Federal Reserve Act

Dispersed throughout 12 USC; ch. 6, 38 Stat. 251 (December 23, 1913)

Section

Official Title

1

Short title and definitions
1-001
2

Federal Reserve districts
1-004
2A

Monetary policy objectives
1-017
2B

Appearances before and reports to the Congress
1-017.1
3

Branch offices
1-018
4

Federal Reserve Banks
1-021
5

Stock issues; increase and decrease of capital
1-045
6

Insolvency of member banks
1-046
7

Division of earnings
1-048
8

Conversion of state banks into national banks
1-051
9

State banks as members
1-054
9A

Participation in lotteries prohibited
1-076
9B

Resolution of clearing banks
1-076.1
10

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
1-077
10A

Emergency advances to groups of member banks
1-087
10B

Advances to individual member banks
1-090
11

Powers of Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
1-091
11A

Pricing of services
1-105
11B

Annual independent audits of Federal Reserve Banks and Board
1-105.2
11C

Master account and services database
1-105.3
12

Federal Advisory Council
1-106
12A

Federal Open Market Committee
1-108
13

Powers of Federal Reserve Banks
1-111
13A

Discount of agricultural paper
1-124
14

Open-market operations
1-129
15

Government deposits
1-138
16

Note issues
1-140
17

Deposit of bonds by national banks
1-157
18

Refunding bonds
1-158
19

Bank reserves
1-167
20

National bank notes redemption fund as reserve
1-179
21

Bank examinations
1-180
22

Offenses of examiners, member banks, officers, and directors
1-188
23

Interbank liabilities
1-200.1
23A

Relations with affiliates
1-201
23B

Restrictions on transactions with affiliates
1-206.1
24

Real estate loans
1-207
24A

Investment in bank premises or stock of corporation holding premises
1-216
25

Foreign branches
1-217
25A

Banking corporations authorized to do foreign banking business
1-227
25B

Jurisdiction of suits
1-252
25C

Potential liability on foreign accounts
1-257.5
26

[Repealed]
1-258
27

Tax on national bank notes
1-259
28

Reduction of capital of national banks
1-261
29

Civil money penalty
1-262
30

Saving clause
1-263
31

Reservation of right to amend
1-264