Title 12Banks and BankingRelease 119-73not60

§4805 Call Report Simplification

Title 12 › Chapter 48— FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT › § 4805

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Require federal banking agencies to work together to cut paperwork and speed up bank reporting. They must build a system so insured depository institutions and their affiliates can file reports and statements (like reports of condition, savings association reports, and bank holding company consolidated and parent-only financial statements) electronically, and so the agencies can post them to the public online. Not later than 1 year after September 23, 1994, the agencies must report to Congress and suggest laws to make filing and using these reports more efficient. Under safety and soundness rules, the agencies must also adopt one standard form for the core information that federal law requires, simplify the instructions and add an index that helps filers and users, and review extra schedule items to remove any that are not needed for safety, soundness, or other public purposes.

Full Legal Text

Title 12, §4805

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(a)In order to reduce the administrative requirements pertaining to bank reports of condition, savings association financial reports, and bank holding company consolidated and parent-only financial statements, and to improve the timeliness of such reports and statements, the Federal banking agencies shall—
(1)work jointly to develop a system under which—
(A)insured depository institutions and their affiliates may file such reports and statements electronically; and
(B)the Federal banking agencies may make such reports and statements available to the public electronically; and
(2)not later than 1 year after September 23, 1994, report to the Congress and make recommendations for legislation that would enhance efficiency for filers and users of such reports and statements.
(b)The Federal banking agencies shall, consistent with the principles of safety and soundness, work jointly—
(1)to adopt a single form for the filing of core information required to be submitted under Federal law to all such agencies in the reports and statements referred to in subsection (a); and
(2)to simplify instructions accompanying such reports and statements and to provide an index to the instructions that is adequate to meet the needs of both filers and users.
(c)Each Federal banking agency shall—
(1)review the information required by schedules supplementing the core information referred to in subsection (b); and
(2)eliminate requirements that are not warranted for reasons of safety and soundness or other public purposes.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Provisions similar to this section are contained in section 4805a of this title.

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Citation

12 U.S.C. § 4805

Title 12Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60