12 USC § 3301 - Declaration of purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s3301"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 3301 - Declaration of purpose"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "3301"
section_name: "Declaration of purpose"
chapter_number: 34
chapter_name: "FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS EXAMINATION COUNCIL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–630, title X, § 1002, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3694.)"
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# § 3301. Declaration of purpose

It is the purpose of this chapter to establish a Financial Institutions Examination Council which shall prescribe uniform principles and standards for the Federal examination of financial institutions by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and the National Credit Union Administration and make recommendations to promote uniformity in the supervision of these financial institutions. The Council’s actions shall be designed to promote consistency in such examination and to insure progressive and vigilant supervision.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–630, title X, § 1002, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3694.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective upon the expiration of 120 days after , see , set out as a note under .

### Short Title

> “This title [enacting this chapter and amending section 67 of former Title 31, Money and Finance] may be cited as the ‘Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978’.”

, , , provided that:

### Transfer of Functions

Federal Home Loan Bank Board abolished and functions transferred, see sections 401 to 406 of , set out as a note under .