12 USC § 5240 - Preservation of authority

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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "12 USC § 5240 - Preservation of authority"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "5240"
section_name: "Preservation of authority"
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, § 135, Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3799.)"
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# § 5240. Preservation of authority

section 5236 of this title

With the exception of , nothing in this chapter may be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary or the Board under any other provision of law.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–343, div. A, title I, § 135, Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3799.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act” and was translated as reading “this division”, meaning div. A of , , , known as the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. For complete classification of division A to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.