[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5291 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5291

   To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to generally permit 
        holding merchant banking investments of up to 15 years.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2025

Mr. Williams of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to generally permit 
        holding merchant banking investments of up to 15 years.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Merchant Banking Modernization 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MERCHANT BANKING ACTIVITIES.

    Section 4(k)(7)(A) of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 
U.S.C. 1843(k)(7)(A)) is amended by inserting ``Under such regulations, 
the period of time generally permitted for holding merchant banking 
investments shall not be less than 15 years. For any merchant banking 
investment held on the date of enactment of the Merchant Banking 
Modernization Act, the holding period of time permitted shall not be 
less than 15 years from the initial date of the investment.'' after the 
period at the end.
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