Title 12, Banks and BankingRelease 119-102

§308 Terms of Directors; Vacancies

Title 12 › CHAPTER 3 — FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM › SUBCHAPTER VII — DIRECTORS OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS; RESERVE AGENTS AND ASSISTANTS › § 308

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

At the first full board meeting of each Federal Reserve Bank, the directors in Classes A, B, and C must each pick three members with staggered end dates: one whose term ends one year from the January 1 closest to that meeting, one ends two years after that date, and one ends three years after that date. After that, directors chosen this way serve three-year terms. If a vacancy occurs, it is filled by the same method used originally, and the replacement serves only the rest of the term.

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Title 12, §308

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At the first meeting of the full board of directors of each Federal reserve bank, it shall be the duty of the directors of classes A, B, and C, respectively, to designate one of the members of each class whose term of office shall expire in one year from the 1st of January nearest to date of such meeting, one whose term of office shall expire at the end of two years from said date, and one whose term of office shall expire at the end of three years from said date. Thereafter every director of a Federal reserve bank chosen as hereinbefore provided shall hold office for a term of three years. Vacancies that may occur in the several classes of directors of Federal reserve banks may be filled in the manner provided for the original selection of such directors, such appointees to hold office for the unexpired terms of their predecessors.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section is comprised of par. 26 of section 4 of act Dec. 23, 1913. For classification to this title of other pars. of section 4, see Codification note set out under section 301 of this title.

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Citation

12 U.S.C. § 308

Title 12, Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102