,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bd1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,griffin of ,arkansas 7for himself1
 ,mr4 ,crawford1 and ,mr4 ,womack7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
provide an exemption for community banks
 from the application of ,basel ,,iii   
capital standards4  #a4 ,exemption for  
community banks  7a7 ,exemption ,the    
,federal banking regulators shall exempt
 community banks from any ,basel ,,iii  
regulations4  7b7 ,definitions ,for     
purposes of this section3  7#a7         
,community bank ,the term community bank
 means a depository institution1 as     
defined under section #c of the ,federal
 ,deposit ,insurance ,act 7#ab ,u4,s4,c4
 #ahac71 with consolidated assets of    
#ej1jjj1jjj1jjj or less4  7#b7 ,basel   
,,iii regulations ,the term ,basel ,,iii
 regulations means the following3  7,a7 
,the proposed regulation entitled       

,regulatory ,capital ,rules3 ,regulatory
 ,capital1 ,implementation of ,basel    
,,iii1 ,minimum ,regulatory ,capital    
,ratios1 ,capital ,adequacy1 ,transition
 ,provisions1 and ,prompt ,corrective   
,action1 published on ,august #cj1      
#bjab4  7,b7 ,the proposed regulation   
entitled ,regulatory ,capital ,rules3   
,standardized ,approach for             
,risk-,weighted ,assets2 ,market        
,discipline and ,disclosure             
,requirements2 ,proposed ,rule1         
published on ,august #cj1 #bjab4  7,c7  
,the proposed regulation entitled       
,regulatory ,capital ,rules3 ,advanced  
,approaches ,risk-,based ,capital ,rule2
 ,market ,risk ,capital ,rule2 ,proposed
 ,rule1 published on ,august #cj1 #bjab4
  7,d7 ,any other regulation issued by  
the ,federal banking regulators1 the    
purpose of which is to implement capital
 standards based on the agreement       
reached by the ,basel ,committee on     
,banking ,supervision entitled ,basel   
,,iii3 ,a ,global ,regulatory ,framework

 for ,more ,resilient ,banks and        
,banking ,systems4  7#c7 ,federal       
banking regulators ,the term ,federal   
banking regulators means the ,board of  
,governors of the ,federal ,reserve     
,system1 the ,office of the ,comptroller
 of the ,currency1 and the ,federal     
,deposit ,insurance ,corporation4