Community Bank Regulatory Relief Act This bill delays required compliance with certain accounting standards applicable to credit losses (i.e., current expected credit losses standards, also known as CECL standards). Specifically, no agency may require a person to comply with this standard with respect to a fiscal year beginning before December 31, 2024. Additionally, the community bank leverage ratio is set at 8% for community banks seeking to satisfy simplified capital adequacy requirements. Currently, banking agencies are required to set the rate between 8% and 10% through rulemaking.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Finance and Financial Sector
Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresBank accounts, deposits, capitalBanking and financial institutions regulationCommodity Futures Trading CommissionConsumer Financial Protection BureauCredit and credit marketsDepartment of the TreasuryFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)Federal Housing Finance AgencyFederal Reserve SystemNational Credit Union AdministrationSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Community Bank Regulatory Relief Act
USA116th CongressS-3502| Senate
| Updated: 3/16/2020
Community Bank Regulatory Relief Act This bill delays required compliance with certain accounting standards applicable to credit losses (i.e., current expected credit losses standards, also known as CECL standards). Specifically, no agency may require a person to comply with this standard with respect to a fiscal year beginning before December 31, 2024. Additionally, the community bank leverage ratio is set at 8% for community banks seeking to satisfy simplified capital adequacy requirements. Currently, banking agencies are required to set the rate between 8% and 10% through rulemaking.
Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresBank accounts, deposits, capitalBanking and financial institutions regulationCommodity Futures Trading CommissionConsumer Financial Protection BureauCredit and credit marketsDepartment of the TreasuryFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)Federal Housing Finance AgencyFederal Reserve SystemNational Credit Union AdministrationSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC)