Title 12Banks and BankingRelease 119-73

§346 Discount of acceptances

Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IX— - POWERS AND DUTIES OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS › § 346

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal Reserve banks may buy (discount) member‑endorsed acceptances that mature within 90 days at the time of discount, excluding grace days; if for agricultural use and secured by warehouse receipts or similar title documents for marketable staples, maturity may be up to six months.

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Title 12, §346

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Any Federal reserve bank may discount acceptances of the kinds hereinafter described, which have a maturity at the time of discount of not more than ninety days’ sight, exclusive of days of grace, and which are indorsed by at least one member bank: Provided, That such acceptances if drawn for an agricultural purpose and secured at the time of acceptance by warehouse receipts or other such documents conveying or securing title covering readily marketable staples may be discounted with a maturity at the time of discount of not more than six months’ sight exclusive of days of grace.

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Words “hereinafter described” are from the sixth par. of section 13 of the Federal Reserve Act, see Codification note below. Reference could be to acceptances described in the remaining paragraphs of section 13, which are contained in section 82, 347, 347c, and 372 of this title, or to acceptances described in subsequent sections of the Federal Reserve Act, section 14 et seq. of act Dec. 23, 1913. Codification Section is comprised of the sixth par. of section 13 of act Dec. 23, 1913, as amended. The sixth par. constituted the fourth par. of section 13 in 1916 (39 Stat. 752), became the fifth par. in 1923 (42 Stat. 1478), and became the sixth par. in 1932 (47 Stat. 715). For further details, see Codification notes under section 343 and 344 of this title. For classification to this title of other pars. of section 13, see Codification note set out under section 342 of this title.

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12 U.S.C. § 346

Title 12Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73