Date: September 30, 2013
Issue: Systemic Risk and Capital Standards
To: U.S. House of Representatives
Filing Type: Congressional Letter
Description: The chamber strongly supports H.R. 992, the “Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act,” which would serve to promote vibrant and efficient capital markets by modifying section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act, a provision that undermines the Act’s centralpolicy objective of mitigating systemic risk.