---
kind: "diff"
citation: "H.R. 1679"
bill: "113-hr-1679"
heading: "To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify the application of that Act to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands."
from: "ih"
from_label: "Introduced in House"
to: "eh"
to_label: "Engrossed in House"
sections_amended: 1
sections_added: 0
sections_removed: 0
url: "https://uscodex.org/bills/113/hr/1679/changes/eh"
---
# H.R. 1679 — what changed
H.R. 1679, To amend the Expedited Funds Availability Act to clarify the application of that Act to American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands. — 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Engrossed in House.
Edits are marked `struck` and `inserted`.
## Section 1 Application of the Expedited Funds Availability Act
- (a) In general— The Expedited Funds Availability Act (12 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) is amended—
- The Expedited Funds Availability Act (12 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.) is amended—
- (1) [was (3)] in section 602(20) (12 U.S.C. 4001(20)) by inserting “, located in the United States,” after “ATM”;
- (2) in section 602(21) (12 U.S.C. 4001(21)) by inserting “American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,” after “Puerto Rico,”;
- (3) in section 602(23) (12 U.S.C. 4001(23)) by inserting “American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,” after “Puerto Rico,”; and
- (4) in section 603(d)(2)(A) (12 U.S.C. 4002(d)(2)(A)), by inserting “American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,” after “Puerto Rico,”.
- (b) Effective date— This Act shall take effect on January 1, 2016.
- (2) in section 602(21) (12 U.S.C. 4001(21)) by inserting “American Samoa,” after “Puerto Rico,”;
- (3) in section 602(23) (12 U.S.C. 4001(23)) by inserting “American Samoa,” after “Puerto Rico,”; and
- (4) by adding at the end of section 603(d) (12 U.S.C. 4002(d)) the following new paragraph:
- “(3) Extension for certain deposits in American Samoa—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any time period established under subsection (b), (c), or (e) shall be extended by 2 business days in the case of any deposit which is both—
- “(A) deposited in an account at a depository institution which is located in American Samoa; and
- “(B) deposited by a check drawn on an originating depository institution which is not located in the same State as the receiving depository institution.”