History
It was established in 1989 by the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA), and was overhauled in 1991.
In 1995 its duties were transferred to the Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). In 2006 the SAIF and its sister fund for banks—the bank insurance fund (BIF)—also administered by the FDIC, were combined to form the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) under the provisions of the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005.
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