HR6775-118

Introduced

To provide for the Federal charter of certain public banks, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Dec 13, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for the Federal charter of certain public banks, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers. The main policy domain is Finance, Labor, Energy.

Who Benefits and How

financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H2E57968B961D4402BEF9C75D68CD7991: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Public Banking Act of 2023. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section H735C1870E3CB45838560D8214F4C6D89: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Board of Governors means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The term Commission means the Securities...
  • Section HBBEA7A9EC2E340238759D7CDFA24EF62: 101. Federal charter of public lending banks and public payment banks The Board of Governors shall charter public lending banks and public payment banks. In...
  • Section H9DE5C5E764CF4AC0B629C15C8D6083BE: 102. Federal recognition of non-federally chartered banks The Board of Governors shall issue certificates of Federal recognition to non-federally chartered...
  • Section HB51DAA835B234AC39692A5C0931B7B31: 103. Federal Reserve System membership A covered bank shall be eligible for membership in the Federal reserve system as a public member bank and, except as...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To provide for the Federal charter of certain public banks, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.

Key Policy Areas

Finance, Labor, Energy

Primary Purpose

This bill, To provide for the Federal charter of certain public banks, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.

Policy Domains

Finance Labor Energy

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
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financial institutions, investors, and borrowers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
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federal implementing agencies: ,
financial institutions, investors, and borrowers: ,

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 13, 2023

Ms. Tlaib (for herself, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Pressley, Ms. Lee …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Finance Labor Energy
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor
"secretary_of_treasury"
→ Secretary of the Treasury

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

3 terms
"Tribal covered bank" §H735C1870E3CB45838560D8214F4C6D89

a covered bank that is wholly owned and controlled by— a Tribal government, including a unit of local Tribal government, or Tribal government agency

"non-federally chartered bank" §H9DE5C5E764CF4AC0B629C15C8D6083BE

a person that is— wholly owned and controlled by an entity described in section 101(b)(1)

"public payment bank" §HBBEA7A9EC2E340238759D7CDFA24EF62

a person that— is wholly owned and controlled by an entity described in subsection (b)(1)

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