Title 12Banks and BankingRelease 119-73

§3203 Dual service of management official of $2,500,000,000 institution or holding company as management official of unaffiliated $1,500,000,000 institution or holding company prohibited

Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 33— - DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION MANAGEMENT INTERLOCKS › § 3203

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Managers of a bank or holding company with over $2,500,000,000 in assets cannot also manage an unaffiliated bank or holding company with over $1,500,000,000; federal regulators can adjust these limits.

Full Legal Text

Title 12, §3203

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If a depository institution or a depository holding company has total assets exceeding $2,500,000,000, a management official of such institution or any affiliate thereof may not serve as a management official of any other nonaffiliated depository institution or depository holding company having total assets exceeding $1,500,000,000 or as a management official of any affiliate of such other institution. In order to allow for inflation or market changes, the appropriate Federal depository institutions regulatory agencies may, by regulation, adjust, as necessary, the amount of total assets required for depository institutions or depository holding companies under this section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–208 substituted “$2,500,000,000” for “$1,000,000,000” and “$1,500,000,000” for “$500,000,000” and inserted at end “In order to allow for inflation or market changes, the appropriate Federal depository institutions regulatory agencies may, by regulation, adjust, as necessary, the amount of total assets required for depository institutions or depository holding companies under this section.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective upon the expiration of 120 days after Nov. 10, 1978, see section 2101 of Pub. L. 95–630, set out as a note under section 375b of this title.

Reference

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Citation

12 U.S.C. § 3203

Title 12Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73