STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON RESERVES.

SEC. 329. [12 U.S.C. 4801 nt] STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON RESERVES. (a) Federal Reserve Study.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in consultation with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the National Credit Union Administration Board, shall conduct a study and report to the Congress on— (1) the necessity, for monetary policy purposes, of continuing to require insured depository institutions to maintain sterile reserves; (2) the appropriateness of paying a market rate of interest to insured depository institutions on sterile reserves or, in the alternative, providing for payment of such interest into the appropriate deposit insurance fund; (3) the monetary impact that the failure to pay interest on sterile reserves has had on insured depository institutions, including an estimate of the total dollar amount of interest and the potential income lost by insured depository institutions; and (4) the impact that the failure to pay interest on sterile reserves has had on the ability of the banking industry to compete with nonbanking providers of financial services and with foreign banks. (b) Budgetary Impact Study.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in consultation with the Committees on the Budget of the Senate and the House of Representatives, shall jointly conduct a study and report to the Congress on the budgetary impact of— (1) paying a market rate of interest to insured depository institutions on sterile reserves; and (2) paying such interest into the respective deposit insurance funds.