12 USC § 1772 - Territorial application of chapter

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title: "12 USC § 1772 - Territorial application of chapter"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "1772"
section_name: "Territorial application of chapter"
chapter_number: 14
chapter_name: "FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, § 126, formerly § 22, as added July 31, 1946, ch. 711, § 7, 60 Stat. 745; amended May 8, 1952, ch. 245, 66 Stat. 66, renumbered § 27 and amended Pub. L. 86–354, § 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 638; renumbered title I, § 126, Pub. L. 91–468, § 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 93–383, title VII, § 726, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 720.)"
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# § 1772. Territorial application of chapter

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the several States, the District of Columbia, the several Territories, including the trust territories, and possessions of the United States, the Panama Canal Zone, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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**Source Credit**: (June 26, 1934, ch. 750, title I, § 126, formerly § 22, as added July 31, 1946, ch. 711, § 7, 60 Stat. 745; amended May 8, 1952, ch. 245, 66 Stat. 66, renumbered § 27 and amended Pub. L. 86–354, § 1, Sept. 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 638; renumbered title I, § 126, Pub. L. 91–468, § 1(2), Oct. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 994; amended Pub. L. 93–383, title VII, § 726, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 720.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

### Amendments

1974— inserted reference to trust territories.

1959— provided for application of chapter to the States, the District of Columbia, the Territories and possessions of the United States and Puerto Rico and struck out specific reference to the Virgin Islands.

1952—Act , amended section to extend provisions of this chapter to the Virgin Islands.