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[83 STAT. 372]
PUBLIC LAW 91-000—MMMM. DD, 1969
[83 STAT. 372]

372 ^"P^^^64 Stat. 893.

PUBLIC LAW 91-151-DEC. 23, 1969

[83 STAT.

Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828(g)) are repealed. "(4) Section oB of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1425b) is repealed.*' SEC. 2. (a) Section 18(g) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828(g)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: The authority conferred by this subsection shall also apply to noninsured banks in any State if (1) the total amount of time and savings deposits held in all such banks in the State, plus the total amount of deposits, shares, and withdrawable accounts held in all building and loan, savings and loan, and homestead associations (including cooperative banks) in the State which are not members of a Federal home loan bank, is more than 20 per centum of the total amount of such deposits, shares, and withdrawable accounts held in all banks, and building and loan, savings and loan, and homestead associations (including cooperative banks) in the State, and (2) there does not exist under the laws of such State a bank supervisory agency with authority comparable to that conferred by this subsection, including specifically the authority to regulate the rates of interest and dividends paid by such noninsured banks on time and savings deposits, or if such agency exists it has not issued regulations in the exercise of that authority. Such authority shall only be exercised by the Board of Directors with respect to such noninsured banks prior to July 31, 1970, to limit the rates of interest or dividends which such banks may pay on time and savings deposits to maximum rates not lower than 51/2 per centum per annum. Whenever it shall appear to the Board of Directors that any noninsured bank or any affiliate thereof is engaged or has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute a violation of the provisions of this subsection or of any regulations thereunder, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, bring an action in the United States district court for the judicial district in which the principal office of the noninsured bank or affiliate thereof is located to enjoin such acts or practices, to enforce compliance with this subsection or any regulations thereunder, or for a combination of the foregoing, and such courts shall have jurisdiction of such actions, and, upon a proper showing, an injunction, restraining order, or other appropriate order may be granted without bond."

savrn%"nd^ ^^^ Section oB of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (12 U.S.C. ioan"as\ociations. 1425b) is amended to read as follows: 80 stat^ 824; "SEC. OB. (a) The Board may from time to time, after consulting 82 Stat. 856. with the Board of Governors of the Federal Eeserve System and the Supra. Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, prescribe rules governing the payment and advertisement of interest or dividends on deposits, shares, or withdrawable accounts, including limitations on the rates of interest or dividends on deposits, shares, or withdrawable accounts that may be paid by members, other than those the deposits of which are insured in accordance with the provisions of 64 Stat. 873. ^j^g Federal Deposit Insurance Act, by institutions which are insured 12 USC 1811