Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978
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The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 is a U.S. federal law that created a formal interagency body to standardize and coordinate the supervision and examination of financial institutions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FFIEC Act of 1978 | 1 |
| Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2161943 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 Context triple: [Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, foundedByStatute, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978]
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A.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 is a U.S. banking law enacted in response to the savings and loan crisis that strengthened federal bank supervision, imposed prompt corrective action for troubled institutions, and enhanced the safety and soundness of the deposit insurance system.
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B.
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989
The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 is a U.S. federal law enacted in response to the savings and loan crisis, overhauling the regulation of thrift institutions, strengthening enforcement powers, and restructuring federal deposit insurance.
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C.
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
The Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 is a U.S. federal law that regulates bank holding companies, restricting their non-banking activities and acquisitions to limit concentration of financial power and conflicts of interest.
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D.
Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994
The Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 is a U.S. federal law that deregulated interstate banking by allowing bank holding companies and banks to expand and operate branches across state lines, reshaping the national banking landscape.
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E.
Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act
The Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act is a 1980 U.S. federal law that phased out interest rate ceilings on deposits, expanded Federal Reserve authority over depository institutions, and significantly reshaped the American banking and thrift industries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 Target entity description: The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 is a U.S. federal law that created a formal interagency body to standardize and coordinate the supervision and examination of financial institutions.
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A.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 is a U.S. banking law enacted in response to the savings and loan crisis that strengthened federal bank supervision, imposed prompt corrective action for troubled institutions, and enhanced the safety and soundness of the deposit insurance system.
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B.
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989
The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 is a U.S. federal law enacted in response to the savings and loan crisis, overhauling the regulation of thrift institutions, strengthening enforcement powers, and restructuring federal deposit insurance.
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C.
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
The Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 is a U.S. federal law that regulates bank holding companies, restricting their non-banking activities and acquisitions to limit concentration of financial power and conflicts of interest.
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D.
Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994
The Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 is a U.S. federal law that deregulated interstate banking by allowing bank holding companies and banks to expand and operate branches across state lines, reshaping the national banking landscape.
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E.
Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act
The Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act is a 1980 U.S. federal law that phased out interest rate ceilings on deposits, expanded Federal Reserve authority over depository institutions, and significantly reshaped the American banking and thrift industries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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banking law ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
improve consistency of federal financial institution supervision
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reduce regulatory burden through uniform examination standards ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
federally insured depository institutions
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federally regulated financial institutions ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creates | Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council ⓘ |
| establishes | interagency coordination mechanisms for bank examinations ⓘ |
| hasEffectOn |
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
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surface form:
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ⓘ National Credit Union Administration ⓘ Office of Thrift Supervision ⓘ Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| legalArea |
bank regulation
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financial services regulation ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| purpose |
to coordinate federal supervision of financial institutions
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to establish a formal interagency body for the examination of financial institutions ⓘ to promote uniform principles and standards for the examination of financial institutions ⓘ |
| regulatoryDomain |
banking supervision
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financial institution examination ⓘ |
| sector | financial regulation ⓘ |
| shortName |
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
FFIEC Act of 1978
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 Description of subject: The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978 is a U.S. federal law that created a formal interagency body to standardize and coordinate the supervision and examination of financial institutions.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
→
foundedByStatute
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Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978
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Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978
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shortName
→
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
FFIEC Act of 1978