Incentivizing Safe and Sound Banking Act
Rep. Waters Introduces Bill to Block Bank Executives From Selling Stock During Financial Trouble
This bill was recently introduced and is currently being reviewed by the House Committee on Financial Services. It is in the early stages of the lawmaking process and no further actions are scheduled at this time. The bill is considered active as it waits for the committee to decide on its next steps.
Legislative Progress
This bill is led by a prominent Democrat but lacks the broad bipartisan support usually needed to pass major banking regulations through a divided Congress.
Key Points
Impact Analysis
Personal Impact
This bill does not directly target small business owners, but it could indirectly affect banking stability by incentivizing better risk management at the largest banks. Healthier banks are more likely to maintain lending to small businesses during times of financial stress, though the connection is indirect.
Milestones
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
Related News
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Ranking Member Maxine Waters reintroduced the Incentivizing Safe and Sound Banking Act (H.R. 7887), which would authorize regulators to restrict executive stock sales when banks receive adverse supervisory assessments or fail to remediate significant regulatory deficiencies.
House committee passes bank deregulatory package
Ranking Member Maxine Waters has pushed for increased oversight of the largest banks, including measures to restrict executive stock sales, as a counter-proposal to a Republican-led deregulatory package that recently passed the House Financial Services Committee.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Incentivizing Safe and Sound Banking Act
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