PUBLIC LAW 100-86—AUG. 10, 1987 those permissible under section 4(c)(8) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956. This paragraph shall not apply to the acquisition of a State-chartered bank that upon acquisition would be subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, pursuant to a reorganization plan under which the stockholders of the bank exchange their shares for shares in a newly created bank holding company which is not a subsidiary of any other company or to the acquisition of a State-chartered bank by a bank holding company that on March 6, 1987, controlled one or more State-chartered banks that have engaged in insurance activities identical to those of the newly acquired institution so long as the bank holding company agrees that it will— (A) within 2 years of the consummation of its acquisition of the State-chartered bank, divest or terminate that bank's impermissible insurance activities, and (B) limit the bank's insurance activities during that 2year period to the renewal of existing policies. (5) A national bank or a Federal branch or agency of a foreign bank may not expand its insurance agency activities pursuant to the Act of September 7, 1916 (12 U.S.C. 92), into places where it was not conducting such activities as of March 5, 1987. (6) A Federal banking agency may not issue any rule, regulation, or order that would have the effect of increasing real estate powers in the United States of banks, bank holding companies, foreign banks or other companies subject to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 under section 8(a) of the International Banking Act of 1978, or of any banking or nonbanking subsidiaries of any such banks or companies. (c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section and section 202— (1) the term "affiliate" has the same meaning as in section 2(j)(2) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841(j)(2)), as added by section 101(a) of this Act; (2) the term "bank holding company" has the same meaning as in section 2(a) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841(a)); (3) the term "Federal banking agency" has the same meaning as the term "appropriate Federal banking agency" has in section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813(q)); and (4) the term "insured bank" has the same meaning as in section 3(h) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813(h)). (d) INSURANCE AUTHORITY OF BANKING ORGANIZATIONS.—Nothing
in this section may be construed to increase or reduce the insurance authority of bank holding companies or banking or nonbanking subsidiaries thereof or of national banks under current law. (e) INSURANCE AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN STATE-CHARTERED BANKS.— (1) FREESTANDING STATE-CHARTERED BANKS.—Nothing in this
section shall be construed to deny any State the authority to permit its State-chartered banks that are not controlled by bank holding companies from engaging in any insurance activity. (2) STATE-CHARTERED SUBSIDIARIES OF BANK HOLDING COMPA-
NIES.—In addition, neither the existence of the moratorium nor its expiration shall be construed to increase, decrease, or affect in any way the authority of State-chartered bank subsidiaries of bank holding companies with respect to insurance activities.
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