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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 3213 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend certain banking laws to establish requirements for bank mergers, and for other purposes. · Sec. 6

Sec. 6. Financial criteria for certain merger transactions

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Section 3(c) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 ( 12 U.S.C. 1842(c) ), as amended by section 4, is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: If a resulting company will have total consolidated assets greater than or equal to $100,000,000,000, the Board shall evaluate the pro forma balance sheet of the resulting company to assess whether such resulting company would have the capital, on a total consolidated basis, necessary to absorb losses as a result of adverse economic conditions.
The Board shall not approve an application under this section unless the resulting company would remain at least adequately capitalized in severely adverse economic conditions under the evaluation described in subparagraph (A). . Section 4(j)(2) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 ( 12 U.S.C. 1843(j)(2) ), as amended by section 5, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: If a resulting company will have total consolidated assets greater than or equal to $100,000,000,000, the Board shall evaluate the pro forma balance sheet of the resulting company to determine whether such resulting company would have the capital, on a total consolidated basis, necessary to absorb losses as a result of adverse economic conditions.
The Board shall deny a notice submitted pursuant to this subsection if the resulting company would not remain at least adequately capitalized in severely adverse economic conditions under the evaluation described in clause (i). . Section 44(g) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ( 12 U.S.C. 1831u(g) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The term well capitalized means, with respect to an insured depository institution with total consolidated assets of $10,000,000,000 or more, that such institution exceeds the required minimum level for each relevant capital measure to be considered adequately capitalized (as determined under section 38) by at least 50 percent of such minimum. .
Section 2(o)(B)(ii) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 ( 12 U.S.C. 1841(o)(B)(ii) ) is amended to read as follows: A bank holding company is well capitalized if— with respect to a company that has total consolidated assets of $10,000,000,000 or more, it exceeds the required minimum level for each relevant capital measure (as determined by the Board) by at least 50 percent of such minimum; and with respect to a company that has total consolidated assets of less than $10,000,000,000, it meets the required capital levels for well capitalized bank holding companies established by the Board. .
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