Bank Regulatory Agencies Seek To Identify Reductions To Regulatory Burden

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The Fed, FDIC and OCC published the first of several requests for comments to identify outdated, unnecessary or unduly burdensome regulations.
United States Finance and Banking

On June 4, the Fed, FDIC and OCC published the first of several requests for comments to identify outdated, unnecessary or unduly burdensome regulations imposed on insured depository institutions.

The Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act of 1996 (EGRPRA) requires the federal banking regulators to review regulations issued by the agencies at least every 10 years. It also requires the regulators to break down the regulations by category, present each category for comment and identify areas of regulations that are outdated, unnecessary or unduly burdensome.

The regulators have divided the regulations into 12 categories and will request comments with respect to each category over the next two yearsFed Press ReleaseRule Notice.

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