12 USC § 465 - Basis for ascertaining deposits against which required balance is determined

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s465"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 465 - Basis for ascertaining deposits against which required balance is determined"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "465"
section_name: "Basis for ascertaining deposits against which required balance is determined"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM"
subchapter_number: "XIV"
subchapter_name: "BANK RESERVES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 19(g), formerly § 19 (par. 10), 38 Stat. 270; Aug. 15, 1914, ch. 252, 38 Stat. 692; June 21, 1917, ch. 32, § 10, 40 Stat. 240; Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, title III, § 324(b), 49 Stat. 714; renumbered § 19(g), Pub. L. 89–597, § 2(b), Sept. 21, 1966, 80 Stat. 824.)"
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# § 465. Basis for ascertaining deposits against which required balance is determined

In estimating the reserve balances required by this chapter, member banks may deduct from the amount of their gross demand deposits the amounts of balances due from other banks (except Federal Reserve banks and foreign banks) and cash items in process of collection payable immediately upon presentation in the United States, within the meaning of these terms as defined by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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**Source Credit**: (Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 19(g), formerly § 19 (par. 10), 38 Stat. 270; Aug. 15, 1914, ch. 252, 38 Stat. 692; June 21, 1917, ch. 32, § 10, 40 Stat. 240; Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, title III, § 324(b), 49 Stat. 714; renumbered § 19(g), Pub. L. 89–597, § 2(b), Sept. 21, 1966, 80 Stat. 824.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , known as the Federal Reserve Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see References in Text note set out under  and Tables.

### Codification

Section is comprised of subsec. (g), formerly tenth par., of section 19 of act , as redesignated by .

### Amendments

1935—Act , changed method of estimating reserve balances.