Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 Public Law 110-343 (EESA)
Text of Act: text or pdf (from GPO) Summary and Status (from Thomas)
Congressional Record: Some of the discussion on the floor of the House and Senate are listed in the Summary and Status report on Thomas, but for a complete record of all debate,
search the Congressional Record. It is available on Lexis, Westlaw, or Thomas. Search either for the bill number (1424) or the
name of the Act ("emergency economic stabilization"). The researcher can also search for specific aspects of the Act (e.g. "troubled assets") to see if there was debate on that
topic specifically.
Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) codified at 12 U.S.C. 5211 et seq. (available on Lexis and Westlaw)
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provides Congress with analyses of economic and budgetary decisions. Its web site has information on the Act as well as the Troubled Asset Relief Program. In September 2008, the CBO issued a cost
estimate on the EESA (html or pdf). This analysis
was updated in October 2008 (html or pdf). Regarding TARP, the
site has the Report of Transactions Through
December 2008, and a cost estimate for a bill, H.R. 384, pending which amends TARP. (See below to find pending legislation.)
The Office of Management and Budget, part of the Executive Office of the President, also offered statements on H.R. 1424 to the House
and the Senate.
New and pending legislation can be found on Thomas - search for pending legislation by word or number. In the advanced search section, the
researcher can search by Committee to whom the bill was assigned (e.g. House Financial Services Committee or Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee).
SSRN SSRN includes draft of working papers that will, in most cases, eventually, end up in law review publications. So, this is one of the first places to find articles discussing
new issues. This includes papers related to law, economics and other topics. A search of the term "TARP" already produces two results.
Department of the Treasury - has a web site related to the EESA initiative. It includes reports, press releases,
employment opportunities and more. Regulations.gov - this site has recent regulations, often including links to comments another other related information. An advanced
Docket search allows the researcher to limit to a specific Department (Department of Treasury) and title (TARP). This will bring up all related regulations, and comments are available
from the docket sheet.
(To view the student papers if you are off-campus, you will be prompted to log in using your law school network user name and password.)
I. Financial Crisis: Emergence and Causes
A. Eamonn K. Moran, Wall Street Meets Main Street: Understanding the Financial Crisis, 13 N.C. BANKING INST. 5 (2009).
B. Douglas W. Arner, The Global Credit Crisis of 2008: Causes and Consequences, 43 INT'L LAW. 91 (Spring, 2009).
C. Edward J. Kane, Incentive Roots of the Securitization Crisis and Its Early Mismanagement, 26 YALE J. ON REG. 405 (Summer, 2009).
D. HAL S. SCOTT, THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS 1-21 (2009).
V. Other Issues of Bank Organization
A. FDIC Debt Guarantees: Anson Cain, Congress's First Recipe to Bail Out the Financial Institutions of the United States is Leaving the Taxpayers with a Sour Taste in Their Mouths, 29 J. NAT'L ASS'N ADMIN. L. JUD. 213 (Spring 2009).
B. Reorganization of Investment Banks as Bank Holding Companies
C. Private Equity Firms as Bank Holding Companies
VI. Future Policy and Reform Proposals: HAL S. SCOTT, THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS 78-167 41-42 (2009).
It is a little early, but there are a few print explanations of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. These titles are listed in
the Law Library Catalog.
Last Update: 2/09
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