HR-3557 : Still Just a Bill

FSOC Transparency and Accountability Act

Amends the Financial Stability Act of 2010 to repeal the nonapplicability of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (thus applying FACA to the Council).

Declares the Council an agency for purposes of the "Government in the Sunshine Act" (and its open meeting requirements).

Revises the voting profile of Council members to single out the following member agencies as each having collectively one vote: (1) the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, (2) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), (3) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), (4) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and (5) the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Board.

Directs these member agencies to: (1) determine their Council vote by using the voting process normally applicable to votes by their members, and (2) cast the one collective Council vote by the agency head.

Permits any Council member to select to have one or more individuals on the member's staff attend a meeting of the Council, including any meeting of representatives of the member agencies other than the members themselves.

Requires all Council meetings to be open to attendance and participation by members of specified congressional committees, including any meeting of representatives of the member agencies other than the members themselves.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2016-04-19CalendarsPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 387.House floor actions
2016-04-19CommitteeReported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 114-507.House floor actions
2015-11-04CommitteeOrdered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 24.House committee actions
2015-11-04CommitteeCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.House committee actions
2015-11-03CommitteeCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.House committee actions
2015-09-18IntroReferralReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services.House floor actions
2015-09-18IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Finance and Financial Sector
See Subjects
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advisory bodies
  • Banking and financial institutions regulation
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • Congressional oversight
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
  • Federal Reserve System
  • Financial Stability Oversight Council
  • Financial crises and stabilization
  • Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
  • National Credit Union Administration
  • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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