Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "bank" means a financial institution that is either of the following:
(1) A bank that:
(A) has been organized or reorganized under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States, or the District of Columbia; and
(B) is an "insured bank" (as defined in Section 3(h) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813(h)) eligible to make application to become an insured depository institution under Section 5 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1815).
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a savings bank formed as a result of conversion.
(b) The term does not include any of the following:
(1) An institution that has been or is chartered or regulated as a federal savings association or federal savings bank under Section 5 of the Home Owners Loan Act (12 U.S.C. 1464).
(2) Institutions of the "Farm Credit System" as described in 12 U.S.C. 2001 through 2260, which include the Farm Credit Banks, the Federal Land Bank Associations, the Production Credit Associations, the Banks for Cooperatives, and any other institution that may become a part of the Farm Credit System, as chartered by and subject to the supervision of the Farm Credit Administration.
(3) Another institution that has been organized or reorganized as a savings association, a credit union, or an industrial loan and investment company.
As added by P.L.42-1993, SEC.72. Amended by P.L.79-1998, SEC.73; P.L.27-2012, SEC.89.