S. 1152 115th Congress Senate

SAFE Banking Act

Official title: A bill to create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-related businesses, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 17, 2017 Introduced by: Jeff Merkley Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov

Finance and Financial Sector Bank accounts, deposits, capitalBanking and financial institutions regulationCivil actions and liabilityCredit and credit markets

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Jun 8, 2017

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-81.

May 17, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

May 17, 2017

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action June 8, 2017

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-81.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act or the SAFE Banking Act

This bill prohibits a federal banking regulator from: (1) terminating or limiting the deposit insurance or share insurance of a depository institution solely because the institution provides financial services to a legitimate marijuana-related business; (2) prohibiting or otherwise discouraging a depository institution from offering financial services to such a business; (3) recommending, incentivizing, or encouraging a depository institution not to offer financial services to an account holder solely because the account holder is affiliated with such a business; or (4) taking any adverse or corrective supervisory action on a loan made to a person solely because the person either owns such a business or owns real estate or equipment leased or sold to such a business.

As specified by the bill, a depository institution shall not, under federal law, be liable or subject to forfeiture for providing a loan or other financial services to a legitimate marijuana-related business.

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