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GAO-12-853R 1 (2012-06-26)

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          GAO
        Accountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548

          B-323601


          June 26, 2012

          The Honorable Tim Johnson
          Chairman
          The Honorable Richard C. Shelby
          Ranking Member
          Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
          United States Senate

          The Honorable Spencer Bachus
          Chairman
          The Honorable Barney Frank
          Ranking Member
          Committee on Financial Services
          House of Representatives

          Subject: Department of the Treasury: Assessment of Fees on Large Bank Holding
                  Companies and Nonbank Financial Companies Supervised by the Federal
                  Reserve Board To Cover the Expenses of the Financial Research Fund

          Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a
          major rule promulgated by the Department of the Treasury, entitled Assessment of
          Fees on Large Bank Holding Companies and Nonbank Financial Companies
          Supervised by the Federal Reserve Board To Cover the Expenses of the Financial
          Research Fund (RIN: 1505-AC42). We received the rule on June 12, 2012. It was
          published in the Federal Registeras a final rule and interim final rule on May 21,
          2012. 77 Fed. Reg. 29,884.

          The final rule and interim final rule implement section 155 of the Dodd-Frank Wall
          Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act), which directs the
          Treasury to establish by regulation an assessment schedule for bank holding
          companies with total consolidated assets of $50 billion or greater and nonbank
          financial companies supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
          (the Board) to collect assessments equal to the total expenses of the Office of
          Financial Research (OFR). Included in the Office's expenses are expenses of the
          Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), as provided under section 118 of the
          Dodd-Frank Act, and certain expenses of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
          (FDIC), as provided under section 210 of the Dodd-Frank Act. The portion of this
          rule concerning the assessment schedule for bank holding companies is issued as a


GAO-12-853R

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