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HR 1180 111th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Bank accounts, deposits, capital Corporate finance and management Financial crises and stabilization Securities

To amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from receiving common stock or certain other voting stock under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 25, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Feb 25, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from: (1) making any purchase for which the Secretary receives control-diluting stock; or (2) converting into control-diluting stock any security received by the Secretary (other than a warrant).

Defines control-diluting stock as: (1) common stock of a financial institution; (2) any other voting stock of a financial institution other than voting stock whose voting power the Secretary agrees not to exercise; or (3) a warrant giving the Secretary the right to receive either of such stock.

What's happening now February 25, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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