12 CFR § 237.21 - Definition of insured depository institution for purposes of section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

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title: "12 CFR § 237.21 - Definition of insured depository institution for purposes of section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act."
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title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "237.21"
section_name: "Definition of insured depository institution for purposes of section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
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subchapter_name: "BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
part_number: "237"
part_name: "SWAPS MARGIN AND SWAPS PUSH-OUT (REGULATION KK)"
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authority: "7 U.S.C. 6s(e), 15 U.S.C. 78o-10(e), 15 U.S.C. 8305, 12 U.S.C. 221  12 U.S.C. 343-350, 12 U.S.C. 1818, 12 U.S.C. 1841  12 U.S.C. 3101  and 12 U.S.C. 1461"
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# 237.21 Definition of insured depository institution for purposes of section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act.

For purposes of section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act (15 U.S.C. 8305) and this rule, the term “insured depository institution” includes any insured depository institution as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813) and any uninsured U.S. branch or agency of a foreign bank. The terms branch, agency, and foreign bank are defined in section 1 of the International Banking Act of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 3101).