Regulatory Capital Rule: Simplifications to the Capital Rule Pursuant to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996; Revised Effective Date, 61804-61808 [2019-23467]
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institution satisfies paragraphs (b)(1)(i)
(A) through (E) of this section and has
a supplementary leverage ratio of 6.0
percent or greater. For purposes of this
paragraph, a covered BHC means a U.S.
top-tier bank holding company with
more than $700 billion in total assets as
reported on the company’s most recent
Consolidated Financial Statement for
Bank Holding Companies (Form FR Y–
9C) or more than $10 trillion in assets
under custody as reported on the
company’s most recent Banking
Organization Systemic Risk Report
(Form FR Y–15).
(iii) A qualifying community banking
organization, as defined under § 324.12,
that has elected to use the community
bank leverage ratio framework under
§ 324.12 shall be considered to have met
the capital ratio requirements for the
well capitalized capital category in
paragraph (b)(1)(i)(A) through (D) of this
section.
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PART 337—UNSAFE AND UNSOUND
BANKING PRACTICES
62. The authority citation for part 337
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 12 U.S.C. 375a(4), 375b,
1463(a)(1), 1816, 1818(a), 1818(b), 1819,
1820(d), 1828(j)(2), 1831, 1831f, 5412.
63. Section 337.3 is amended by
redesignating footnote 3 to paragraph (b)
as footnote 1 and revising it to read as
follows:
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§ 337.3 Limits on extensions of credit to
executive officers, directors, and principal
shareholders of insured nonmember banks.
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1 For the purposes of § 337.3, an
insured nonmember bank’s capital and
unimpaired surplus shall have the same
meaning as found in § 215.2(f) of
Federal Reserve Board Regulation O
(§ 215.2(f) of this chapter). For a
qualifying community banking
organization (as defined in § 324.12 of
this chapter) that is subject to the
community bank leverage ratio
framework (as defined in § 324.12 of
this chapter), capital and unimpaired
surplus shall mean the FDIC-supervised
institution’s tier 1 capital (as defined in
§ 324.2 of this chapter) plus adjusted
allowances for credit losses or
allowances for loan and lease losses, as
applicable (as defined in § 324.2 of this
chapter).
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PART 365—REAL ESTATE LENDING
STANDARDS
64. The authority citation for part 365
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1828(o) and 5101 et
seq.
65. Appendix A to subpart A of part
365 is amended:
■ a. In the first paragraph of the
appendix, redesignating footnote 5 as
footnote 1;
■ b. Following the heading
‘‘Supervisory Loan-to-Value-Limits’’ in
the table, by redesignating footnotes 1
and 2 as footnotes 2 and 3; and
■ c. Following the heading ‘‘Loans in
Excess of the Supervisory Loan-toValue-Limits,’’ redesignating the
footnote 2 as footnote 4 and revising it.
The revision reads as follows:
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Appendix A to Subpart A of Part 365—
Interagency Guidelines for Real Estate
Lending Policies
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chapter and calculated in accordance
with § 324.12(b) of this chapter.
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Dated: September 17, 2019.
Joseph M. Otting,
Comptroller of the Currency.
By order of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, October 7, 2019.
E. Misback,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
By order of the Board of Directors.
Dated at Washington, DC, on September
17, 2019.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–23472 Filed 11–12–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE P
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
12 CFR Part 3
Loans in Excess of the Supervisory
Loan-to-Value-Limits
4 For state non-member banks and
state savings associations, ‘‘total
capital’’ refers to that term described in
§ 324.2 of this chapter. For a qualifying
community banking organization (as
defined in § 324.12 of this chapter) that
is subject to the community bank
leverage ratio framework (as defined in
§ 324.12 of this chapter), ‘‘total capital’’
refers to the FDIC-supervised
institution’s tier 1 capital, as defined in
§ 324.2 of this chapter.
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PART 390—REGULATIONS
TRANSFERRED FROM THE OFFICE OF
THRIFT SUPERVISION
66. The authority citation for part 390
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1819.
§ 390.344 Definitions applicable to capital
distributions.
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Capital means total capital, as
computed under part 324 of this
chapter. For a qualifying community
banking organization (as defined in
§ 324.12 of this chapter) that is subject
to the community bank leverage ratio
framework (as defined in § 324.12 of
this chapter), total capital means the
FDIC-supervised institution’s tier 1
capital, as defined under § 324.2 of this
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Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Treasury; the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System; and the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.
ACTION: Final rule, announcement of
effective date, early adoption.
AGENCY:
67. Section 390.344 is amended by
revising the definition of ‘‘Capital’’ to
read as follows:
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Regulatory Capital Rule:
Simplifications to the Capital Rule
Pursuant to the Economic Growth and
Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1996; Revised Effective Date
The Office of the Comptroller
of the Currency, the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, and the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(collectively, the agencies) are adopting
a final rule that permits insured
depository institutions and depository
institution holding companies not
subject to the advanced approaches
capital rule to implement certain
SUMMARY:
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provisions of the final rule titled
Regulatory Capital: Simplifications to
the Capital Rule Pursuant to the
Economic Growth and Regulatory
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996,
which was issued by the agencies in
July 22, 2019, (Capital Simplifications
Final Rule) on January 1, 2020, rather
than April 1, 2020, as initially provided.
Consistent with this approach, the
transitions provisions of the regulatory
capital rule are being amended to
provide that banking organizations not
subject to the advanced approaches
capital rule will be permitted to
implement the Capital Simplifications
Final Rule as of its revised effective date
in the quarter beginning January 1,
2020, or to wait until the quarter
beginning April 1, 2020.
This rule is effective January 1,
2020. The effective date for the
amendments to 12 CFR 3.21, 3.22,
3.300(b) and (d), 217.21, 217.22,
217.300(b) and (d), 324.21, 324.22, and
324.300(b) and (d) published on July 22,
2019 (84 FR 35234), is changed from
April 1, 2020, to January 1, 2020.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OCC: David Elkes, Risk Expert, or
JungSup Kim, Risk Specialist, Capital
and Regulatory Policy (202) 649–6370;
or Carl Kaminski, Special Counsel, or
Daniel Perez, Senior Attorney, or Rima
Kundnani, Senior Attorney, Chief
Counsel’s Office, (202) 649–5490, for
persons who are deaf or hearing
impaired, TTY, (202) 649–5597, Office
of the Comptroller of the Currency, 400
7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20219.
Board: Constance M. Horsley, Deputy
Associate Director, (202) 452–5239; Juan
Climent, Manager, (202) 872–7526; or
Andrew Willis, Lead Financial
Institutions Policy Analyst, (202) 912–
4323, Division of Supervision and
Regulation; or Jay Schwarz, Special
Counsel (202) 452–2970; Gillian
Burgess, Senior Counsel (202) 736–
5564, or Mark Buresh, Senior Counsel
(202) 452–5270, Legal Division, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, 20th and C Streets NW,
Washington, DC 20551. For the hearing
impaired only, Telecommunication
Device for the Deaf (TDD), (202) 263–
4869.
FDIC: Benedetto Bosco, Chief, Capital
Policy Section, bbosco@fdic.gov;
Michael Maloney, Senior Policy
Analyst, mmaloney@fdic.gov;
regulatorycapital@fdic.gov; Capital
Markets Branch, Division of Risk
Management Supervision, (202) 898–
6888; or Michael Phillips, Counsel,
mphillips@fdic.gov; Supervision
Branch, Legal Division, Federal Deposit
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Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of the Comptroller of the Currency, the
Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (collectively, the
agencies) adopted the Simplifications to
the Capital Rule Pursuant to the
Economic Growth and Regulatory
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996
(Capital Simplifications Final Rule) to
simplify certain aspects of the capital
rule.1 The Capital Simplifications Final
Rule is responsive to the agencies’
March 2017 report to Congress pursuant
to the Economic Growth and Regulatory
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996
(EGRPRA), in which the agencies
committed to meaningfully reduce
regulatory burden, especially on
community banking organizations. The
key elements of the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule apply solely
to banking organizations that are not
subject to the advanced approaches
capital rule (non-advanced approaches
banking organizations). Under the
Capital Simplifications Final Rule, nonadvanced approaches banking
organizations will be subject to simpler
regulatory capital requirements for
mortgage servicing assets, certain
deferred tax assets arising from
temporary differences, and investments
in the capital of unconsolidated
financial institutions than those
currently applied. The Capital
Simplifications Final Rule also
simplifies, for non-advanced approaches
banking organizations, the calculation
for the amount of capital issued by a
consolidated subsidiary of a banking
organization and held by third parties
(sometimes referred to as a minority
interest) that is includable in regulatory
capital.
The simpler capital requirements
described above are implemented
through the Capital Simplifications
Final Rule via amendments to 12 CFR
3.21, 3.22, 3.300, 217.21, 217.22,
217.300(b) and (d), 324.21, 324.22, and
324.300 that were originally effective
April 1, 2020. The agencies initially set
an effective date of April 1, 2020, for
those amendments to the capital rule, in
part, to give institutions sufficient time
to update their recordkeeping and
reporting systems. Subsequent to the
publication of the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule, the agencies
received letters from the banking
industry groups seeking the ability to
adopt the Capital Simplifications Final
Rule earlier than April 1, 2020. After
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considering these requests, the agencies
have determined that allowing nonadvanced approaches banking
organizations to implement the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule in the first
quarter of 2020 would be appropriate.
Allowing non-advanced approaches
banking organizations to implement the
Capital Simplifications Final Rule in the
first quarter of 2020 would permit
banking organizations that have updated
their reporting systems to implement
the simplifications and obtain
regulatory burden relief one quarter
earlier than initially provided in the
Capital Simplifications Final Rule.
The agencies are adopting this direct
final rule to permit non-advanced
approaches banking organizations to
implement the sections of the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule that were
originally effective on April 1, 2020,
beginning on January 1, 2020.
Specifically, the sections in the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule that were
effective April 1, 2020, under that rule
are now effective January 1, 2020. Nonadvanced approaches banking
organizations can elect whether to
implement the changes in the quarter
beginning January 1, 2020, or to
implement them in the quarter
beginning April 1, 2020. The affected
sections are those related to mortgage
servicing assets, certain deferred tax
assets arising from temporary
differences, investments in the capital of
unconsolidated financial institutions,
and the calculation of minority interest
and will become mandatory as of April
1, 2020. If a non-advanced approaches
banking organization elects to adopt
these revisions for the quarter beginning
January 1, 2020, it must adopt all of
these revisions for that quarter and
thereafter. Consistent with the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule, the
transition provisions adopted by the
agencies in November 2017 will cease to
apply to non-advanced approaches
banking organizations in the quarter in
which the firm elects to adopt the these
portions of the Capital Simplifications
Final Rule.2 As a result, non-advanced
approaches banking organizations may
choose to begin implementing the
capital treatment under the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule for the
reporting period ending on March 31,
2020. All non-advanced approaches
banking organizations must implement
the capital treatment under the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule for the
reporting period ending on June 30,
2020.
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FR 55309 (Nov. 21, 2017).
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Administrative Law Matters
A. Administrative Procedure Act
The agencies are issuing this direct
final rule without prior notice and the
opportunity for public comment and
without the 30-day delayed effective
date ordinarily prescribed by the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA).3
Pursuant to section 553(b)(B) of the
APA, general notice and the opportunity
for public comment are not required
with respect to a rulemaking when an
‘‘agency for good cause finds (and
incorporates the finding and a brief
statement of reasons therefor in the
rules issued) that notice and public
procedure thereon are impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest.’’ 4
As discussed above, this direct final
rule addresses requests from banking
industry groups to be allowed to comply
starting on January 1, 2020, with certain
requirements of the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule that
otherwise were subject to an effective
date of April 1, 2020. This direct final
rule will allow banking organizations to
begin implementing the revised
requirements either on January 1, 2020
or April 1, 2020. Non-advanced
approaches banking organizations that
choose not to implement the revised
requirements on January 1, 2020, still
will be required to do so beginning
April 1, 2020. The agencies initially set
an effective date of April 1, 2020, for
those amendments to the capital rule, in
part, to give institutions sufficient time
to update their systems and reporting
systems. After the rule was finalized,
the agencies received requests to allow
banking organizations the option to
adopt the rule on January 1, 2020, rather
than April 1, 2020, on grounds that
early adoption would simplify the
reporting requirements for banking
organizations whose systems will be in
place by January 1, 2020, thereby
reducing regulatory burden.
The agencies believe that there is
good cause to issue this direct final rule
without notice and public procedure
because that process would be
unnecessary as the agencies recently
issued a final rule after providing notice
and receiving comment from the public.
Specifically, the original administrative
record that supports the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule is still
pertinent and, as a result, a new round
of notice and comment on the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule is
unnecessary. The agencies could have
issued the Capital Simplifications Final
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Rule with the provisions now being
issued in the current direct final rule.
The agencies believe that the
implementation provisions of the
current direct final rule are appropriate
now given the feedback from the public
since issuance of the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule. In particular,
the public feedback has indicated that
many banking organizations would be
prepared to implement the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule for the
quarter beginning January 1, 2020.
Further, this final rule (1) relieves
burden; (2) does not change any
substantive requirements of the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule or impose
any new mandates on any banking
organization; and (3) allows, but does
not require, banking organizations to
implement the revised requirements in
the Capital Simplifications Final Rule
earlier than initially provided.
In addition, the agencies believe that
there is good cause consistent with the
public interest to issue this direct final
rule without notice and public
procedure. This direct final rule benefits
banking organizations subject to the
Capital Simplifications Final Rule by
allowing them to begin complying with
the new requirements in the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule one quarter
before they become mandatory, thereby
simplifying the reporting requirements
for those banking organizations whose
systems will be in place by January 1,
2020. Notably, this direct final rule does
not impose any new requirements or
mandatory burdens on any banking
organization. Finally, the agencies
believe that there is good cause to issue
this direct final rule without notice and
public procedure since it would be
impracticable to request comment given
the request for relief is to begin on
January 1, 2020.
The APA also requires a 30-day
delayed effective date, except for (1)
substantive rules which grant or
recognize an exemption or relieve a
restriction; (2) interpretative rules and
statements of policy; or (3) as otherwise
provided by the agency for good cause.5
The agencies find good cause to publish
the direct final rule with an immediate
effective date because the rule grants
relief to banking organizations and
because there is good cause for the same
reasons set forth above under the
discussion of section 553(b)(B) of the
APA. Delaying the implementation date
would deprive banking organizations
that are considering adopting the
requirements of the Capital
Simplification Final Rule earlier of the
ability to make modifications to their
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reporting prior on their preferred
effective date.
B. Solicitation of Comments on Use of
Plain Language
Section 722 of the Gramm-LeachBliley Act 6 requires Federal banking
agencies to use plain language in all
proposed and final rules published after
January 1, 2000. The agencies have
sought to present this direct final rule in
a simple and straightforward manner.
C. Paperwork Reduction Act Analysis
In accordance with the requirements
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, the
agencies may not conduct or sponsor,
and a respondent is not required to
respond to, an information collection
unless it displays a currently-valid
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. The OCC,
Board, and FDIC have reviewed this
direct final rule and determined that it
does not introduce a new collection of
information pursuant to the PRA.
D. Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)
does not apply to a rulemaking when a
general notice of proposed rulemaking
is not required.7 As noted previously,
the agencies are issuing this direct final
rule without notice and public
procedure. Accordingly, the RFA’s
requirements relating to an initial and
final regulatory flexibility analysis do
not apply. Nonetheless, the agencies
believe that, with respect to the entities
subject to the direct final rule and
within each agency’s respective
jurisdiction, the direct final rule would
not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small
entities.8
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995
The OCC analyzed the final rule
under the factors set forth in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
(UMRA) (2 U.S.C. 1532). Under this
analysis, the OCC considered whether
the rule includes a Federal mandate that
may result in the expenditure by State,
local, and Tribal governments, in the
aggregate, or by the private sector, of
$100 million or more in any one year
(adjusted for inflation). The OCC has
determined that this rule will not result
6 Public Law 106–102, section 722, 113 Stat.
1338, 1471 (1999).
7 5 U.S.C. 603 and 604.
8 Under regulations issued by the Small Business
Administration, a small entity includes a depository
institution, bank holding company, or savings and
loan holding company with total assets of $600
million or less and trust companies with total assets
of $41.5 million or less.
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in expenditures by State, local, and
Tribal governments, or the private
sector, of $100 million or more in any
one year. Accordingly, the OCC has not
prepared a written statement to
accompany this rule.
F. Riegle Community Development and
Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994
Pursuant to section 302(a) of the
Riegle Community Development and
Regulatory Improvement Act
(RCDRIA),9 in determining the effective
date and administrative compliance
requirements for new regulations that
impose additional reporting, disclosure,
or other requirements on IDIs, each
Federal banking agency must consider,
consistent with principles of safety and
soundness and the public interest, any
administrative burdens that such
regulations would place on depository
institutions, including small depository
institutions, and customers of
depository institutions, as well as the
benefits of such regulations. In addition,
section 302(b) of RCDRIA requires new
regulations and amendments to
regulations that impose additional
reporting, disclosures, or other new
requirements on IDIs generally to take
effect on the first day of a calendar
quarter that begins on or after the date
on which the regulations are published
in final form.10
Because the direct final rule would
not impose additional reporting,
disclosure, or other requirements on
IDIs, section 302 of the RCDRIA does
not apply. In any event, the direct final
rule will take effect on January 1, 2020.
G. The Congressional Review Act
For purposes of Congressional Review
Act, the OMB makes a determination as
to whether a final rule constitutes a
‘‘major’’ rule.11 If a rule is deemed a
‘‘major rule’’ by the OMB, the
Congressional Review Act generally
provides that the rule may not take
effect until at least 60 days following its
publication.12
The Congressional Review Act defines
a ‘‘major rule’’ as any rule that the
Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs of
the OMB finds has resulted in or is
likely to result in—(A) an annual effect
on the economy of $100,000,000 or
more; (B) a major increase in costs or
prices for consumers, individual
industries, Federal, State, or local
government agencies or geographic
regions, or (C) significant adverse effects
9 12
U.S.C. 4802(a).
U.S.C. 4802.
11 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.
12 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(3).
on competition, employment,
investment, productivity, innovation, or
on the ability of United States-based
enterprises to compete with foreignbased enterprises in domestic and
export markets.13 As required by the
Congressional Review Act, the agencies
will submit the direct final rule and
other appropriate reports to Congress
and the Government Accountability
Office for review.
The OMB has determined that the
direct final ruleis not a ‘‘major rule’’
within the meaning of the Congressional
Review Act.14 As required by the
Congressional Review Act, the agencies
will submit the direct final rule and
other appropriate reports to Congress
and the Government Accountability
Office for review.
List of Subjects
12 CFR Part 3
Administrative practice and
procedure, Capital, National banks,
Risk.
12 CFR Part 217
Administrative practice and
procedure, Banks, Banking, Capital,
Federal Reserve System, Holding
companies.
12 CFR Part 324
Administrative practice and
procedure, Banks, Banking, Capital
adequacy, Savings associations, State
non-member banks.
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
For the reasons set out in the joint
preamble, 12 CFR part 3 is amended as
follows.
PART 3—CAPITAL ADEQUACY
STANDARDS
1. The authority citation for part 3
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 12 U.S.C. 93a, 161, 1462, 1462a,
1463, 1464, 1818, 1828(n), 1828 note, 1831n
note, 1835, 3907, 3909, and 5412(b)(2)(B).
2. Section 3.300 is amended by adding
paragraph (f) to read as follows:
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Transitions.
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(f) A national bank or Federal savings
association that is not an advanced
approaches national bank or Federal
savings association may apply the
treatment under §§ 3.21 and 3.22(c)(2),
(5), (6), and (d)(2) applicable to an
advanced approaches national bank or
Federal savings association during the
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calendar quarter beginning January 1,
2020. During the quarter beginning
January 1, 2020, a national bank or
Federal savings association that makes
such an election must deduct 80 percent
of the amount otherwise required to be
deducted under § 3.22(d)(2) and must
apply a 100 percent risk weight to assets
not deducted under § 3.22(d)(2). In
addition, during the quarter beginning
January 1, 2020, a national bank or
Federal savings association that makes
such an election must include in its
regulatory capital 20 percent of any
minority interest that exceeds the
amount of minority interest includable
in regulatory capital under § 3.21 as it
applies to an advanced approaches
national bank or Federal savings
association. A national bank or Federal
savings association that is not an
advanced approaches national bank or
Federal savings association must apply
the treatment under §§ 3.21 and 3.22
applicable to a national bank or Federal
savings association that is not an
advanced approaches national bank or
Federal savings association beginning
April 1, 2020, and thereafter.
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Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System
For the reasons set out in the joint
preamble, the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System amends 12 CFR
part 217 as follows:
PART 217—CAPITAL ADEQUACY OF
BANK HOLDING COMPANIES,
SAVINGS AND LOAN HOLDING
COMPANIES, AND STATE MEMBER
BANKS (REGULATION Q)
3. The authority citation for part 217
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 12 U.S.C. 248(a), 321–338a,
481–486, 1462a, 1467a, 1818, 1828, 1831n,
1831o, 1831p–l, 1831w, 1835, 1844(b), 1851,
3904, 3906–3909, 4808, 5365, 5368, 5371.
4. Section 217.300 is amended by
adding paragraph (g) to read as follows:
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(g) A Board-regulated institution that
is not an advanced approaches Boardregulated institution may apply the
treatment under §§ 217.21 and
217.22(c)(2), (5), (6), and (d)(2)
applicable to an advanced approaches
Board-regulated institution during the
calendar quarter beginning January 1,
2020. During the quarter beginning
January 1, 2020, a Board-regulated
institution that makes such an election
must deduct 80 percent of the amount
otherwise required to be deducted
under § 217.22(d)(2) and must apply a
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100 percent risk weight to assets not
deducted under § 217.22(d)(2). In
addition, during the quarter beginning
January 1, 2020, a Board-regulated
institution that makes such an election
must include in its regulatory capital 20
percent of any minority interest that
exceeds the amount of minority interest
includable in regulatory capital under
§ 217.21 as it applies to an advanced
approaches Board-regulated institution.
A Board-regulated institution that is not
an advanced approaches Boardregulated institution must apply the
treatment under §§ 217.21 and 217.22
applicable to a Board-regulated
institution that is not an advanced
approaches Board-regulated institution
beginning April 1, 2020, and thereafter.
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12 CFR Part 324
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
For the reasons set out in the joint
preamble, 12 CFR part 324 is amended
as follows.
PART 324—CAPITAL ADEQUACY OF
FDIC-SUPERVISED INSTITUTIONS
5. The authority citation for part 324
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1815(a), 1815(b),
1816, 1818(a), 1818(b), 1818(c), 1818(t),
1819(Tenth), 1828(c), 1828(d), 1828(i),
1828(n), 1828(o), 1831o, 1835, 3907, 3909,
4808; 5371; 5412; Pub. L. 102–233, 105 Stat.
1761, 1789, 1790 (12 U.S.C. 1831n note); Pub.
L. 102–242, 105 Stat. 2236, 2355, as amended
by Pub. L. 103–325, 108 Stat. 2160, 2233 (12
U.S.C. 1828 note); Pub. L. 102–242, 105 Stat.
2236, 2386, as amended by Pub. L. 102–550,
106 Stat. 3672, 4089 (12 U.S.C. 1828 note);
Pub. L. 111–203, 124 Stat. 1376, 1887 (15
U.S.C. 78o–7 note).
6. Effective January 1, 2020, § 324.300
is amended by adding paragraph (f) to
read as follows:
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Transitions.
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(f) An FDIC-supervised institution
that is not an advanced approaches
FDIC-supervised institution may apply
the treatment under §§ 324.21 and
324.22(c)(2), (5), (6), and (d)(2)
applicable to an advanced approaches
FDIC-supervised institution during the
calendar quarter beginning January 1,
2020. During the quarter beginning
January 1, 2020, an FDIC-supervised
institution that makes such an election
must deduct 80 percent of the amount
otherwise required to be deducted
under § 324.22(d)(2) and must apply a
100 percent risk weight to assets not
deducted under § 324.22(d)(2). In
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addition, during the quarter beginning
January 1, 2020, an FDIC-supervised
institution that makes such an election
must include in its regulatory capital 20
percent of any minority interest that
exceeds the amount of minority interest
includable in regulatory capital under
§ 324.21 as it applies to an advanced
approaches FDIC-supervised institution.
An FDIC-supervised institution that is
not an advanced approaches institution
must apply the treatment under
§§ 324.21 and 324.22 applicable to an
FDIC-supervised institution that is a
non-advanced approaches institution
beginning April 1, 2020, and thereafter.
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Dated: September 17, 2019.
Joseph M. Otting,
Comptroller of the Currency.
By order of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, October 16, 2019
Ann E. Misback,
Secretary of the Board.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
By order of the Board of Directors.
Dated at Washington, DC, on September
17, 2019.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 13, 2019)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
12 CFR Part 3
[Docket ID OCC-2017-0018]
RIN 1557-AE70
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
12 CFR Part 217
[Regulation Q; Docket No. R-1576]
RIN 7100-AE74
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
12 CFR Part 324
RIN 3064-AF18
Regulatory Capital Rule: Simplifications to the Capital Rule
Pursuant to the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1996; Revised Effective Date
AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury; the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (collectively, the agencies) are adopting a final
rule that permits insured depository institutions and depository
institution holding companies not subject to the advanced approaches
capital rule to implement certain
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provisions of the final rule titled Regulatory Capital: Simplifications
to the Capital Rule Pursuant to the Economic Growth and Regulatory
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996, which was issued by the agencies in
July 22, 2019, (Capital Simplifications Final Rule) on January 1, 2020,
rather than April 1, 2020, as initially provided. Consistent with this
approach, the transitions provisions of the regulatory capital rule are
being amended to provide that banking organizations not subject to the
advanced approaches capital rule will be permitted to implement the
Capital Simplifications Final Rule as of its revised effective date in
the quarter beginning January 1, 2020, or to wait until the quarter
beginning April 1, 2020.
DATES: This rule is effective January 1, 2020. The effective date for
the amendments to 12 CFR 3.21, 3.22, 3.300(b) and (d), 217.21, 217.22,
217.300(b) and (d), 324.21, 324.22, and 324.300(b) and (d) published on
July 22, 2019 (84 FR 35234), is changed from April 1, 2020, to January
1, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OCC: David Elkes, Risk Expert, or JungSup Kim, Risk Specialist,
Capital and Regulatory Policy (202) 649-6370; or Carl Kaminski, Special
Counsel, or Daniel Perez, Senior Attorney, or Rima Kundnani, Senior
Attorney, Chief Counsel's Office, (202) 649-5490, for persons who are
deaf or hearing impaired, TTY, (202) 649-5597, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 20219.
Board: Constance M. Horsley, Deputy Associate Director, (202) 452-
5239; Juan Climent, Manager, (202) 872-7526; or Andrew Willis, Lead
Financial Institutions Policy Analyst, (202) 912-4323, Division of
Supervision and Regulation; or Jay Schwarz, Special Counsel (202) 452-
2970; Gillian Burgess, Senior Counsel (202) 736-5564, or Mark Buresh,
Senior Counsel (202) 452-5270, Legal Division, Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, 20th and C Streets NW, Washington, DC
20551. For the hearing impaired only, Telecommunication Device for the
Deaf (TDD), (202) 263-4869.
FDIC: Benedetto Bosco, Chief, Capital Policy Section,
[email protected]; Michael Maloney, Senior Policy Analyst,
[email protected]; [email protected]; Capital Markets Branch,
Division of Risk Management Supervision, (202) 898-6888; or Michael
Phillips, Counsel, [email protected]; Supervision Branch, Legal
Division, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20429.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the agencies)
adopted the Simplifications to the Capital Rule Pursuant to the
Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 (Capital
Simplifications Final Rule) to simplify certain aspects of the capital
rule.\1\ The Capital Simplifications Final Rule is responsive to the
agencies' March 2017 report to Congress pursuant to the Economic Growth
and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 (EGRPRA), in which the
agencies committed to meaningfully reduce regulatory burden, especially
on community banking organizations. The key elements of the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule apply solely to banking organizations that
are not subject to the advanced approaches capital rule (non-advanced
approaches banking organizations). Under the Capital Simplifications
Final Rule, non-advanced approaches banking organizations will be
subject to simpler regulatory capital requirements for mortgage
servicing assets, certain deferred tax assets arising from temporary
differences, and investments in the capital of unconsolidated financial
institutions than those currently applied. The Capital Simplifications
Final Rule also simplifies, for non-advanced approaches banking
organizations, the calculation for the amount of capital issued by a
consolidated subsidiary of a banking organization and held by third
parties (sometimes referred to as a minority interest) that is
includable in regulatory capital.
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The simpler capital requirements described above are implemented
through the Capital Simplifications Final Rule via amendments to 12 CFR
3.21, 3.22, 3.300, 217.21, 217.22, 217.300(b) and (d), 324.21, 324.22,
and 324.300 that were originally effective April 1, 2020. The agencies
initially set an effective date of April 1, 2020, for those amendments
to the capital rule, in part, to give institutions sufficient time to
update their recordkeeping and reporting systems. Subsequent to the
publication of the Capital Simplifications Final Rule, the agencies
received letters from the banking industry groups seeking the ability
to adopt the Capital Simplifications Final Rule earlier than April 1,
2020. After considering these requests, the agencies have determined
that allowing non-advanced approaches banking organizations to
implement the Capital Simplifications Final Rule in the first quarter
of 2020 would be appropriate. Allowing non-advanced approaches banking
organizations to implement the Capital Simplifications Final Rule in
the first quarter of 2020 would permit banking organizations that have
updated their reporting systems to implement the simplifications and
obtain regulatory burden relief one quarter earlier than initially
provided in the Capital Simplifications Final Rule.
The agencies are adopting this direct final rule to permit non-
advanced approaches banking organizations to implement the sections of
the Capital Simplifications Final Rule that were originally effective
on April 1, 2020, beginning on January 1, 2020. Specifically, the
sections in the Capital Simplifications Final Rule that were effective
April 1, 2020, under that rule are now effective January 1, 2020. Non-
advanced approaches banking organizations can elect whether to
implement the changes in the quarter beginning January 1, 2020, or to
implement them in the quarter beginning April 1, 2020. The affected
sections are those related to mortgage servicing assets, certain
deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences, investments in
the capital of unconsolidated financial institutions, and the
calculation of minority interest and will become mandatory as of April
1, 2020. If a non-advanced approaches banking organization elects to
adopt these revisions for the quarter beginning January 1, 2020, it
must adopt all of these revisions for that quarter and thereafter.
Consistent with the Capital Simplifications Final Rule, the transition
provisions adopted by the agencies in November 2017 will cease to apply
to non-advanced approaches banking organizations in the quarter in
which the firm elects to adopt the these portions of the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule.\2\ As a result, non-advanced approaches
banking organizations may choose to begin implementing the capital
treatment under the Capital Simplifications Final Rule for the
reporting period ending on March 31, 2020. All non-advanced approaches
banking organizations must implement the capital treatment under the
Capital Simplifications Final Rule for the reporting period ending on
June 30, 2020.
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Administrative Law Matters
A. Administrative Procedure Act
The agencies are issuing this direct final rule without prior
notice and the opportunity for public comment and without the 30-day
delayed effective date ordinarily prescribed by the Administrative
Procedure Act (APA).\3\ Pursuant to section 553(b)(B) of the APA,
general notice and the opportunity for public comment are not required
with respect to a rulemaking when an ``agency for good cause finds (and
incorporates the finding and a brief statement of reasons therefor in
the rules issued) that notice and public procedure thereon are
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.'' \4\
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As discussed above, this direct final rule addresses requests from
banking industry groups to be allowed to comply starting on January 1,
2020, with certain requirements of the Capital Simplifications Final
Rule that otherwise were subject to an effective date of April 1, 2020.
This direct final rule will allow banking organizations to begin
implementing the revised requirements either on January 1, 2020 or
April 1, 2020. Non-advanced approaches banking organizations that
choose not to implement the revised requirements on January 1, 2020,
still will be required to do so beginning April 1, 2020. The agencies
initially set an effective date of April 1, 2020, for those amendments
to the capital rule, in part, to give institutions sufficient time to
update their systems and reporting systems. After the rule was
finalized, the agencies received requests to allow banking
organizations the option to adopt the rule on January 1, 2020, rather
than April 1, 2020, on grounds that early adoption would simplify the
reporting requirements for banking organizations whose systems will be
in place by January 1, 2020, thereby reducing regulatory burden.
The agencies believe that there is good cause to issue this direct
final rule without notice and public procedure because that process
would be unnecessary as the agencies recently issued a final rule after
providing notice and receiving comment from the public. Specifically,
the original administrative record that supports the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule is still pertinent and, as a result, a new
round of notice and comment on the Capital Simplifications Final Rule
is unnecessary. The agencies could have issued the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule with the provisions now being issued in the
current direct final rule. The agencies believe that the implementation
provisions of the current direct final rule are appropriate now given
the feedback from the public since issuance of the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule. In particular, the public feedback has
indicated that many banking organizations would be prepared to
implement the Capital Simplifications Final Rule for the quarter
beginning January 1, 2020. Further, this final rule (1) relieves
burden; (2) does not change any substantive requirements of the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule or impose any new mandates on any banking
organization; and (3) allows, but does not require, banking
organizations to implement the revised requirements in the Capital
Simplifications Final Rule earlier than initially provided.
In addition, the agencies believe that there is good cause
consistent with the public interest to issue this direct final rule
without notice and public procedure. This direct final rule benefits
banking organizations subject to the Capital Simplifications Final Rule
by allowing them to begin complying with the new requirements in the
Capital Simplifications Final Rule one quarter before they become
mandatory, thereby simplifying the reporting requirements for those
banking organizations whose systems will be in place by January 1,
2020. Notably, this direct final rule does not impose any new
requirements or mandatory burdens on any banking organization. Finally,
the agencies believe that there is good cause to issue this direct
final rule without notice and public procedure since it would be
impracticable to request comment given the request for relief is to
begin on January 1, 2020.
The APA also requires a 30-day delayed effective date, except for
(1) substantive rules which grant or recognize an exemption or relieve
a restriction; (2) interpretative rules and statements of policy; or
(3) as otherwise provided by the agency for good cause.\5\ The agencies
find good cause to publish the direct final rule with an immediate
effective date because the rule grants relief to banking organizations
and because there is good cause for the same reasons set forth above
under the discussion of section 553(b)(B) of the APA. Delaying the
implementation date would deprive banking organizations that are
considering adopting the requirements of the Capital Simplification
Final Rule earlier of the ability to make modifications to their
reporting prior on their preferred effective date.
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B. Solicitation of Comments on Use of Plain Language
Section 722 of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act \6\ requires Federal
banking agencies to use plain language in all proposed and final rules
published after January 1, 2000. The agencies have sought to present
this direct final rule in a simple and straightforward manner.
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\6\ Public Law 106-102, section 722, 113 Stat. 1338, 1471
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C. Paperwork Reduction Act Analysis
In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521, the agencies may not conduct or
sponsor, and a respondent is not required to respond to, an information
collection unless it displays a currently-valid Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) control number. The OCC, Board, and FDIC have reviewed
this direct final rule and determined that it does not introduce a new
collection of information pursuant to the PRA.
D. Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) does not apply to a rulemaking
when a general notice of proposed rulemaking is not required.\7\ As
noted previously, the agencies are issuing this direct final rule
without notice and public procedure. Accordingly, the RFA's
requirements relating to an initial and final regulatory flexibility
analysis do not apply. Nonetheless, the agencies believe that, with
respect to the entities subject to the direct final rule and within
each agency's respective jurisdiction, the direct final rule would not
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities.\8\
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\7\ 5 U.S.C. 603 and 604.
\8\ Under regulations issued by the Small Business
Administration, a small entity includes a depository institution,
bank holding company, or savings and loan holding company with total
assets of $600 million or less and trust companies with total assets
of $41.5 million or less.
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E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
The OCC analyzed the final rule under the factors set forth in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (2 U.S.C. 1532). Under this
analysis, the OCC considered whether the rule includes a Federal
mandate that may result in the expenditure by State, local, and Tribal
governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100
million or more in any one year (adjusted for inflation). The OCC has
determined that this rule will not result
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in expenditures by State, local, and Tribal governments, or the private
sector, of $100 million or more in any one year. Accordingly, the OCC
has not prepared a written statement to accompany this rule.
F. Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994
Pursuant to section 302(a) of the Riegle Community Development and
Regulatory Improvement Act (RCDRIA),\9\ in determining the effective
date and administrative compliance requirements for new regulations
that impose additional reporting, disclosure, or other requirements on
IDIs, each Federal banking agency must consider, consistent with
principles of safety and soundness and the public interest, any
administrative burdens that such regulations would place on depository
institutions, including small depository institutions, and customers of
depository institutions, as well as the benefits of such regulations.
In addition, section 302(b) of RCDRIA requires new regulations and
amendments to regulations that impose additional reporting,
disclosures, or other new requirements on IDIs generally to take effect
on the first day of a calendar quarter that begins on or after the date
on which the regulations are published in final form.\10\
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Because the direct final rule would not impose additional
reporting, disclosure, or other requirements on IDIs, section 302 of
the RCDRIA does not apply. In any event, the direct final rule will
take effect on January 1, 2020.
G. The Congressional Review Act
For purposes of Congressional Review Act, the OMB makes a
determination as to whether a final rule constitutes a ``major''
rule.\11\ If a rule is deemed a ``major rule'' by the OMB, the
Congressional Review Act generally provides that the rule may not take
effect until at least 60 days following its publication.\12\
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The Congressional Review Act defines a ``major rule'' as any rule
that the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs of the OMB finds has resulted in or is likely to result in--(A)
an annual effect on the economy of $100,000,000 or more; (B) a major
increase in costs or prices for consumers, individual industries,
Federal, State, or local government agencies or geographic regions, or
(C) significant adverse effects on competition, employment, investment,
productivity, innovation, or on the ability of United States-based
enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and
export markets.\13\ As required by the Congressional Review Act, the
agencies will submit the direct final rule and other appropriate
reports to Congress and the Government Accountability Office for
review.
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The OMB has determined that the direct final ruleis not a ``major
rule'' within the meaning of the Congressional Review Act.\14\ As
required by the Congressional Review Act, the agencies will submit the
direct final rule and other appropriate reports to Congress and the
Government Accountability Office for review.
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List of Subjects
12 CFR Part 3
Administrative practice and procedure, Capital, National banks,
Risk.
12 CFR Part 217
Administrative practice and procedure, Banks, Banking, Capital,
Federal Reserve System, Holding companies.
12 CFR Part 324
Administrative practice and procedure, Banks, Banking, Capital
adequacy, Savings associations, State non-member banks.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
For the reasons set out in the joint preamble, 12 CFR part 3 is
amended as follows.
PART 3--CAPITAL ADEQUACY STANDARDS
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1. The authority citation for part 3 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 12 U.S.C. 93a, 161, 1462, 1462a, 1463, 1464, 1818,
1828(n), 1828 note, 1831n note, 1835, 3907, 3909, and 5412(b)(2)(B).
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2. Section 3.300 is amended by adding paragraph (f) to read as follows:
Sec. 3.300 Transitions.
* * * * *
(f) A national bank or Federal savings association that is not an
advanced approaches national bank or Federal savings association may
apply the treatment under Sec. Sec. 3.21 and 3.22(c)(2), (5), (6), and
(d)(2) applicable to an advanced approaches national bank or Federal
savings association during the calendar quarter beginning January 1,
2020. During the quarter beginning January 1, 2020, a national bank or
Federal savings association that makes such an election must deduct 80
percent of the amount otherwise required to be deducted under Sec.
3.22(d)(2) and must apply a 100 percent risk weight to assets not
deducted under Sec. 3.22(d)(2). In addition, during the quarter
beginning January 1, 2020, a national bank or Federal savings
association that makes such an election must include in its regulatory
capital 20 percent of any minority interest that exceeds the amount of
minority interest includable in regulatory capital under Sec. 3.21 as
it applies to an advanced approaches national bank or Federal savings
association. A national bank or Federal savings association that is not
an advanced approaches national bank or Federal savings association
must apply the treatment under Sec. Sec. 3.21 and 3.22 applicable to a
national bank or Federal savings association that is not an advanced
approaches national bank or Federal savings association beginning April
1, 2020, and thereafter.
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
For the reasons set out in the joint preamble, the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System amends 12 CFR part 217 as
follows:
PART 217--CAPITAL ADEQUACY OF BANK HOLDING COMPANIES, SAVINGS AND
LOAN HOLDING COMPANIES, AND STATE MEMBER BANKS (REGULATION Q)
0
3. The authority citation for part 217 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 12 U.S.C. 248(a), 321-338a, 481-486, 1462a, 1467a,
1818, 1828, 1831n, 1831o, 1831p-l, 1831w, 1835, 1844(b), 1851, 3904,
3906-3909, 4808, 5365, 5368, 5371.
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4. Section 217.300 is amended by adding paragraph (g) to read as
follows:
Sec. 217.300 Transitions.
* * * * *
(g) A Board-regulated institution that is not an advanced
approaches Board-regulated institution may apply the treatment under
Sec. Sec. 217.21 and 217.22(c)(2), (5), (6), and (d)(2) applicable to
an advanced approaches Board-regulated institution during the calendar
quarter beginning January 1, 2020. During the quarter beginning January
1, 2020, a Board-regulated institution that makes such an election must
deduct 80 percent of the amount otherwise required to be deducted under
Sec. 217.22(d)(2) and must apply a
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100 percent risk weight to assets not deducted under Sec.
217.22(d)(2). In addition, during the quarter beginning January 1,
2020, a Board-regulated institution that makes such an election must
include in its regulatory capital 20 percent of any minority interest
that exceeds the amount of minority interest includable in regulatory
capital under Sec. 217.21 as it applies to an advanced approaches
Board-regulated institution. A Board-regulated institution that is not
an advanced approaches Board-regulated institution must apply the
treatment under Sec. Sec. 217.21 and 217.22 applicable to a Board-
regulated institution that is not an advanced approaches Board-
regulated institution beginning April 1, 2020, and thereafter.
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12 CFR Part 324
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
For the reasons set out in the joint preamble, 12 CFR part 324 is
amended as follows.
PART 324--CAPITAL ADEQUACY OF FDIC-SUPERVISED INSTITUTIONS
0
5. The authority citation for part 324 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1815(a), 1815(b), 1816, 1818(a), 1818(b),
1818(c), 1818(t), 1819(Tenth), 1828(c), 1828(d), 1828(i), 1828(n),
1828(o), 1831o, 1835, 3907, 3909, 4808; 5371; 5412; Pub. L. 102-233,
105 Stat. 1761, 1789, 1790 (12 U.S.C. 1831n note); Pub. L. 102-242,
105 Stat. 2236, 2355, as amended by Pub. L. 103-325, 108 Stat. 2160,
2233 (12 U.S.C. 1828 note); Pub. L. 102-242, 105 Stat. 2236, 2386,
as amended by Pub. L. 102-550, 106 Stat. 3672, 4089 (12 U.S.C. 1828
note); Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376, 1887 (15 U.S.C. 78o-7 note).
0
6. Effective January 1, 2020, Sec. 324.300 is amended by adding
paragraph (f) to read as follows:
Sec. 324.300 Transitions.
* * * * *
(f) An FDIC-supervised institution that is not an advanced
approaches FDIC-supervised institution may apply the treatment under
Sec. Sec. 324.21 and 324.22(c)(2), (5), (6), and (d)(2) applicable to
an advanced approaches FDIC-supervised institution during the calendar
quarter beginning January 1, 2020. During the quarter beginning January
1, 2020, an FDIC-supervised institution that makes such an election
must deduct 80 percent of the amount otherwise required to be deducted
under Sec. 324.22(d)(2) and must apply a 100 percent risk weight to
assets not deducted under Sec. 324.22(d)(2). In addition, during the
quarter beginning January 1, 2020, an FDIC-supervised institution that
makes such an election must include in its regulatory capital 20
percent of any minority interest that exceeds the amount of minority
interest includable in regulatory capital under Sec. 324.21 as it
applies to an advanced approaches FDIC-supervised institution. An FDIC-
supervised institution that is not an advanced approaches institution
must apply the treatment under Sec. Sec. 324.21 and 324.22 applicable
to an FDIC-supervised institution that is a non-advanced approaches
institution beginning April 1, 2020, and thereafter.
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Dated: September 17, 2019.
Joseph M. Otting,
Comptroller of the Currency.
By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, October 16, 2019
Ann E. Misback,
Secretary of the Board.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
By order of the Board of Directors.
Dated at Washington, DC, on September 17, 2019.
Robert E. Feldman,
Executive Secretary.
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