as such, sustains any losses with respect to which it is not effectively protected except by reason of being an insured depository institution, the Corporation shall furnish to it additional funds in the amount of such losses.

 

(14)  PAYMENT OF INSURED DEPOSITS.--(A) The new depository institution shall assume as transferred deposits the payment of the insured deposits of such depository institution in default to each of its depositors.

 

(B)  Of the amounts so made available, the Corporation shall transfer to the new depository institution, in cash, such sums as may be necessary to enable it to meet its expenses of operation and immediate cash demands on such transferred deposits, and the remainder of such amounts shall be subject to withdrawal by the new depository institution on demand.

 

(15)  ISSUANCE OF STOCK.--(A) Whenever in the judgment of the Board of Directors it is desirable to do so, the Corporation shall cause capital stock of the new depository institution to be offered for sale on such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors shall deem advisable in an amount sufficient, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, to make possible the conduct of the business of the new depository institution on a sound basis.

 

(B)  The stockholders of the insured depository institution in default shall be given the first opportunity to purchase any shares of common stock so offered.

 

(16)  ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE.--Upon proof that an adequate amount of capital stock in the new depository institution has been subscribed and paid for in cash, the Comptroller of the Currency shall require the articles of association and the organization certificate to be amended to conform to the requirements for the organization of a national bank or Federal savings association, and thereafter, when the requirements of law with respect to the organization of a national bank or Federal savings association have been complied with, the Comptroller of the Currency shall issue to the depository institution a certificate of authority to commence business, and thereupon the depository institution shall cease to have the status of a new depository institution, shall be managed by directors elected by its own shareholders, may exercise all the powers granted by law, and shall be subject to all provisions of law relating to national banks or Federal savings associations. Such depository institution shall thereafter be an insured national bank or Federal savings association, without certification to or approval by the Corporation.

 

(17)  TRANSFER TO OTHER INSTITUTION.--If the capital stock of the new depository institution is not offered for sale, or if an adequate amount of capital for such new depository institution is not subscribed and paid for, the Board of Directors may offer to transfer its business to any insured depository institution in the same community which will take over its assets, assume its liabilities, and pay to the Corporation for such business such amount as the Board of Directors may deem adequate; or the Board of Directors in its discretion may change the location of the new depository institution to the office of the Corporation or to some other place or may at any time wind up its affairs as herein provided.

 

(18)  WINDING UP.--Unless the capital stock of the new depository institution is sold or its assets are taken over and its liabilities are assumed by an insured depository institution as above provided within 2 years after the date of its organization, the Corporation shall wind up the affairs of such depository institution, after giving such notice, if any, as the Comptroller of the Currency may require, and shall certify to the Comptroller of the Currency the termination of the new depository institution. Thereafter the Corporation shall be liable for the obligations of such depository institution and shall be the owner of its assets.

 

(19)  APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS.--The provisions of sections 5220 and 5221 of the Revised Statutes shall not apply to a new depository institution under this subsection.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(m)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(m)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 213 of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 243), effective August 9, 1989; section 2(c)(1) of the Act of February 15, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--173; 119 Stat. 3602), effective date shall take effect on the date on which the final regulations required under section 2109(a)(2), of the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 take effect; section 1604(3) of title VII of the Act of July 30, 2008 (Pub. L. No. 110--289; 122 Stat. 2827), effective July 30, 2008; section 363(5)(C) of title III of the Act of July 21, 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111--203; 124 Stat. 1552 and 1553), effective July 21, 2010] 

(n)  Bridge Depository Institutions.--

 

(1)  ORGANIZATION.--

 

 

(A)  PURPOSE.--When 1 or more insured depository institutions are in default, or when the Corporation anticipates that 1 or more insured depository institutions may become in default, the Corporation may, in its discretion, organize, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency with respect to 1 or more insured banks or 1 or more insured savings associations, shall charter, 1 or more national banks or Federal savings associations, as appropriate, with respect thereto with the powers and attributes of national banking associations or Federal savings associations as applicable, subject to the provisions of this subsection, to be referred to as "bridge depository institutions."

 

(B)  AUTHORITIES.--Upon the granting of a charter to a bridge depository institution, the bridge depository institution may--

 

(i)  assume such deposits of such insured depository institution or institutions that is or are in default or in danger of default as the Corporation may, in its discretion, determine to be appropriate;

 

(ii)  assume such other liabilities (including liabilities associated with any trust business) of such insured depository institution or institutions that is or are in default or in danger of default as the Corporation may, in its discretion, determine to be appropriate;

 

(iii)  purchase such assets (including assets associated with any trust business) of such insured depository institution or institutions that is or are in default or in danger of default as the Corporation may, in its discretion, determine to be appropriate; and

 

(iv)  perform any other temporary function which the Corporation may, in its discretion, prescribe in accordance with this Act.

 

(C)  ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.--The articles of association and organization certificate of a bridge depository institution as approved by the Corporation shall be executed by 3 representatives designated by the Corporation.

 

(D)  INTERIM DIRECTORS.--A bridge depository institution shall have an interim board of directors consisting of not fewer than 5 nor more than 10 members appointed by the Corporation.

 

(E)  NATIONAL BANK OR FEDERAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATION.--A bridge depository institution shall be organized as a national bank, in the case of 1 or more insured banks, and as a Federal savings association, in the case of 1 or more insured savings associations.

 

(2)  CHARTERING.--

 

(A)  CONDITIONS.--A national bank or Federal savings association may be chartered by the Comptroller of the Currency as a bridge depository institution only if the Board of Directors determines that--

 

(i)  the amount which is reasonably necessary to operate such bridge depository institution will not exceed the amount which is reasonably necessary to save the cost of liquidating, including paying the insured accounts of, 1 or more insured depository institutions in default or in danger of default with respect to which the bridge depository institution is chartered;

 

(ii)  the continued operation of such insured depository institution or institutions in default or in danger of default with respect to which the bridge depository institution is chartered is essential to provide adequate banking services in the community where each such depository institution in default or in danger of default is located; or

 

(iii)  the continued operation of such insured depository institution or institutions in default or in danger of default with respect to which the bridge depository institution is chartered is in the best interest of the depositors of such depository institution or institutions in default or in danger of default or the public.

 

(B)  INSURED NATIONAL BANK OR FEDERAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATION.--A bridge depository institution shall be an insured depository institution from the time it is chartered as a national bank or Federal savings association.

 

(C)  BRIDGE BANK TREATED AS BEING IN DEFAULT FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.--A bridge depository institution shall be treated as an insured depository institution in default at such times and for such purposes as the Corporation may, in its discretion, determine.

 

(D)  MANAGEMENT.--A bridge depository institution, upon the granting of its charter, shall be under the management of a board of directors consisting of not fewer than 5 nor more than 10 members appointed by the Corporation.

 

(E)  BYLAWS.--The board of directors of a bridge depository institution shall adopt such bylaws as may be approved by the Corporation. 

 

(3)  TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--

 

(i)  TRANSFER UPON GRANT OF CHARTER.--Upon the granting of a charter to a bridge depository institution pursuant to this subsection, the Corporation, as receiver, or any other receiver appointed with respect to any insured depository institution in default with respect to which the bridge depository institution is chartered may transfer any assets and liabilities of such depository institution in default to the bridge depository institution in accordance with paragraph (1).

 

(ii)  SUBSEQUENT TRANSFERS.--At any time after a charter is granted to a bridge depository institution, the Corporation, as receiver, or any other receiver appointed with respect to an insured depository institution in default may transfer any assets and liabilities of such insured depository institution in default as the Corporation may, in its discretion, determine to be appropriate in accordance with paragraph (1).

 

(iii)  TREATMENT OF TRUST BUSINESS.--For purposes of this paragraph, the trust business, including fiduciary appointments, of any insured depository institution in default is included among its assets and liabilities.

 

(iv)  EFFECTIVE WITHOUT APPROVAL.--The transfer of any assets or liabilities, including those associated with any trust business, of an insured depository institution in default transferred to a bridge depository institution shall be effective without any further approval under Federal or State law, assignment, or consent with respect thereto.

 

(B)  INTENT OF CONGRESS REGARDING CONTINUING OPERATIONS.--It is the intent of the Congress that, in order to prevent unnecessary hardship or losses to the customers of any insured depository institution in default with respect to which a bridge depository institution is chartered, especially creditworthy farmers, small businesses, and households, the Corporation should--

 

(i)  continue to honor commitments made by the depository institution in default to creditworthy customers, and

 

(ii)  not interrupt or terminate adequately secured loans which are transferred under subparagraph (A) and are being repaid by the debtor in accordance with the terms of the loan instrument.

 

(4)  POWERS OF BRIDGE DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.--Each bridge depository institution chartered under this subsection shall have all corporate powers of, and be subject to the same provisions of law as, a national bank or Federal savings association, as appropriate, except that--

 

(A)  the Corporation may--

 

(i)  remove the interim directors and directors of a bridge depository institution;

 

(ii)  fix the compensation of members of the interim board of directors and the board of directors and senior management, as determined by the Corporation in its discretion, of a bridge depository institution; and

 

(iii)  waive any requirement established under section 5145, 5146, 5147, 5148, or 5149 of the Revised Statutes (relating to directors of national banks) or section 31 of the Banking Act of 1933 which would otherwise be applicable with respect to directors of a bridge depository institution by operation of paragraph (2)(B);

 

(B)  the Corporation may indemnify the representatives for purposes of paragraph (1)(B) and the interim directors, directors, officers, employees, and agents of a bridge depository institution on such terms as the Corporation determines to be appropriate;

 

(C)  no requirement under any provision of law relating to the capital of a national bank shall apply with respect to a bridge depository institution;

 

(D)  the Comptroller of the Currency may establish a limitation on the extent to which any person may become indebted to a bridge depository institution without regard to the amount of the bridge depository institution's capital or surplus;

 

(E)(i)  the board of directors of a bridge depository institution shall elect a chairperson who may also serve in the position of chief executive officer, except that such person shall not serve either as chairperson or as chief executive officer without the prior approval of the Corporation; and 

 

(ii)  the board of directors of a bridge depository institution may appoint a chief executive officer who is not also the chairperson, except that such person shall not serve as chief executive officer without the prior approval of the Corporation;

 

(F)  a bridge depository institution shall not be required to purchase stock of any Federal Reserve bank;

 

(G)  the Comptroller of the Currency shall waive any requirement for a fidelity bond with respect to a bridge depository institution at the request of the Corporation;

 

(H)  any judicial action to which a bridge depository institution becomes a party by virtue of its acquisition of any assets or assumption of any liabilities of a depository institution in default shall be stayed from further proceedings for a period of up to 45 days at the request of the bridge depository institution;

 

(I)  no agreement which tends to diminish or defeat the right, title or interest of a bridge depository institution in any asset of an insured depository institution in default acquired by it shall be valid against the bridge depository institution unless such agreement--

 

(i)  is in writing,

 

(ii)  was executed by such insured depository institution in default and the person or persons claiming an adverse interest thereunder, including the obligor, contemporaneously with the acquisition of the asset by such insured depository institution in default,

 

(iii)  was approved by the board of directors of such insured depository institution in default or its loan committee, which approval shall be reflected in the minutes of said board or committee, and

 

(iv)  has been, continuously from the time of its execution, an official record of such insured depository institution in default;

 

(J)  notwithstanding section 13(e)(2), any agreement relating to an extension of credit between a Federal home loan bank or Federal Reserve bank and any insured depository institution which was executed before the extension of credit by such bank to such depository institution shall be treated as having been executed contemporaneously with such extension of credit for purposes of subparagraph (I); and

 

(K)  except with the prior approval of the Corporation, a bridge depository institution may not, in any transaction or series of transactions, issue capital stock or be a party to any merger, consolidation, disposition of assets or liabilities, sale or exchange of capital stock, or similar transaction, or change its charter.

 

(5)  CAPITAL.--

 

(A)  NO CAPITAL REQUIRED.--The Corporation shall not be required to--

 

(i)  issue any capital stock on behalf of a bridge depository institution chartered under this subsection; or

 

(ii)  purchase any capital stock of a bridge depository institution, except that notwithstanding any other provision of Federal or State law, the Corporation may purchase and retain capital stock of a bridge depository institution in such amounts and on such terms as the Corporation, in its discretion, determines to be appropriate.

 

(B)  OPERATING FUNDS IN LIEU OF CAPITAL.--Upon the organization of a bridge depository institution, and thereafter, as the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable, the Corporation may make available to the bridge depository institution, upon such terms and conditions and in such form and amounts as the Corporation may in its discretion determine, funds for the operation of the bridge depository institution in lieu of capital.

 

(C)  AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CAPITAL STOCK.--Whenever the Board of Directors determines it is advisable to do so, the Corporation shall cause capital stock of a bridge depository institution to be issued and offered for sale in such amounts and on such terms and conditions as the Corporation may, in its discretion, determine.

 

(D)  CAPITAL LEVELS.--A bridge depository institution shall not be considered an undercapitalized depository institution or a critically undercapitalized depository institution for purposes of section 10B(b) of the Federal Reserve Act. 

 

(6)  NO FEDERAL STATUS.--

 

(A)  AGENCY STATUS.--A bridge depository institution is not an agency, establishment, or instrumentality of the United States.

 

(B)  EMPLOYEE STATUS.--Representatives for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), interim directors, directors, officers, employees, or agents of a bridge depository institution are not, solely by virtue of service in any such capacity, officers or employees of the United States. Any employee of the Corporation or of any Federal instrumentality who serves at the request of the Corporation as a representative for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), interim director, director, officer, employee, or agent of a bridge depository institution shall not--

 

(i)  solely by virtue of service in any such capacity lose any existing status as an officer or employee of the United States for purposes of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of law, or

 

(ii)  receive any salary or benefits for service in any such capacity with respect to a bridge depository institution in addition to such salary or benefits as are obtained through employment with the Corporation or such Federal instrumentality.

 

(7)  ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.--The Corporation may, in its discretion, provide assistance under section 13(c) to facilitate any transaction described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of paragraph (10)(A) with respect to any bridge depository institution in the same manner and to the same extent as such assistance may be provided under such section with respect to an insured depository institution in default, or to facilitate a bridge depository institution's acquisition of any assets or the assumption of any liabilities of an insured depository institution in default.

 

(8)  ACQUISITION.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--The responsible agency shall notify the Attorney General of any transaction involving the merger or sale of a bridge depository institution requiring approval under section 18(c) and if a report on competitive factors is requested within 10 days, such transaction may not be consummated before the 5th calendar day after the date of approval by the responsible agency with respect thereto. If the responsible agency has found that it must act immediately to prevent the probable failure of 1 of the depository institutions involved, the preceding sentence does not apply and the transaction may be consummated immediately upon approval by the agency.

 

(B)  BY OUT-OF-STATE HOLDING COMPANY.--Any depository institution, including an out-of-State depository institution, or any out-of-State depository institution holding company may acquire and retain the capital stock or assets of, or otherwise acquire and retain a bridge depository institution if the bridge depository institution at any time had assets aggregating $500,000,000 or more, as determined by the Corporation on the basis of the bridge depository institution's reports of condition or on the basis of the last available reports of condition of any insured depository institution in default, which institution has been acquired, or whose assets have been acquired, by the bridge depository institution. The acquiring entity may acquire the bridge depository institution only in the same manner and to the same extent as such entity may acquire an insured depository institution in default under section 13(f)(2).

 

(9)  DURATION OF BRIDGE DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.--Subject to paragraphs (11) and (12), the status of a bridge depository institution as such shall terminate at the end of the 2-year period following the date it was granted a charter. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, extend the status of the bridge depository institution as such for 3 additional 1-year periods.

 

(10)  TERMINATION OF BRIDGE DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS STATUS.--The status of any bridge depository institution as such shall terminate upon the earliest of--

 

(A)  the merger or consolidation of the bridge depository institution with a depository institution that is not a bridge depository institution;

 

(B)  at the election of the Corporation, the sale of a majority of the capital stock of the bridge depository institution to an entity other than the Corporation and other than another bridge depository institution; 

 

(C)  the sale of 80 percent, or more, of the capital stock of the bridge depository institution to an entity other than the Corporation and other than another bridge depository institution;

 

(D)  at the election of the Corporation, either the assumption of all or substantially all of the deposits and other liabilities of the bridge depository institution by a depository institution holding company or a depository institution that is not a bridge depository institution, or the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of the bridge depository institution by a depository institution holding company, a depository institution that is not a bridge depository institution, or other entity as permitted under applicable law; and

 

(E)  the expiration of the period provided in paragraph (9), or the earlier dissolution of the bridge depository institution as provided in paragraph (12).

 

(11)  EFFECT OF TERMINATION EVENTS.--

 

(A)  MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION.--A bridge depository institution that participates in a merger or consolidation as provided in paragraph (10)(A) shall be for all purposes a national bank or a Federal savings association, as the case may be, with all the rights, powers, and privileges thereof, and such merger or consolidation shall be conducted in accordance with, and shall have the effect provided in, the provisions of applicable law.

 

(B)  CHARTER CONVERSION.--Following the sale of a majority of the capital stock of the bridge depository institution as provided in paragraph (10)(B), the Corporation may amend the charter of the bridge depository institution to reflect the termination of the status of the bridge depository institution as such, whereupon the depository institution shall remain a national bank or a Federal savings association, as the case may be, with all of the rights, powers, and privileges thereof, subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto.

 

(C)  SALE OF STOCK.--Following the sale of 80 percent or more of the capital stock of a bridge depository institution as provided in paragraph (10)(C), the depository institution shall remain a national bank or a Federal savings association, as the case may be, with all of the rights, powers, and privileges thereof, subject to all laws and regulations applicable thereto.

 

(D)  ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES AND SALE OF ASSETS.-- Following the assumption of all or substantially all of the liabilities of the bridge depository institution, or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the bridge depository institution, as provided in paragraph (10)(D), at the election of the Corporation the bridge depository institution may retain its status as such for the period provided in paragraph (9).

 

(E)  EFFECT ON HOLDING COMPANIES.--A depository institution holding company acquiring a bridge depository institution under section 13(f), paragraph (8)(B) (or any predecessor provision), or both provisions, shall not be impaired or adversely affected by the termination of the status of a bridge depository institution as a result of subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (10), and shall be entitled to the rights and privileges provided in section 13(f).

 

(F)  AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER.--Following the consummation of a transaction described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (10), the charter of the resulting institution shall be amended to reflect the termination of bridge depository institution status, if appropriate.

 

(12)  DISSOLUTION OF BRIDGE DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.--

 

(A)  IN GENERAL.--Notwithstanding any other provision of State or Federal law, if the bridge depository institution's status as such has not previously been terminated by the occurrence of an event specified in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (10)--

 

(i)  the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, dissolve a bridge depository institution in accordance with this paragraph at any time; and

 

(ii)  the Board of Directors shall promptly commence dissolution proceedings in accordance with this paragraph upon the expiration of the 2-year period following the date the bridge depository institution was chartered, or any extension thereof, as provided in paragraph (9).

 

(B)  PROCEDURES.--The Comptroller of the Currency shall appoint the Corporation as receiver for a bridge depository institution upon certification by the Board of Directors to the Comptroller of the Currency of its determination to dissolve the bridge depository institution. The Corporation as such receiver shall wind up the affairs of the bridge depository institution in conformity with the provisions of law relating to the liquidation of closed national banks or Federal savings associations, as appropriate. With respect to any such bridge depository institution, the Corporation as such receiver shall have all the rights, powers, and privileges and shall perform the duties related to the exercise of such rights, powers, or privileges granted by law to a receiver of any insured depository institution and notwithstanding any other provision of law in the exercise of such rights, powers, and privileges the Corporation shall not be subject to the direction or supervision of any State agency or other Federal agency.

 

(13)  MULTIPLE BRIDGE DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.--Subject to paragraph (1)(B)(i), the Corporation may, in the Corporation's discretion, organize 2 or more bridge depository institutions under this subsection to assume any deposits of, assume any other liabilities of, and purchase any assets of a single depository institution in default.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(n)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(n)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 214 of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 246), effective August 9, 1989; as amended by section 161(a) of title I of the Act of December 19, 1991 (Pub. L. No. 102--242; 105 Stat. 2285), effective December 19, 1991; section 602(a)(30) and (31) of title VI of the Act of September 23, 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103--325; 108 Stat. 2289), effective September 23, 1994; section 1604(a)(5) and (d) of title VII of the Act of July 30, 2008 (Pub. L. No. 110--289; 122 Stat. 2827, 2828, and 2829 respectively), effective July 30, 2008; section 363(5)(D) of title III of the Act of July 21, 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111--203; 124 Stat. 1553), effective July 21, 2010] 

(o)  Supervisory Records.--In addition to the requirements of section 7(a)(2) to provide to the Corporation copies of reports of examination and reports of condition, whenever the Corporation has been appointed as receiver for an insured depository institution, the appropriate Federal banking agency shall make available all supervisory records to the receiver which may be used by the receiver in any manner the receiver determines to be appropriate.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(o)]

 

[Source:  Section 2[11(o)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 909 of title IX of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 477), effective August 9, 1989] 

(p)   Certain Sales of Assets Prohibited.--

 

(1)  PERSONS WHO ENGAGED IN IMPROPER CONDUCT WITH, OR CAUSED LOSSES TO, DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS.--The Corporation shall prescribe regulations which, at a minimum, shall prohibit the sale of assets of a failed institution by the Corporation to--

 

(A)  any person who--

 

(i)  has defaulted, or was a member of a partnership or an officer or director of a corporation that has defaulted, on 1 or more obligations the aggregate amount of which exceed $1,000,000, to such failed institution;

 

(ii)  has been found to have engaged in fraudulent activity in connection with any obligation referred to in clause (i); and

 

(iii)  proposes to purchase any such asset in whole or in part through the use of the proceeds of a loan or advance of credit from the Corporation or from any institution for which the Corporation has been appointed as conservator or receiver;

 

(B)  any person who participated, as an officer or director of such failed institution or of any affiliate of such institution, in a material way in transactions that resulted in a substantial loss to such failed institution;

 

(C)  any person who has been removed from, or prohibited from participating in the affairs of, such failed institution pursuant to any final enforcement action by an appropriate Federal banking agency; or

 

(D)  any person who has demonstrated a pattern or practice of defalcation regarding obligations to such failed institution.

 

(2)  CONVICTED DEBTORS.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), any person who-- 

 

(A)  has been convicted of an offense under section 215, 656, 657, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1014, 1032, 1341, 1343, or 1344 of title 18, United States Code, or of conspiring to commit such an offense, affecting any insured depository institution for which any conservator or receiver has been appointed; and

 

(B)  is in default on any loan or other extension of credit from such insured depository institution which, if not paid, will cause substantial loss to the institution, the deposit insurance fund, or the Corporation may not purchase any asset of such institution from the conservator or receiver.

 

(3)  SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to the sale or transfer by the Corporation of any asset of any insured depository institution to any person if the sale or transfer of the asset resolves or settles, or is part of the resolution or settlement, of--

 

(A)  1 or more claims that have been, or could have been, asserted by the Corporation against the person; or

 

(B)  obligations owed by the person to any insured depository institution, or the Corporation.

 

(4)  "DEFAULT" DEFINED.--For purposes of this subsection, the term "default" means a failure to comply with the terms of a loan or other obligation to such an extent that the property securing the obligation is foreclosed upon.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(p)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(p)] of the Act of September 1, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 2526(a) of title XXV of the Act of November 29, 1990 (Pub. L. No. 101--647; 104 Stat. 4875), effective November 29, 1990; amended by sections 20(a) and (b) of the Act of December 17, 1993 (Pub. L. No. 103--204; 107 Stat. 2404 and 2405), effective December 17, 1993; section 8(a)(14) of the Act of February 15, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--173; 119 Stat. 3612 and 3613), effective date shall take effect the day of the merger of the bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance Fund pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005; section 363(5)(E) of title III of the Act of July 21, 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111--203; 124 Stat. 1553), effective July 21, 2010 ]

 


 

 

(q)  Expedited Procedures for Certain Claims.--

 

(1)  TIME FOR FILING NOTICE OF APPEAL.--The notice of appeal of any order, whether interlocutory or final, entered in any case brought by the Corporation against an insured depository institution's director, officer, employee, agent, attorney, accountant, or appraiser or any other person employed by or providing services to an insured depository institution shall be filed not later than 30 days after the date of entry of the order. The hearing of the appeal shall be held not later than 120 days after the date of the notice of appeal. The appeal shall be decided not later than 180 days after the date of the notice of appeal.

 

(2)  SCHEDULING.--Consistent with section 1657 of title 18 , United States Code, a court of the United States shall expedite the consideration of any case brought by the Corporation against an insured depository institution's director, officer, employee, agent, attorney, accountant, or appraiser or any other person employed by or providing services to an insured depository institution. As far as practicable the court shall give such case priority on its docket.

 

(3)   JUDICIAL DISCRETION.--The court may modify the schedule and limitations stated in paragraphs (1) and (2) in a particular case, based on a specific finding that the ends of justice that would be served by making such a modification would outweigh the best interest of the public in having the case resolved expeditiously.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(q)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(q)] of the Act of September 1, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 2527(a) of title XXV of the Act of November 29, 1990 (Pub. L. No. 101--647; 104 Stat. 4877), effective November 29, 1990; section 602(a)(32) of title VI of the Act of September 23, 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103--325; 108 Stat. 2289), effective September 23, 1994]


 

(r)  Foreign Investigations.--The Corporation, as conservator or receiver of any insured depository institution and for purposes of carrying out any power, authority, or duty with respect to an insured depository institution--

 

(1)  may request the assistance of any foreign banking authority and provide assistance to any foreign banking authority in accordance with section 8(v); and

 

 

(2)  may each maintain an office to coordinate foreign investigations or investigations on behalf of foreign banking authorities.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(r)]

Source:  Section 2[11(r)] of the Act of September 1, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 2532(b) of title XXV of the Act of November 29, 1990 (Pub. L. No. 101--647; 104 Stat. 4880), effective November 29, 1990; section 363(5)(F) of title III of the Act of July 21, 2010 (Pub. L. No. 111--203; 124 Stat. 1553), effective July 21, 2010 ] 

(s)  Prohibition on Entering Secrecy Agreements and Protective Orders.--The Corporation may not enter into any agreement or approve any protective order which prohibits the Corporation from disclosing the terms of any settlement of an administrative or other action for damages or restitution brought by the Corporation in its capacity as conservator or receiver for an insured depository institution.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(s)]

 

[Source:  Section 2[11(s)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 882), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 446 of title IV of the Act of December 19, 1991 (Pub. L. No. 102--242; 105 Stat. 2382), effective December 19, 1991] 

(t)  Agencies May Share Information Without Waiving Privilege.--

 

(1)  IN GENERAL.--A covered agency, in any capacity, shall not be deemed to have waived any privilege applicable to any information by transferring that information to or permitting that information to be used by--

 

(A)  any other covered agency, in any capacity; or

 

(B)  any other agency of the Federal Government (as defined in section 6 of title 18, United States Code).

 

(2)  DEFINITIONS.--For purposes of this subsection:

 

(A)  COVERED AGENCY.--The term "covered agency" means any of the following:

 

(i)  Any Federal banking agency.

 

(ii)  The Farm Credit Administration.

 

(iii)  The Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation.

 

(iv)  The National Credit Union Administration.

 

(v)  The Government Accountability Office.

 

(vi)  The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

 

(vii)    Federal Housing Finance Agency.

 

(B)  PRIVILEGE.--The term "privilege" includes any work-product, attorney-client, or other privilege recognized under Federal or State law.

 

(3)  RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.--Paragraph (1) shall not be construed as implying that any person waives any privilege applicable to any information because paragraph (1) does not apply to the transfer or use of that information.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(t)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(t)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 882), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 1544 of title XV of the Act of October 28, 1992 (Pub. L. No. 102--550; 106 Stat. 4069), effective October 28, 1992; section 106(i) of title I of the Act of October 19, 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-316; 110 Stat. 3831), effective October 19, 1996; section 724 of title VII of the Act of October 13, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--351; 120 Stat. 2001), effective October 13, 2006; section 8(b) of the Act of July 7, 2004 (Pub. L. No. 108--271; 118 Stat. 814), effective July 7, 2004; section 1161(i) of title I of the Act of July 30, 2008 (Pub. L. No. 110--289; 122 Stat. 2781), effective July 30, 2008; section 1(1) of the Act of December 20, 2012 (Pub. L. No. 112--215; 126 Stat. 1589), effective December 20, 2012] 

(u)  Purchase Rights of Tenants.-- 

 

(1)  NOTICE.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), the Corporation may make available for sale a 1- to 4-family residence (including a manufactured home) to which the Corporation acquires title only after the Corporation has provided the household residing in the property notice (in writing and mailed to the property) of the availability of such property and the preference afforded such household under paragraph (2).

 

 

(2)  PREFERENCE.--In selling such a property, the Corporation shall give preference to any bona fide offer made by the household residing in the property, if--

 

(A)  such offer is substantially similar in amount to other offers made within such period (or expected by the Corporation to be made within such period);

 

(B)  such offer is made during the period beginning upon the Corporation making such property available and of a reasonable duration, as determined by the Corporation based on the normal period for sale of such properties; and

 

(C)  the household making the offer complies with any other requirements applicable to purchasers of such property, including any downpayment and credit requirements,

 

(3)  EXCEPTIONS.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply to--

 

(A)  any residence transferred in connection with the transfer of substantially all of the assets of an insured depository institution for which the Corporation has been appointed conservator or receiver;

 

(B)  any eligible single family property (as such term is defined in section 40(p)); or

 

(C)  any residence for which the household occupying the residence was the mortgagor under a mortgage on such residence and to which the Corporation acquired title pursuant to default on such mortgage.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(u)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(u)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 882), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 15(b) of the Act of December 17, 1993 (Pub. L. No. 103--204; 107 Stat. 2399), effective December 17, 1993; section 602(a)(33) of title VI of the Act of September 23, 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103--325; 108 Stat. 2289), effective September 23, 1994] 

(v)  Preference for Sales for Homeless Families.--Subject to subsection (u) of this section, in selling any real property other than eligible residential property and eligible condominium property, as such terms are defined in section 40(p)) to which the Corporation acquires title, the Corporation shall give preference among offers to purchase the property that will result in the same net present value proceeds, to any offer that would provide for the property to be used, during the remaining useful life of the property, to provide housing or shelter for homeless persons (as such term is defined in section 103 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act [Title 42]) or homeless families.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(v)]

 

[Source:  Section 2[11(v)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 882), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 16(b) of the Act of December 17, 1993 (Pub. L. No. 103--204; 107 Stat. 2400), effective December 17, 1993] 

(w)  Preferences for Sales of Certain Commercial Real Properties.-- 

 

(1)  AUTHORITY.--In selling any eligible commercial real properties of the Corporation, the Corporation shall give preference, among offers to purchase the property that will result in the same net present value proceeds, to any offer--

 

(A)  that is made by a public agency or nonprofit organization; and

 

(B)  under which the purchaser agrees that the property shall be used, during the remaining useful life of the property, for offices and administrative purposes of the purchaser to carry out a program to acquire residential properties to provide (i) homeownership and rental housing opportunities for very-low-, low-, and moderate-income families, or (ii) housing or shelter for homeless persons (as such term is defined in section 103 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act [Title 42]) or homeless families.

 

(2)  DEFINITIONS.--For purposes of this subsection, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(A)  ELIGIBLE COMMERCIAL REAL PROPERTY.--The term "eligible commercial real property" means any property (i) to which the Corporation acquires title, and (ii) that the Corporation, in the discretion of the Corporation, determines is suitable for use for the location of offices or other administrative functions involved with carrying out a program referred to in paragraph (1)(B).

 

(B)  NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND PUBLIC AGENCY.--The terms "nonprofit organization" and "public agency" have the same meanings as in section 40(p).

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821(w)]

[Source:  Section 2[11(w)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 882), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 17(b) of the Act of December 17, 1993 (Pub. L. No. 103--204; 107 Stat. 2401), effective December 17, 1993]

NOTES

Derivation.  Section 11 derives from section 12B(l) of the Federal Reserve Act, as added by section 8 of the Act of June 16, 1933 (Pub. L. No. 66; 48 Stat. 172), effective June 16, 1933. Section 12B(l) of the Federal Reserve Act was amended by paragraphs (1) and (8) of the Act of June 16, 1934 (Pub. L. No. 362; 48 Stat. 969, 970), effective June 16, 1934; the Act of June 28, 1935 (Pub. L. No. 38; 49 Stat. 435), effective June 28, 1935; section 101[12B(l)] of title I of the Act of August 23, 1935 (Pub. L. No. 305; 49 Stat. 694), effective August 23, 1935; and the Act of May 25, 1938 (Pub. L. No. 544; 52 Stat. 442), effective May 25, 1938. By section 1 of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797; 64 Stat. 873), effective September 21, 1950, section 12B of the Federal Reserve Act was withdrawn as a part of that Act and was made a separate act known as the "Federal Deposit Insurance Act."

Sections 11(i) and (j) derive from sections 503(a)(3) and 507 of the Act of August 10, 1987 (Pub. L. No. 100--86; 101 Stat. 629 and 634, respectively), effective August 10, 1987.

 

Sections 11(k)-(o) were enacted by sections 212(a), 213, 214, and 901 of the Act of August 9, 1989, known as the "FIRRE Act", (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 222, 243, 246, and 477), effective August 9, 1989.

Implementing Regulations.  FDIC regulations implementing and applying section 11 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, entitled "Part 307--"Notification of Changes of Insured Status," appear under the "FDIC Rules and Regulations" tabcard.


Section 11A.  FSLIC Resolution Fund. 

(a)  Established--

(1)  IN GENERAL.--There is established a separate fund to be designated as the FSLIC Resolution Fund which shall be managed by the Corporation and separately maintained and not commingled.

(2)  TRANSFER OF FSLIC ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.--Except as provided in section 21A of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, all assets and liabilities of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation on the day before [August 9, 1989], the date of the enactment of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 shall be transferred to the FSLIC Resolution Fund.

(3)  SEPARATE HOLDING.--Assets and liabilities transferred to the FSLIC Resolution Fund shall be the assets and liabilities of the Fund and not of the Corporation and shall not be consolidated with the assets and liabilities of the Deposit Insurance Fund or the Corporation for accounting, reporting, or any other purpose.

(4)  RIGHTS, POWERS, AND DUTIES.--Effective August 10, 1989, the Corporation shall have all rights, powers, and duties to carry out the Corporation's duties with respect to the assets and liabilities of the FSLIC Resolution Fund that the Corporation otherwise has under this Act.

(5)  CORPORATION AS CONSERVATOR OR RECEIVER.--

(A)  IN GENERAL.--Effective August 10, 1989, the Corporation shall succeed the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation as conservator or receiver with respect to any depository institution--

(i)  the accounts of which were insured before August 10, 1989 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation; and

(ii)  for which a conservator or receiver was appointed before January 1, 1989.

(B)  RIGHTS, POWERS, AND DUTIES.--When acting as conservator or receiver with respect to any depository institution described in subparagraph (A), the Corporation shall have all rights, powers, and duties that the Corporation otherwise has as conservator or receiver under this Act.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821a(a)]

[Source:  Section 2[11A(a)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 215 of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 252), effective August 9, 1989; as amended by section 202(c) of title II of the Act of December 12, 1991 (Pub. L. No. 102--233; 105 Stat. 1767), effective December 12, 1991; section 161(b) of title I of the Act of December 19, 1991 (Pub. L. No. 102--242; 105 Stat. 2286), effective December 19, 1991; section 8(a)(15) of the Act of February 15, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--173; 119 Stat. 3612 and 3613), effective date shall take effect the day of the merger of the bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance Fund pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005] 

(b)  Source of Funds.--The FSLIC Resolution Fund shall be funded from the following sources to the extent funds are needed in the listed priority:

(1)  Income earned on assets of the FSLIC Resolution Fund.

(2)  Liquidating dividends and payments made on claims received by the FSLIC Resolution Fund from receiverships to the extent such funds are not required by the Resolution Funding Corporation pursuant to section 21B of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act or the Financing Corporation pursuant to section 21 of such Act.

(3)  Amounts borrowed by the Financing Corporation pursuant to section 21 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act. 

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821a(b)]

[Source:  Section 2[11A(b)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 215 of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 252), effective August 9, 1989; as amended by section 202(d) of title II of the Act of December 12, 1991 (Pub. L. No. 102--233; 105 Stat. 1767), effective December 12, 1991; section 8(a)(16) of the Act of February 15, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--173; 119 Stat. 3613), effective date shall take effect the day of the merger of the bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance Fund pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005] 

(c)  Treasury Backup.--

(1)  IN GENERAL.--If the funds described in subsections (a) and (b) are insufficient to satisfy the liabilities of the FSLIC Resolution Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to the Fund such amounts as may be necessary, as determined by the Corporation and the Secretary, for FSLIC Resolution Fund purposes.

(2)  AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821a(c)]

[Source:  Section 2[11A(c)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 215 of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 252), effective August 9, 1989] 

(d)  Legal Proceedings.--Any judgment resulting from a proceeding to which the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation was a party prior to its dissolution or which is initiated against the Corporation with respect to the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation or with respect to the FSLIC Resolution Fund shall be limited to the assets of the FSLIC Resolution Fund.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821a(d)]

[Source:  Section 2[11A(d)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 215 of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 252), effective August 9, 1989] 

(e)  Transfer of Net Proceeds From Sale of RTC Assets.--The FSLIC Resolution Fund shall transfer to the Resolution Funding Corporation any net proceeds from the sale of assets acquired from the Resolution Trust Corporation upon the termination of such Corporation pursuant to section 21A of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821a(e)]

[Source:  Section 2[11A(e)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 215 of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 252), effective August 9, 1989] 

(f)  Dissolution.--The FSLIC Resolution Fund shall be dissolved upon satisfaction of all debts and liabilities and sale of all assets. Upon dissolution any remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury. Any administrative facilities and supplies, including offices and office supplies, shall be transferred to the Corporation for use by and to be held as assets of the Deposit Insurance Fund.

[Codified to 12 U.S.C. 1821a(f)]

[Source:  Section 2[11A(f)] of the Act of September 21, 1950 (Pub. L. No. 797), effective September 21, 1950, as added by section 215 of title II of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 252), effective August 9, 1989; section 8(a)(17) of the Act of February 15, 2006 (Pub. L. No. 109--173; 119 Stat. 3613), effective date shall take effect the day of the merger of the bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance Fund pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005]


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