an analysis of the roles and responsibilities of the Board, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Secretary, and other Federal banking agencies with respect to monitoring leverage and acting to curtail excessive leveraging;

an analysis of the authority of the Board to regulate leverage, including by setting margin requirements, and what process the Board used to decide whether or not to use its authority;

an analysis of any usage of the margin authority by the Board; and

recommendations for the Board and appropriate committees of Congress with respect to the existing authority of the Board.