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B-332299


June 30, 2020

The Honorable Mike Crapo
Chairman
The Honorable Sherrod Brown
Ranking Member
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
United States Senate

The Honorable Maxine Waters
Chairwoman
The Honorable Patrick McHenry
Ranking Member
Committee on Financial Services
House of Representatives

Subject: Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; Federal
        Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Liquidity Coverage Ratio
        Rule: Treatment of Certain Emergency Facilities

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, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency;
Federal Reserve System; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the agencies) entitled
Liquidity Coverage Ratio Rule: Treatment of Certain Emergency Facilities (RINs: 1557-AE92;
7100-AF90; 3064-AF51). We received the rule on June 12, 2020. It was published in the
Federal Register as an interim final rule and became effective on May 6, 2020. 85 Fed. Reg.
26835. The agencies requested public comments by June 5, 2020. Id.

According to the agencies, to facilitate use of the Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility
(MMLF) and the Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility (PPPLF), and to ensure that the
effects of their use are consistent and predictable under the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR)
rule, the agencies are adopting this interim final rule to require banking organizations to
neutralize the effect under the LCR rule of participating in the MMLF and the PPPLF. The
agencies stated that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) authorized
the establishment of the MMLF and the PPPLF, pursuant to section 13(3) of the Federal
Reserve Act, Pub. L. No. 63-43, 38 Stat. 251 (Dec. 23, 1913), to provide liquidity to the money
market sector, small business lenders, and the broader credit markets in order to stabilize the
financial system.

The Congressional Review Act (CRA) requires a 60-day delay in the effective date of a major
rule from the date of publication in the Federal Register or receipt of the rule by Congress,
whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(3)(A). The 60-day delay in effective date can be waived,
however, if the agency finds for good cause that delay is impracticable, unnecessary, or
contrary to the public interest, and the agency incorporates a statement of the findings and its

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