12 CFR § 1273.1 - Definitions.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s1273.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 1273.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "1273.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS"
part_number: "1273"
part_name: "OFFICE OF FINANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 1431, 1440, 4511(b), 4513, 4514(a), 4526(a)."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 23161, May 3, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1273"
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# 1273.1 Definitions.
For purposes of this part:
*Audit Committee* means the OF Independent Directors acting as the committee established in accordance with § 1273.9 of this part.
*Chair* means the chairperson of the board of directors of the Office of Finance.
*Chief Executive Officer* or *CEO* means the chief executive officer of the Office of Finance.
*Independent Director* means a member of the OF board of directors who meets the qualifications set forth in § 1273.7(a)(2) of this part.
[75 FR 23161, May 3, 2010, as amended at 78 FR 2328, Jan. 13, 2013; 81 FR 76298, Nov. 2, 2016]