96 STAT. 1516
15 USC 80a-2.
PUBLIC LAW 97-320—OCT. 15, 1982 "(A) in the case of any affiliate, the aggregate amount of covered transactions of the member bank and its subsidiaries will not exceed 10 per centum of the capital stock and surplus of the member bank; and "(B) in the case of all affiliates, the aggregate amount of covered transactions of the member bank and its subsidiaries will not exceed 20 per centum of the capital stock and surplus of the member bank. "(2) For the purpose of this section, any transaction by a member bank with any person shall be deemed to be a transaction with an affiliate to the extent that the proceeds of the transaction are used for the benefit of, or transferred to, that affiliate. "(3) A member bank and its subsidiaries may not purchase a low-quality asset from an affiliate unless the bank or such subsidiary, pursuant to an independent credit evaluation, committed itself to purchase such asset prior to the time such asset was acquired by the affiliate. "(4) Any covered transactions and any transactions exempt under subsection (d) between a member bank and an affiliate shall be on terms and conditions that are consistent with safe and sound banking practices. "(h) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section— "(1) the term 'affiliate' with respect to a member bank means— "(A) any company that controls the member bank and any other company that is controlled by the company that controls the member bank; "(B) a bank subsidiary of the member bank; "(C) any company— "(i) that is controlled directly or indirectly, by a trust or otherwise, by or for the benefit of shareholders who beneficially or otherwise control, directly or indirectly, by trust or otherwise, the member bank or any company that controls the member bank; or "(ii) in which a majority of its directors or trustees constitute a majority of the persons holding any such office with the member bank or any company that controls the member bank; "(D)(i) any company, including a real estate investment trust, that is sponsored and advised on a contractual basis by the member bank or any subsidiary or affiliate of the member bank; or "(ii) any investment company with respect to which a member bank or any affiliate thereof is an investment advisor as defined in section 2(a)(20) of the Investment Company Act of 1940; and "(E) any company that the Board determines by regulation or order to have a relationship with the member bank or any subsidiary or affiliate of the member bank, such that covered transactions by the member bank or its subsidiary with that company may be affected by the relationship to the detriment of the member bank or its subsidiary; and "(2) the following shall not be considered to be an affiliate: "(A) any company, other than a bank, that is a subsidiary of a member bank, unless a determination is made under
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