12 USC § 5614 - Exercise of Federal Reserve authority

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identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s5614"
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title: "12 USC § 5614 - Exercise of Federal Reserve authority"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "5614"
section_name: "Exercise of Federal Reserve authority"
chapter_number: 53
chapter_name: "WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–203, title XI, § 1108(d), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2127.)"
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# § 5614. Exercise of Federal Reserve authority

**(1)** **No decisions by Federal reserve bank presidents** No provision of subchapter I relating to the authority of the Board of Governors shall be construed as conferring any decision-making authority on presidents of Federal reserve banks.

**(2)** **Voting decisions by Board** section 248(k) of this title

The Board of Governors shall not delegate the authority to make any voting decision that the Board of Governors is authorized or required to make under subchapter I of this chapter in contravention of .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–203, title XI, § 1108(d), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2127.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Subchapter I, referred to in text, was in the original “title I”, meaning title I of , , , known as the Financial Stability Act of 2010, which is classified principally to subchapter I (§ 5311 et seq.) of this chapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.