12 USC § 5222 - Coordination with foreign authorities and central banks

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s5222"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 5222 - Coordination with foreign authorities and central banks"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "5222"
section_name: "Coordination with foreign authorities and central banks"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "TROUBLED ASSETS RELIEF PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–343, div. A, title I, § 112, Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3777.)"
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# § 5222. Coordination with foreign authorities and central banks

section 5211 of this title

The Secretary shall coordinate, as appropriate, with foreign financial authorities and central banks to work toward the establishment of similar programs by such authorities and central banks. To the extent that such foreign financial authorities or banks hold troubled assets as a result of extending financing to financial institutions that have failed or defaulted on such financing, such troubled assets qualify for purchase under .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–343, div. A, title I, § 112, Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3777.)