§522 — Title 12 Banks and Banking | U.S. Code

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is comprised of ninth paragraph of act Dec. 23, 1913, § 10, as added June 3, 1922. For classification to this title of other pars. of section 10, see Codification note set out under section 241 of this title.

Amendments

1992—Pub. L. 102–491 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “No Federal reserve bank shall have authority hereafter to enter into any contract or contracts for the erection of any branch bank building of any kind or character, or to authorize the erection of any such building, if the cost of the building proper, exclusive of the cost of the vaults, permanent equipment, furnishings, and fixtures, is in excess of $250,000: Provided, That nothing herein shall apply to any building under

Construction

prior to

June 3, 1922: Provided further, That the cost as above specified shall not be so limited as long as the aggregate of such costs which are incurred by all Federal Reserve banks for branch bank buildings with the approval of the Board of Governors after

July 30, 1947 does not exceed $140,000,000.” 1974—Pub. L. 93–495 increased from $60,000,000 to $140,000,000 the limitation on aggregate costs of constructing branch bank buildings. 1962—Pub. L. 87–622 increased from $30,000,000 to $60,000,000 the limitation on aggregate costs of constructing branch bank buildings. 1953—Act

May 29, 1953, increased from $10,000,000 to $30,000,000 the limitation on aggregate cost of constructing branch bank buildings. 1947—Act

July 30, 1947, inserted proviso exempting limitation on cost of

Construction

where aggregate costs do not exceed $10,000,000.

§522 Federal Reserve branch bank buildings

Title 12, §522

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Construction

Construction

Citations & Metadata