12 CFR § 252.41 - Authority and purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s252.41"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 252.41 - Authority and purpose."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "252.41"
section_name: "Authority and purpose."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
part_number: "252"
part_name: "ENHANCED PRUDENTIAL STANDARDS (REGULATION YY)"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 321-338a, 481-486, 1467a, 1818, 1828, 1831n, 1831o, 1831p-1, 1831w, 1835, 1844(b), 1844(c), 3101  3101 note, 3904, 3906-3909, 4808, 5361, 5362, 5365, 5366, 5367, 5368, 5371."
regulatory_source: "77 FR 62391, Oct. 12, 2012, unless otherwise noted."
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# 252.41 Authority and purpose.

(a) *Authority.* 12 U.S.C. 321-338a, 1818, 1831p-1, 1844(b), 1844(c), 5361, 5365, 5366, sec. 401(e), Pub. L. 115-174, 132 Stat. 1296.

(b) *Purpose.* This subpart implements section 165 of the Dodd-Frank Act (12 U.S.C. 5365) and section 401(e) of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, which requires the Board to conduct annual analyses of nonbank financial companies supervised by the Board and bank holding companies with $100 billion or more in total consolidated assets to evaluate whether such companies have the capital, on a total consolidated basis, necessary to absorb losses as a result of adverse economic conditions.

[84 FR 59105, Nov. 1, 2019]