12 USC § 177a - Funds available for cost of transporting and redeeming national and Federal Reserve bank notes

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s177a"
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title: "12 USC § 177a - Funds available for cost of transporting and redeeming national and Federal Reserve bank notes"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "177a"
section_name: "Funds available for cost of transporting and redeeming national and Federal Reserve bank notes"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "NATIONAL BANKS"
subchapter_number: "XI"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS REGARDING UNITED STATES BONDS IN RELATION TO NATIONAL BANKS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 841, 54 Stat. 1093; Pub. L. 103–325, title VI, § 602(g)(10), Sept. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 2294.)"
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# § 177a. Funds available for cost of transporting and redeeming national and Federal Reserve bank notes

The cost of transporting and redeeming outstanding national bank notes and Federal Reserve bank notes as may be presented to the Treasurer of the United States for redemption shall be paid from the regular annual appropriation for the Department of the Treasury.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 10, 1940, ch. 841, 54 Stat. 1093; Pub. L. 103–325, title VI, § 602(g)(10), Sept. 23, 1994, 108 Stat. 2294.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “After the reimbursement to the Treasury from funds derived from assessments made pursuant to , of all costs lawfully charged thereto for the fiscal year ending , the balance of such funds shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts; and thereafter the cost of transporting and redeeming such outstanding national bank notes and Federal Reserve bank notes as may be presented to the Treasurer of the United States for redemption shall be paid from the regular annual appropriations for the Treasury Department.”