December 2, 2025
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to require reports on the use of the systemic risk authority applicable to winding up a failed insured depository institution, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Systemic Risk Authority Transparency Act
.
Sec. 2. Bank failure transparency related to systemic risk exception
(a) GAO review
Section 13(c)(4)(G)(iv) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1823(c)(4)(G)(iv)) is amended to read as follows:
(iv) GAO review
(I) In general
The Comptroller General of the United States shall, not later than 60 days after a determination is made under clause (i), and again 180 days thereafter, review and report to the Congress on the determination under clause (i), including—
(aa)
the basis for the determination;
(bb)
the purpose for which any action was taken pursuant to such clause;
(cc)
the likely effect of the determination and such action on the incentives and conduct of insured depository institutions and uninsured depositors;
(dd)
any mismanagement by the executives and board of the insured depository institution that contributed to the failure of the insured depository institution;
(ee)
a review of the compensation practices of the insured depository institution;
(ff)
any supervisory or regulatory shortcomings with respect to the appropriate Federal banking agency of the insured depository institution;
(gg)
any actions taken by the Federal banking regulators, Financial Stability Oversight Council, Department of the Treasury, and other relevant financial regulators in relation to the failure of the insured depository institution; and
(hh)
any additional relevant entities or activities that may have contributed to the failure of the insured depository institution, including with respect to auditing, accounting, credit rating agencies, investment bank underwriters, and emergency liquidity options such as loans from the Federal reserve banks or advances through the Federal Home Loan Bank system.
(II) Rule of construction
Nothing in this clause or a report issued pursuant to this clause may be construed to limit the authority of a Federal agency to enforce violations of Federal statutes, rules, or orders.
(b) Appropriate federal banking agency report
Section 13(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1823(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(12) Appropriate federal banking agency report
(A) In general
The appropriate Federal banking agency of an insured depository institution about which a determination is made under paragraph (4)(G)(i) shall, not later than 90 days after the date of such determination, and again 210 days thereafter, submit a report to the Congress that discloses the following:
(i)
Subject to such redactions as the appropriate Federal banking agency determines appropriate of personally identifiable information about customers and other financial institutions (as such term is defined under section 11(e)(9)(D)), all—
(I)
reports of examination and inspection that relate to the failed insured depository institution in the previous 3-year period;
(II)
formal communications of a material supervisory determination conveyed to the failed insured depository institution in the previous 3-year period; and
(III)
any additional exam reports and correspondence that the appropriate Federal banking agency determines may be relevant to the failure of the insured depository institution.
(ii)
An examination of any mismanagement by the executives and board of the insured depository institution that contributed to the failure of the insured depository institution.
(iii)
Any supervisory or regulatory shortcomings by such appropriate Federal banking agency with respect to the insured depository institution.
(iv)
Any dynamics that the appropriate Federal banking agency determines may have contributed to the failure of the insured depository institution.
(v)
Any supervisory, regulatory, or legislative recommendations such appropriate Federal banking agency may have to improve the safety and soundness of similarly situated insured depository institutions, the banking system, and financial stability.
(B) Protection of sensitive information
(i) Effect on privilege
The provision of any information by a Federal banking agency under this paragraph may not be construed as—
(I)
waiving, destroying, or otherwise affecting any privilege applicable to the information; or
(II)
waiving any exemption applicable to the information under section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the
Freedom of Information Act).(ii) Transparency
(I) In general
A Federal banking agency shall publish materials contained in a report required under subparagraph (A) to the fullest extent possible to promote transparency.
(II) Consultation on omitting materials
If a Federal banking agency determines particular materials described under subclause (I) should not be published, the Federal banking agency shall consult with the chair and ranking member of the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the chair and ranking member of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
(III) Omitting materials
If, after the consultation required under subclause (II), the Federal banking agency determines there is a substantial public interest in not publishing such materials, the Federal banking agency shall provide those materials to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate with a written explanation describing the reasons for not publishing those materials.
(iii) Privilege
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term
privilegeincludes any work-product, attorney-client, or other privilege recognized under Federal or State law.(C) Report extension
A Federal banking agency may extend a deadline described under subparagraph (A) for an additional 60 days, if the Federal banking agency—
(i)
faces ongoing circumstances that require the Federal banking agency to prioritize activities to promote stability of the U.S. banking system; and
(ii)
notifies the Congress of such extension and the reasons for such extension.
(D) Consolidated reports
A Federal banking agency may consolidate multiple reports required under this paragraph so long as the individual reports being consolidated all meet the timing requirements under this paragraph.
(E) Rule of construction
Nothing in this paragraph or reports or materials provided pursuant to this paragraph may be construed to limit the authority of a Federal agen-cy to enforce violations of Federal statutes, rules, or orders.