12 2 STA T .376 7 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 3 4 3 —O CT. 3 , 200 8bank,s a vi n g s ass oc ia t ion, c red it u nion, securit y broker or dea l er, or insurance co mp any, establis h ed and regulated under the la w so f the U nited S tates or any State, territory, or posses - sion of the United States, the D istrict of C olumbia, Common- wealth of P uerto R ico, Commonwealth of N orthern M ariana I slands, G uam, A merican Samoa, or the United States V irgin Islands, and having significant operations in the United States, but e x cluding any central bank of, or institution owned by, a foreign government .(6)FUND . —T he term ‘ ‘Fund ’ ’ means the Troubled Assets Insurance Financing Fund established under section 102 . ( 7 )S ECR E TA R Y .—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Treasury. ( 8 ) TARP.—The term ‘‘TARP’’ means the Troubled Asset Relief Program established under section 101. ( 9 )TR O U BL EDA S SETS.—The term ‘‘troubled assets’’ means— (A) residential or commercial mortgages and any secu- rities, obligations, or other instruments that are based on or related to such mortgages, that in each case was originated or issued on or before March 1 4 , 2008, the purchase of which the Secretary determines promotes financial market stability
and ( B ) any other financial instrument that the Secretary, after consultation with the Chairman of the Board of Gov- ernors of the Federal Reserve System, determines the pur- chase of which is necessary to promote financial market stability, but only upon transmittal of such determination, in writing, to the appropriate committees of Congress. TI T LE I — T ROUB LE DAS SETS RELIE FP RO G RA MSEC.10 1. PUR C HA SES OFT ROU BL E D ASSETS. (a) OF F I CES; AUT H ORITY.— (1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is authori z ed to establish the Troubled Asset Relief Program (or ‘‘TARP’’) to purchase, and to make and fund commitments to purchase, troubled assets from any financial institution, on such terms and condi- tions as are determined by the Secretary, and in accordance with this Act and the policies and procedures developed and published by the Secretary. (2) CO M MENCEMENT OF P RO G RAM.— E stablishment of the policies and procedures and other similar administrative re q uirements imposed on the Secretary by this Act are not intended to delay the commencement of the TARP. ( 3 ) ESTABLISHMENT OF TREASURY OFFICE.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall implement any program under paragraph (1) through an Office of Financial Stability, established for such purpose within the Office of Domestic Finance of the Department of the Treasury, which office shall be headed by an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, except that an interim Assistant Secretary may be appointed by the Secretary. (B) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 12USC5 211 .
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