Title 12 › CHAPTER 3 — FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM › SUBCHAPTER I — DEFINITIONS, ORGANIZATION, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS AFFECTING SYSTEM › § 221a
Defines words used in this chapter. Terms like "banks," "national bank," "national banking association," "member bank," "board," "district," and "reserve bank" mean whatever section 221 says they mean. Defines "affiliate" as any company or similar organization that is linked to a member bank by control. That includes when a bank directly or indirectly owns a majority of voting stock or more than 50 percent of the shares voted for directors, when the bank’s shareholders control the company, when most of the company’s directors are the same as a member bank’s directors, or when the company owns or controls most of a member bank’s stock or holds it in trust for the bank’s owners.
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12 U.S.C. § 221a
Title 12, Banks and Banking
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102