Risk-Based Capital

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight 12 CFR Part 1750 RIN 2550-AA02 AGENCY: Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, HUD. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) is directed by the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to issue a risk-based capital regulation for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and the Federal National Mortgage Association (collectively, the Enterprises). The regulation specifies the risk-based capital stress test that will be used to determine each Enterprise's risk-based capital requirement and, along with the minimum capital requirement, to determine each Enterprise's capital classification for purposes of possible supervisory action. EFFECTIVE DATE: September 13, 2001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward J. Szymanoski, Acting Associate Director, Office of Risk Analysis and Model Development; Dorothy J. Acosta, Deputy General Counsel; or David A. Felt, Associate General Counsel, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, 1700 G Street, NW., Fourth Floor, Washington, DC 20552, telephone (202) 414-3800 (not a toll-free number). The telephone number for the telecommunications device for the deaf is (800) 877-8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction A. Background The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) was established by title XIII of the Housing and Community Development Ac…