US Treasury Remove Unnecessary Rules

Published on: Apr 18, 2025

On Apr. 15, US Treasury published rule eliminating certain regulations.

  • US Treasury published direct final rule removing regulations deemed unnecessary.
  • Repeals 12 CFR 810, 12 CFR 811, 31 CFR 30, 31 CFR 31.211, 31 CFR 1010.820, other.
  • Follows Agencies Apr. 2025 notice on the elimination of unnecessary rules, #250540.
  • Rule Provisions
  • Direct final rule removes regulations and portions of regulations no longer necessary, or have no current or future applicability, therefore, no longer provide useful guidance.
  • By removing these regulations, will streamline CFR titles 12 and 31, increase clarity.
  • Pursuant to EO 14219, US Treasury conducting review of existing regulations with goal of reducing regulatory burden by revoking existing regulations that meet the criteria.
  • Eliminates Federal Financing Bank bills regulations (12 CFR 810) on public offering of certain obligations by Federal Financing Bank as no plans to issue obligations to public.
  • Removes Book-entry procedure for Federal Financing Bank securities regulations (12 CFR 811) as FFB has never issued securities subject to regulations and has no plans to
  • TARP Standards for compensation and corporate governance regulations (31 CFR 30) being removed as there are no remaining outstanding obligations left in the TARP.
  • Also TARP conflicts of interest regulations (31 CFR 31.211 through 31 CFR 31.216) as the TARP program has wound down and these regulations are no longer needed.
  • Civil penalty rule (31 CFR 1010.820) eliminated as provisions were made obsolete.
  • Effectiveness
  • Effective Jun. 16, 2025, unless significant adverse comment received by May 15, 2025.
Regulators
US Treasury
Entity Types
Bank; BHC; CU; SIFI; Thrift
Reference
90 FR 15648, 4/15/2025; Citation: *12 CFR* 810, 811; *31 CFR* 30, 31.211, 31.216, 1010.820;
Functions
Compliance; C-Suite; Financial; Legal; Operations; Reporting; Risk; Treasury
Countries
United States of America
Category
State
N/A
Products
Banking; Fixed Income; Issuance/IPO; Securities
Rule Type
Final
Regions
Am
Rule Date
Apr 15, 2025
Effective Date
Jun 16, 2025
Rule ID
251105
Linked to
Reg. Last Update
Apr 15, 2025
Report Section
US Banking