This bill aims to enhance financial stability by restricting stock sales by senior bank executives and institution-affiliated parties under specific conditions. It grants federal banking agencies the authority to prohibit the sale of securities received as compensation when issuing cease and desist orders to insured depository institutions or their affiliates. A significant provision establishes an automatic prohibition on stock sales for senior executive officers of large banking institutions, defined as those with over $50 billion in consolidated assets. This automatic ban is triggered if the institution receives a low supervisory rating (3, 4, or 5 under UFIRS) or fails to remediate a "matter requiring immediate attention" by a specified deadline. The prohibition remains in effect until the supervisory concern is resolved to the agency's satisfaction, applying specifically to securities received as a form of compensation.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Finance and Financial Sector
Incentivizing Safe and Sound Banking Act
USA119th CongressHR-7887| House
| Updated: 3/9/2026
This bill aims to enhance financial stability by restricting stock sales by senior bank executives and institution-affiliated parties under specific conditions. It grants federal banking agencies the authority to prohibit the sale of securities received as compensation when issuing cease and desist orders to insured depository institutions or their affiliates. A significant provision establishes an automatic prohibition on stock sales for senior executive officers of large banking institutions, defined as those with over $50 billion in consolidated assets. This automatic ban is triggered if the institution receives a low supervisory rating (3, 4, or 5 under UFIRS) or fails to remediate a "matter requiring immediate attention" by a specified deadline. The prohibition remains in effect until the supervisory concern is resolved to the agency's satisfaction, applying specifically to securities received as a form of compensation.