Jim Himes: “My understanding is also that, consistent with the overall intent not to subject commercial firms to financial…”

“My understanding is also that, consistent with the overall intent not to subject commercial firms to financial regulation, section 604 provides that an existing savings and loan holding company with both financial and nonfinancial businesses will cease to be an S&L holding company when it establishes an intermediate holding company under section 626. That company also may have an intermediate holding company under section 167. Am I right that the intent of this legislation is for these sections to be applied in harmony, so that an organization will have a single intermediate holding company that will be both the regulated S&L holding company and the organization and the holding company for implementing the heightened supervision of systemic financial activities under title I?”