Joint Release
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Office of Thrift Supervision
For immediate release July 19, 2001
Agencies Approve Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding the
Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies today announced the approval of a joint
interagency advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) regarding the Community
Reinvestment Act (CRA). The CRA directs the agencies to assess a financial
institution's record of meeting the credit needs of its entire community, and to consider
that record when acting on certain applications for deposit facilities. When the agencies
revised the CRA regulations in 1995, they committed to review the regulations in 2002
to determine whether the revised regulations had met the goals of more objective,
performance-based CRA evaluations.
The ANPR, to be published in the Federal Register today by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of
Thrift Supervision, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, initiates this review
of the CRA regulations. Through the ANPR, the agencies invite comment on a number
of key issues raised since 1995 by representatives of financial institutions, consumer
and community groups, members of Congress, and the public. The agencies also
request comment on other issues related to the CRA regulations, including whether any
change to the regulations would be beneficial or is warranted, and what steps the
agencies might take instead of, or in addition to, revising the regulations.
Comments from the public must be received by October 17, 2001.
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Attachment: Federal Register: July 19, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 139)
Media Contacts:
Federal Reserve Susan Stawick (202) 452-2955
FDIC David Barr (202) 898-6992
OCC Robert M. Garsson (202) 874-5770
OTS Sam Eskenazi (202) 906-6677
FDIC-PR-50-2001
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Office of Thrift Supervision
For immediate release July 19, 2001
Agencies Approve Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding the
Community Reinvestment Act of 1977
The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies today announced the approval of a joint
interagency advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) regarding the Community
Reinvestment Act (CRA). The CRA directs the agencies to assess a financial
institution's record of meeting the credit needs of its entire community, and to consider
that record when acting on certain applications for deposit facilities. When the agencies
revised the CRA regulations in 1995, they committed to review the regulations in 2002
to determine whether the revised regulations had met the goals of more objective,
performance-based CRA evaluations.
The ANPR, to be published in the Federal Register today by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of
Thrift Supervision, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, initiates this review
of the CRA regulations. Through the ANPR, the agencies invite comment on a number
of key issues raised since 1995 by representatives of financial institutions, consumer
and community groups, members of Congress, and the public. The agencies also
request comment on other issues related to the CRA regulations, including whether any
change to the regulations would be beneficial or is warranted, and what steps the
agencies might take instead of, or in addition to, revising the regulations.
Comments from the public must be received by October 17, 2001.
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Attachment: Federal Register: July 19, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 139)
Media Contacts:
Federal Reserve Susan Stawick (202) 452-2955
FDIC David Barr (202) 898-6992
OCC Robert M. Garsson (202) 874-5770
OTS Sam Eskenazi (202) 906-6677
FDIC-PR-50-2001