12 CFR § 262.1 - Basis and scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s262.1"
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title: "12 CFR § 262.1 - Basis and scope."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "262.1"
section_name: "Basis and scope."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
part_number: "262"
part_name: "RULES OF PROCEDURE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 552; 12 U.S.C. 248, 321, 325, 326, 483, 602, 611a, 625, 1467a, 1828(c), 1842, 1844, 1850a, 1867, 3105, 3106, 3108, 5361, 5368, 5467, and 5469."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 6807, Mar. 13, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
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# 262.1 Basis and scope.

This part is issued pursuant to section 552 of title 5 of the United States Code, which requires that every agency shall publish in the *Federal Register* statements of the general course and method by which its functions are channeled and determined, rules of procedure, and descriptions of forms available or the places at which forms may be obtained.