Bank Merger Act Application Review (OCC)

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2025-04-10 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the Department of the Treasury relating to the review of applications under the Bank Merger Act.: H.J.Res. 92 introduced as a Congressional Review Act joint resolution to disapprove the OCC’s Bank Merger Act application-review rule; if enacted, would nullify the rule and restore prior expedited-approval and streamlined-form procedures. (novelty: 2)
2026-04-20 — Main Street Act: cross-connection with main-street-capital-access-act: HR6955’s simplification of bank merger and acquisition approvals directly interacts with the OCC’s Bank Merger Act application review framework. (novelty: 3)
2025-06-20 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the Department of the Treasury relating to the review of applications under the Bank Merger Act.: Public Law 119-19 (Congressional Review Act joint resolution) nullified the OCC’s September 2024 final rule, restoring prior Bank Merger Act review procedures including expedited automatic approvals and streamlined application forms. (novelty: 3)