This page serves as a resource center for materials and information related to the various legislation, proposals and documents related to the federal government's economic and fiscal recovery programs.

Document Resource Center 

Table of Contents (click on a section title to jump):

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA)
Material Loss Reviews
Regulatory Reform Proposals
Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) Capital Purchase Program
Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) Capital Assistance Program
FDIC Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
FDIC Statements on Failed Bank Acquisitions  
Commercial Paper Funding Program
Executive Compensation Rules Under EESA
Public Private Investment Program (PPIP)
Liquidity and Commercial Paper Program Summary
Relevant Websites

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• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
  • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Parts A & B
  • Website: Recovery.gov (not a PDF)
    
• Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA)
  
  • Press Release: Regulatory Capital Impact of EESA on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Preferred Stock, October 17, 2008 (not a PDF)
  • Speech: Interim Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Neel Kashkari, October 13, 2008
  • Act: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
• Material Loss Reviews of Failed Institutions
  As prepared by the Inspectors General of the Federal financial regulatory agencies
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• U.S. Department of the Treasury: Office of Inspector General
  
• Regulatory Reform Proposals
  
  • Letter: U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services letter from Barney Frank and Walt Minnick, October 29, 2009
    
  • Press Release: President Obama to Announce Comprehensive Plan for Regulatory Reform, June 17, 2009 (not a PDF)
  • White Paper: Financial Regulatory Reform: A New Foundation
  • Fact Sheet: Requiring Strong Supervision And Appropriate Regulation Of All Financial Firms
  • Fact Sheet: Strengthening Regulation Of Core Markets And Market Infrastructure
  • Fact Sheet: Strengthening Consumer Protection
  • Fact Sheet: Providing The Government With Tools To Effectively Manage Failing Institutions
  • Fact Sheet: Improving International Regulatory Standards And Cooperation
    
• Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) Capital Purchase Program
  • Description: Capital Purchase Program
  • Notice: IRS Notice 2009-14 Expanding, Clarifying, Superseding Notice 2008-100 on Tax Treatment of Corporations Under TARP, February 17, 2009 (not a PDF)
  • Press Release: Treasury Announces New Restrictions On Executive Compensation, February 4, 2009 (not a PDF)
  • Speech: Interim Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Neel Kashkari, January 13, 2009 (not a PDF)
  • Speech: Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr., October 20, 2008 (not a PDF)
  • Notice: TARP Federal Register Notice, October 14, 2008
  • Application Documents—Public Institutions
    • Application Guidelines
    • Securities Purchase Agreement
    • Form of Letter Agreement
    • Certificate of Designations
    • Form of Warrant
    • Form of Warrant—Stockholder Approval Required
    • Term Sheet
    • SEC, FASB Letter on Warrant Accounting
    • Frequently Asked Questions (not a PDF)
  • Application Documents—Privately Held Institutions
    • Securities Purchase Agreement
    • Form of Letter Agreement
    • Certificate of Designation—Warrant Preferred, Non-Cumulative
    • Certificate of Designation—Standard Preferred, Non-Cumulative
    • Certificate of Designation—Warrant Preferred, Cumulative
    • Certificate of Designation—Standard Preferred, Cumulative
    • Form of Warrant
    • Term Sheet: Privately Held Institutions
  • Term Sheet: Subchapter S Corporations
    
• Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) Capital Assistance Program
  • White Paper: Capital Assistance Program
  • Term Sheet: Capital Assistance Program
  • Frequently Asked Questions: Capital Assistance Program
  • Application Guidelines: Capital Assistance Program
  • Frequently Asked Questions: Capital Purchase Program Repayment and Capital Assistance Program
    
• FDIC Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
  • Press Release: FDIC Announces Plan to Free Up Bank Liquidity, October 14, 2008
  • Fact Sheet: Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
    
• FDIC Statements on Failed Bank Acquisitions 
  • Report: FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile: Fourth Quarter 2009
    
  • Press Release: Legacy Loans Program—Winning Bidder Announced in Pilot Sale, September 16, 2009 (not a PDF)
  • Press Release: Proposed Policy Statement on Qualifications for Failed Bank Acquisitions, July 2, 2009 (not a PDF)
  • Statement:  FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair’s Statement (not a PDF)
•  Commercial Paper Funding Program
  • Press Release: Commercial Paper Funding Facility, October 14, 2008
  • Program Terms and Conditions: Commercial Paper Funding Facility
  • Frequently Asked Questions: Commercial Paper Funding Facility
    
• Executive Compensation Rules
  • Final Rule: SEC Proxy Disclosure Enhancements
  • Statement: Statement by Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner on Compensation, June 10, 2009 (not a PDF)
  • Press Release: Interim Final Rule on TARP Standards for Compensation and Corporate Governance
  • Press Release: Treasury Issues Additional Executive Compensation Rules Under TARP, January 16, 2009 (not a PDF)
  • Press Release: Treasury Announces Executive Compensation Rules Under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, October 14, 2008
  • Notice: Executive Compensation Capital Purchase Program Interim Rule
  • Notice: Executive Compensation Troubled Assets Auction Purchase Notice
  • Notice: Executive Compensation Programs for Systemically Significant Failing Institutions Notice
  • Notice: Executive Compensation and Golden Parachute Payments
  • Notice: TARP Standards for Compensation and Corporate Governance; Interim Final Rule
  • Notice: TARP Recipient Compliance Timeline and Action List
    
• Public Private Investment Program (PPIP)
  
  • Fact Sheet: Public Private Investment Program
  • White Paper: Public Private Investment Program
  • Legacy Securities: Summary of Terms
  • Legacy Securities: Frequently Asked Questions
    • Application for Private Assets Managers
  • Legacy Loans: Summary of Terms
  • Legacy Loans: Frequently Asked Questions
    
• Liquidity and Commercial Paper Program Summary
  • Summary: Liquidity and Commercial Paper Program
    
• Relevant Websites
  • Website: Department of the Treasury (not a PDF)
  • Website: Financialstability.gov (not a PDF)
  • Website: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (not a PDF)
  • Website: The Federal Reserve (not a PDF)

E*Communications Resource Center

Below are links to several of Jones Walker's fiscal recovery-related publications.

• E*Bulletins and E*Lerts:
  
  • February 24, 2010: U.S. Department of Treasury's Community Development Capital Initiative
    
  • February 18, 2010: TARP Initiative For CDFIs
  • February 4, 2010: Treasury Limits "Say on Pay" Rules On Privately Held TARP Participants
  • December 30, 2009: Hearings On Financial Crisis To Begin In January
  • December 3, 2009: Overhaul Bill Clears House Financial Services Committee
  • June 18, 2009: Obama Proposes New Rules On Regulatory Reform
  • April 30, 2009: Bank Applications for Treasury’s Capital Assistance Program Must Be Filed by May 25
  • March 26, 2009: Treasury Announces Public Private Investment Program
  • February 17, 2009: TARP-Related Provisions of Stimulus Bill 
  • December 12, 2008: Treasury Releases Transaction Documents for Privately Held Organizations
  • November 25, 2008: Participation by Privately Held Financial Institutions: TARP Capital Purchase Program 
  • November 18, 2008: TARP Capital Purchase Program for Privately Held Financial Institutions
  • October 20, 2008: Treasury Releases Guidelines on Application Process for TARP Capital Purchase Program
    
  • October 3, 2008: Bush Signs Historic Bail Out Legislation
    
• E*Zines:
  
  • November 2008: U.S. Treasury Issues Capital Purchase Program Documents for Publicly Traded Financial Institutions
  • October 2008: Executive Compensation Under EESA
  • October 2008: Treasury's TARP Capital Purchase Program and FDIC's Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program

Publications

• Bank Applications for Treasury’s Capital Assistance Program Must Be Filed by May 25
  George LeMaistre, Jr.
  Jones Walker Banking & Financial Services E*Lert, April 29, 2009