[Congressional Bills 113th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3819 Introduced in House (IH)] 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 3819 To amend a provision of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 regarding prohibitions on investments in certain funds to clarify that such provision shall not be construed to require the divestiture of certain collateralized debt obligations backed by trust-preferred securities. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 8, 2014 Mrs. Capito (for herself, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Neugebauer, and Mr. McHenry) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend a provision of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 regarding prohibitions on investments in certain funds to clarify that such provision shall not be construed to require the divestiture of certain collateralized debt obligations backed by trust-preferred securities. 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 ``Fairness for Community Job Creators Act''. SEC. 2. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO DEBT INSTRUMENTS. Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1851) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(i) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the divestiture of any collateralized debt obligations issued before December 10, 2013, that as of December 10, 2013, are predominantly backed by trust-preferred securities.''. <all>