Title 12, Banks and BankingRelease 119-102
§200 Payment
Title 12 › CHAPTER 2 — NATIONAL BANKS › SUBCHAPTER XIII — RECEIVERSHIP › § 200
Summary
The Comptroller of the Currency may use trust funds held at the Treasury for a bank, up to the approved amount and only for the approved purpose. Payments to buy property under that approval must be made directly by the Comptroller, with the Treasury Secretary’s approval, and only in the way the Comptroller decides.
Full Legal Text
Title 12, §200
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Whenever any such request shall be allowed as hereinbefore provided, the said Comptroller of the Currency shall be, and is, empowered to draw upon and from such funds of any such trust as may be deposited with the Treasurer of the United States for the benefit of the bank in interest, to the amount as may be recommended and allowed and for the purpose for which such allowance was made: Provided, however, That all payments to be made for or on account of the purchase of any such property and under any such allowance shall be made by the Comptroller of the Currency direct, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, for such purpose only and in such manner as he may determine and order.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Application to District of ColumbiaProvisions of this section were made applicable to banks, etc., in the District of Columbia by act Mar. 4, 1933, ch. 274, § 4, 47 Stat. 1567.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For
Transfer of Functions
to Secretary of the Treasury, see note set out under section 55 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
12 U.S.C. § 200
Title 12, Banks and Banking
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102