ACB Government Relations
Date Title Type
9/19/2006 Comment Letter to FDIC Re: Deposit Insurance Assessments Comment Letters
9/15/2006 Comment Letter Re: Joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies Under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 July 18, 2006 Comment Letters
9/15/2006 Comment Letter on SEC Concept Release, File No. S7-11-06 Comment Letters
9/15/2006 Comment Letter to OTS Re: Stock Benefit Plans in Mutual to Stock Conversions and Mutual Holding Company Structure, 71 FR 41179 ( July 20, 2006) Comment Letters
9/14/2006 ACB Testimony on A Review of Regulatory Proposals on Basel Capital and Commercial Real Estate Testimony
9/14/2006 Comment Letter to U.S. SEC on Non-Accelerated Filers, File Number S7-06-03 Comment Letters
9/8/2006 Comment letter on FDIC's proposal concerning advertisement of membership for all insured depository institutions Comment Letters
9/8/2006 Comment letter on FDIC's proposal concerning the designated reserve ratio for all insured depository institutions Comment Letters
9/8/2006 Comment letter on FDIC's proposal concerning the penalty for failure to timely pay assessments for all insured depository institutions Comment Letters
8/30/2006 Comment Letter to Office of Thrift Supervision Re: Subordinated Debt Securities and Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock Comment Letters
8/28/2006 Comment Letter to National Credit Union Administration Re: Conversion of Insured Credit Unions to Mutual Savings Banks 71 FR 36946 (June 28, 2006) Comment Letters
8/21/2006 Comment Letter to Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Re: Threshold for the Requirement to Collect, Retain, and Transmit Information on Funds Transfers and Transmittals of Funds Comment Letters
8/16/2006 Comment Letter to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Re: One-Time Assessment Credit Comment Letters
8/16/2006 Comment Letter to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Re: Dividends Comment Letters
8/16/2006 Comment Letter to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Re: Assessments Comment Letters
8/15/2006 Comment Letter to Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Re: Docket No. OP-1253 – Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act Hearings Comment Letters
8/10/2006 ACB's Response to FHFB Letter to Financial Services Committee Advocacy Letters
8/7/2006 Comment Letter to Department of Housing and Urban Development Re: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; Regulatory Amendments To Strengthen Prevention of Predatory Lending Practices – [Docket No. FR–5014–P–01] RIN 2501–AD17 Comment Letters
8/4/2006 Comment Letter to FASB Re: Emerging Issues Task Force Draft Abstract, “Accounting for Deferred Compensation and Postretirement Benefit Aspects of Endorsement Split-dollar Life Insurance Agreements” (EITF Issue 06-4) Comment Letters
7/21/2006 Letter to House of Representatives Re: Business Activity Tax Simplification Act (H.R. 1956) Advocacy Letters
7/14/2006 Letter to the House and Senate Leadership Regarding EGTRRA Permanence Advocacy Letters
7/12/2006 Comment Letter to Federal Housing Finance Board Re: Proposed Rule: Excess Stock Restrictions and Retained Earnings Requirements for the Federal Home Loan Banks Comment Letters
7/11/2006 Letter to House of Representatives Regarding The Industrial Bank Holding Company Act of 2006 Advocacy Letters
7/5/2006 Comment Letter to SEC Re: Proposed NASDAQ Rule to Modify the Cure Period for Replacing an Independent Director or Audit Committee Member Comment Letters
6/30/2006 Comment Letter from FHLBank-Chicago to the FHFB Re: Proposed Rule on Excess Stock Restrictions and Retained Earnings Requirement for the Federal Home Loan Banks Comment Letters
6/23/2006 ACB Urges Senate Banking Committee To Disregard CUNA Letter Advocacy Letters
6/23/2006 Comment Letter to FASB Re: Continued discussions surrounding “Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets”, an amendment of FAS 140 Comment Letters
6/16/2006 Joint letter to Federal Housing Finance Board Regarding Proposed Capital Rule Comment Letters
6/13/2006 Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Regarding H.R. 5576, the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2007 Advocacy Letters
6/12/2006 Comment Letter to Office of Thrift Supervision Re: No. 2006-17 – Community Reinvestment Act; Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment; Notice – 71 FR Page #18807, April 12, 2006 Comment Letters
6/12/2006 Joint Letter to Honorable Martin J. Gruenberg Regarding Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act (FDIRA) Advocacy Letters
6/2/2006 Comment Letter to Federal Housing Finance Board Re: Proposed Rule: Federal Home Loan Bank Directors Election Comment Letters
6/2/2006 Joint Trade Advocacy Letter to OCC, FDIC and OTS Regarding “Enhancing the Safety and Soundness of Insured Depository Institutions” Advocacy Letters
5/31/2006 Comment Letter to Financial Accounting Standards Board Re: Exposure Draft. “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans” Comment Letters
5/25/2006 ACB Testimony on “Oversight of the Office of Thrift Supervision” Testimony
5/24/2006 Advocacy Letter to Reps. Oxley and Frank Re: Seasoned Customer Act Advocacy Letters
5/24/2006 Advocacy Letter to Rep. Oxley Re: Financial Data Protection Act Advocacy Letters
5/22/2006 Comment Letter Regarding Interagency Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Procedures to Enhance the Accuracy and Integrity of Information Furnished to Consumer Reporting Agencies Under Section 312 of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act Comment Letters
5/19/2006 Comment Letter to OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve System Re: Effect of the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act on the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income – 71 FR 26809-11 (May 8, 2006) Comment Letters
5/18/2006 ACB Testimony on H.R. 5341, Seasoned Customer CTR Exemption Act of 2006 Testimony
5/18/2006 Comment Letter to AICPA Re: Exposure Draft – Proposed Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements Reporting on an Entity’s Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Comment Letters
5/16/2006 Letter to Congressman Tom Feeney Supporting Sarbanes-Oxley Relief Advocacy Letters
5/16/2006 Comment Letter to the FDIC Re: Interim Rule – Deposit Insurance Regulations; Inflation Index; Certain Retirement Accounts and Employee Benefit Plan Accounts Comment Letters
5/11/2006 ACB Testimony on the Credit Union Charter Choice Act, House Financial Institutions Subcommittee, May 11, 2006 Testimony
5/9/2006 Comment Letter to Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Re: Provision of Banking Services to Money Services Businesses RIN 1506-AA85 – 71 FR 12308 (March 10, 2006) Comment Letters
5/3/2006 Letter to Sens. Shelby and Sarbanes urging all members of the Banking Committee to vote for the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006. Advocacy Letters
5/2/2006 Comment Letter to Small Business Administration Regarding SBA Disaster Loan Request Comment Letters
5/1/2006 Comment Letter to SEC Re: Second-year Experiences with the Implementation of Internal Control Reporting and Auditing Provisions of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 – File Number 4-511 Comment Letters
4/27/2006 Comment Letter to Federal Housing Finance Board Re: Proposed Rule: Affordable Housing Program Amendments Comment Letters
4/24/2006 Comment Letter to NCUA Re: Supervisory Committee Audits – 71 FR 9278 (February 23, 2006) Comment Letters
4/18/2006 Comment Letter to Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Re: Financial Institution Survey Regarding Cross-Border Electronic Transmittals of Funds Comment Letters
4/18/2006 Comment Letter Regarding Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Suspicious Activity Report by Depository Institutions – 71 FR 8640 (February 17, 2006) Comment Letters
4/17/2006 Comment Letter to Office of Thrift Supervision Re: Federal Savings Association Bylaws: Integrity of Directors – 71 FR 7695 (February 14, 2006) Comment Letters
4/17/2006 Comment Letter to Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Re: Financial Institution Survey Regarding Cross-Border Electronic Transmittals of Funds Comment Letters
4/10/2006 Comment Letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Re: File No. S7-03-06, Executive Compensation and Related Party Disclosure – 71 FR 6542 (February 8, 2006) Comment Letters
4/10/2006 Testimony on Application for Federal Deposit Insurance for Wal-Mart Bank (April 10, 2006) Testimony
4/7/2006 Comment Letter to Financial Accounting Standards Board Re: Exposure Draft. “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” Comment Letters
4/7/2006 Comment Letter Regarding Proposed Guidance – Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending, Sound Risk Management Practices – 71 FR 2302 (January 13, 2006) Comment Letters
4/4/2006 Letter to Treasury Secretary Snow re. Appointment of Public Interest Directors to the Board of the FHL Banks Advocacy Letters
4/4/2006 Comment Letter to Federal Reserve System, OTS, FDIC and OCC Re: Request for Burden Reduction Recommendations Comment Letters
4/3/2006 Comment Letter to SEC Re: Exposure Draft of Final Report of Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies to the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission – File Number 265-23 Comment Letters
3/28/2006 Joint Association Letter on Regulatory Relief Advocacy Letters
3/28/2006 Letter to Congressman Joe Barton Re: HR 4127 Amendment Advocacy Letters
3/28/2006 Comment Letter to NCUA Re: Organization and Operation of Federal Credit Unions – 71 FR 4530 (January 27, 2006) Comment Letters
3/28/2006 Letter to Congressman Vito Fossella Re: HR 4127 Amendment Advocacy Letters
3/27/2006 Comment Letter on Proposed Guidance-Interagency Guidance on Nontraditional Mortgage Products – 70 FR 77249 (December 29, 2005) Comment Letters
3/27/2006 Joint Letter to the House from ABA, ACB, CBA, FSR, and ICBA rejecting the efforts of the National Association of Realtors Advocacy Letters
3/27/2006 Joint Letter to the Senate from ABA, ACB, CBA, FSR, and ICBA rejecting the efforts of the National Association of Realtors Advocacy Letters
3/13/2006 Joint letter to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Re: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; RIN 3064-AC98; Large-Bank Deposit Insurance Determination Modernization Proposal; 12 CFR Chapter 111; 70 Federal Register 73652, December 13, 2005 Comment Letters
3/10/2006 Comment Letter to Department of the Treasury Re: Economic Sanctions Enforcement Procedures for Banking Institutions – 71 FR 1971 (January 12, 2006) Comment Letters
3/10/2006 Comment Letter to Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Re: Electronic Fund Transfers – 71 FR 1473 (January 10, 2006) Comment Letters
3/7/2006 Letter to House Leadership Regarding HR 3505, Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2005 Advocacy Letters
3/6/2006 ACB Letter to OCC Comptroller John C. Dugan Regarding Montgomery County, Maryland Ordinance 36-04 Advocacy Letters
3/2/2006 ACB Comment Letter on Behalf of the Undersigned Industry Representatives on the Interim Bankruptcy Rules Implementing the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 Comment Letters
3/1/2006 ACB Testimony on The Consideration of Regulatory Relief Proposals before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Testimony
3/1/2006 ACB Comment Letter on Behalf of the Bancrupty Implementation Council to Chairman Grassley Regarding Section 221 of H.R. 4297, the Tax Relief Act of 2005 Comment Letters
3/1/2006 Opposition to HR 2317, the Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act of 2005 Advocacy Letters
2/27/2006 ACB Letter to OTS Director John Reich Regarding Montgomery County, Maryland Ordinance 36-04 Advocacy Letters
2/14/2006 Comment Letter to OCC, OTS, FDIC, and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Re: Proposed Guidance- Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending, Sound Risk Management Practices Comment Letters
2/13/2006 Comment Letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Re: Internet Availability of Proxy Materials – File Number S7-10-05; 70 FR 74598 (December 15, 2005) Comment Letters
2/2/2006 Comment Letter to Federal Communications Commission Re: Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, CG Docket No. 05-338; 70 FR Page 75102 (December 19, 2005) Comment Letters
2/1/2006 Comment Letter to NACHA Re: Request for Comment, Back Office Conversion Interim Rule Comment Letters
1/24/2006 Comment Letter to OCC, OTS, FDIC, and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Re: Proposed Guidance- Interagency Guidance on Nontraditional Mortgage Products Comment Letters


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