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SUBPART A—GENERAL MEMBERSHIP AND BRANCHING REQUIREMENTS

SECTION 208.1—Authority, Purpose, and Scope

(a) Authority. Subpart A of Regulation H (12 CFR 208, subpart A) is issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) under 12 U.S.C. 24, 36; sections 9, 11, 21, 25, and 25A of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 321-338a, 248(a), 248(c), 481-486, 601, and 611); sections 1814, 1816, 1818, 1831o, 1831p-1, 1831r-1, and 1835a of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDI Act) (12 U.S.C. 1814, 1816, 1818, 1831o, 1831p-1, 1831r-1, and 1835); and 12 U.S.C. 3906-3909.
(b) Purpose and scope of part 208. The requirements of this part 208 govern state member banks and state banks applying for admission to membership in the Federal Reserve System (System) under section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act (act), except for section 208.7, which also applies to certain foreign banks licensed by a state. This part 208 does not govern banks eligible for membership under section 2 or 19 of the act.1 Any bank desiring to be admitted to the System under the provisions of section 2 or 19 should communicate with the Federal Reserve Bank with which it would like to become a member.
(c) Purpose and scope of subpart A. This subpart A describes the eligibility requirements for membership of state-chartered banking institutions in the System, the general conditions imposed upon members, including capital and dividend requirements, as well as the requirements for establishing and maintaining branches.
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Under section 2 of the Federal Reserve Act, every national bank in any state shall, upon commencing business, or within 90 days after admission into the union of the state in which it is located, become a member of the System. Under section 19 of the Federal Reserve Act, national banks and banks organized under local laws, located in a dependency or insular possession or any part of the United States outside of the states of the United States and the District of Columbia, are not required to become members of the System but may, with the consent of the board, become members of the System.
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