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12/18/2021

READOUT: Financial Stability Oversight Council Meeting on December 17, 2021 | U.S. Department of the Treasury

READOUT: Financial Stability Oversight Council Meeting on
December 17, 2021
December 17, 2021

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen convened a meeting of
the Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council) in executive and open sessions by
videoconference.
During the executive session, the Council received an update from Chair Gensler of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on forthcoming proposed SEC rulemakings.
The Council also received a presentation from sta of the O ice of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) on their Crypto-Asset Policy Sprint Initiative.
Additionally, the Council received an update from Treasury sta on ongoing work on climaterelated financial risks.
During the open session, the Council received a presentation on the Councilʼs 2021 annual
report and voted unanimously to approve the report.
The Council also voted unanimously to approve the charter establishing a sta -level Climaterelated Financial Risk Committee. The committee will be a venue for the sta s of Council
members and member agencies to collaborate and share information regarding potential
climate-related risks.
Additionally, the Council received an update from sta of the Federal Reserve on the
transition from LIBOR, including the cessation of new U.S. dollar LIBOR transactions a er
December 31, 2021.
The Council also voted to approve the minutes of its previous meeting on November 15, 2021.
In attendance at the Council meeting by videoconference were the following members:
Janet L. Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury (Chairperson of the Council)
Jerome H. Powell, Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Michael J. Hsu, Acting Comptroller of the Currency
Rohit Chopra, Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Gary Gensler, Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission
Jelena McWilliams, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rostin Behnam, Acting Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Sandra L. Thompson, Acting Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency
Todd M. Harper, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration
Thomas Workman, Independent Member with Insurance Expertise
Dino Falaschetti, Director, O ice of Financial Research (non-voting member)
Steven Seitz, Director, Federal Insurance O ice (non-voting member)
Melanie Lubin, Securities Commissioner, O ice of the Attorney General of Maryland,
Securities Division (non-voting member)
Additional information regarding the Council, its work, and the recently approved annual
report, Climate-related Financial Risk Committee charter, and meeting minutes is available at
http://www.fsoc.gov.
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