On June 21, 2023, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (the “Senate Banking Committee”) voted the Recover Executive Compensation from Unaccountable Practices Act (the “RECOUP Act”) out of committee and into the full Senate by a vote of 21 to 2.  U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, described the RECOUP Act in a press release as a bipartisan response to the recent spate of bank executives pushing unsustainable business models designed to increase short-term profits and executive compensation, ignoring directives and warnings from regulators and taking risky bets at the expense of their customers.  The three key tenets of the RECOUP Act are (1) enhanced oversight authority, (2) strengthened corporate governance and (3) increased deterrence.