EESA

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EESA is a 2008 U.S. federal law that authorized the Treasury to address the financial crisis by purchasing troubled assets and stabilizing the banking system.

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Label Occurrences
EESA canonical 4
EESA 2008 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
financial crisis response law ⓘ
acronym TARP ⓘ
aimedTo restore confidence in financial markets ⓘ
stabilize the banking system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Wall Street bailout ⓘ
appliesToSector banking ⓘ
financial services ⓘ
authorizedAction inject capital into financial institutions ⓘ
insure troubled assets ⓘ
purchase troubled assets ⓘ
authorizedAgency United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
authorizedProgram Troubled Asset Relief Program ⓘ
branchOfGovernmentImplementing executive branch of the United States ⓘ
codifiedIn Public Law 110-343 ⓘ
containsProvision executive compensation limits for certain firms receiving assistance ⓘ
oversight mechanisms for Treasury’s use of TARP funds ⓘ
reporting requirements to Congress ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crisisAddressed credit market freeze in 2008 ⓘ
subprime mortgage crisis ⓘ
dateSigned 2008-10-03 ⓘ
enactedDuring global financial crisis of 2007–2008 ⓘ
enactedInYear 2008 ⓘ
includesProgramType asset purchase program ⓘ
capital purchase program ⓘ
legalBasisFor capital injections into major U.S. banks in 2008 ⓘ
legislativeChamberInvolved United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
maximumAuthorizedAmountUSD 700000000000 ⓘ
officeHolderAtSigning President of the United States ⓘ
oversightBodyCreated Congressional Oversight Panel ⓘ
Financial Stability Oversight Board ⓘ
passedBy United States Congress ⓘ
policyArea banking regulation ⓘ
economic stabilization ⓘ
financial market intervention ⓘ
primaryPurpose address the 2008 financial crisis ⓘ
stabilize the U.S. financial system ⓘ
relatedTo Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ⓘ
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 ⓘ
shortName EESA ⓘ
signedBy George W. Bush ⓘ
subjectOfDebate moral hazard in financial markets ⓘ
use of taxpayer funds to support private financial institutions ⓘ
title Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 → shortName → EESA ⓘ
subject linked to: EESA
H.R. 1424 → hasAcronym → EESA ⓘ
H.R. 1424 → hasAcronym → EESA 2008 ⓘ
linked to: EESA