Title 12 — Banks and BankingRelease 119-73
§5614 Exercise of Federal Reserve authority
Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 53— - WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM PROVISIONS › § 5614
Summary
Reserve Bank presidents cannot make decisions that belong to the Board, and the Board must not delegate votes in violation of section 248(k).
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Title 12, §5614
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(1)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)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 section 248(k) of this title.
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Subchapter I, referred to in text, was in the original “title I”, meaning title I of Pub. L. 111–203, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1391, 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
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note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables.
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12 U.S.C. § 5614
Title 12 — Banks and Banking
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73