31 CFR § 597.319 - U.S. financial institution.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t31/s597.319"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "31 CFR § 597.319 - U.S. financial institution."
title_number: 31
title_name: "Money and Finance: Treasury"
section_number: "597.319"
section_name: "U.S. financial institution."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
part_number: "597"
part_name: "FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SANCTIONS REGULATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "8 U.S.C. 1189; 18 U.S.C. 2339B; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note)."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 52495, Oct. 8, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "597"
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# 597.319 U.S. financial institution.

The term *U.S. financial institution* means:

(a) Any financial institution organized under the laws of the United States, including such financial institution's foreign branches;

(b) Any financial institution operating or doing business in the United States; or

(c) Those branches, offices and agencies of foreign financial institutions which are located in the United States, but not such foreign financial institutions' other foreign branches, offices, or agencies.