# 114-hr-4096: Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act

114-hr-4096, Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by MICHAEL CAPUANO (D-MA); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4096
- Congress: 114
- Title: Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Introduced: 2015-11-19
- Sponsor: MICHAEL CAPUANO (D-MA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Investor Clarity and Bank Parity Act This bill amends the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to permit a hedge fund or private equity fund to share the same name, or a variation of the same name, as a banking entity that is an investment advisor to the hedge fund or private equity fund, if: the investment advisor is not an insured depository institution, a company that controls an insured depository institution, or a company treated as a bank holding company for purposes of the International Banking Act of 1978 relating to nonbanking activities of foreign banks; the investment advisor does not share the same name, or a variation of it, as an insured depository institution, a company that controls an insured depository institution, or a company treated as a bank holding company for the specified purposes of the International Banking Act of 1978; and the name does not contain the word "bank."

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] (R-OH), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6] (R-IN), 2016-03-02T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-4096 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4096)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4096 (as of 2025-11-18).