PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Federal Reserve banks may lend to their member banks on short-term promissory notes that are backed by approved government or similar securities. They can lend up to 15 days when the notes are secured by U.S. Treasury bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, Treasury bills, eligible Federal intermediate credit bank obligations, or certain other approved bonds. They can lend up to 90 days when the notes are secured by eligible commercial paper, drafts, bills of exchange, bankers’ acceptances, or other obligations the Federal Reserve can buy or rediscount. Each Reserve bank sets the interest rates for these advances, but the Board of Governors reviews and decides on those rates. If a member bank, after an official warning from its Reserve bank or the Board of Governors, increases loans that help customers buy or hold stocks or other investment securities (except U.S. government obligations), any advance made under these rules becomes due right away. The bank also loses the right to borrow under these rules for a time that the Board of Governors decides. Short, temporary loans used only to help buy or deliver securities offered to the public do not count as those forbidden loans.

Title 12, §347

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Any Federal reserve bank may make advances for periods not exceeding fifteen days to its member banks on their promissory notes secured by the deposit or pledge of bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or Treasury bills of the United States, or by the deposit or pledge of debentures or other such obligations of Federal intermediate credit banks which are eligible for purchase by Federal reserve banks under section 350 of this title, or by the deposit or pledge of bonds issued under the provisions of subsection (c) of section 1463 of this title; and any Federal reserve bank may make advances for periods not exceeding ninety days to its member banks on their promissory notes secured by such notes, drafts, bills of exchange, or bankers’ acceptances as are eligible for rediscount or for purchase by Federal reserve banks under the provisions of this chapter, or secured by such obligations as are eligible for purchase under section 355 of this title. All such advances shall be made at rates to be established by such Federal reserve banks, such rates to be subject to the review and determination of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. If any member bank to which any such advance has been made shall, during the life or continuance of such advance, and despite an official warning of the reserve bank of the district or of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to the contrary, increase its outstanding loans secured by collateral in the form of stocks, bonds, debentures, or other such obligations, or loans made to members of any organized stock exchange, investment house, or dealer in securities, upon any obligation, note, or bill, secured or unsecured, for the purpose of purchasing and/or carrying stocks, bonds, or other investment securities (except obligations of the United States) such advance shall be deemed immediately due and payable, and such member bank shall be ineligible as a borrower at the reserve bank of the district under the provisions of this section for such period as the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall determine: Provided, That no temporary carrying or clearance loans made solely for the purpose of facilitating the purchase or delivery of securities offered for public subscription shall be included in the loans referred to in this section.

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section 1463 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 648. This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning act Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, 38 Stat. 251, known as the Federal Reserve Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 226 of this title and Tables. Codification Section is comprised of the eighth par. of section 13 of act Dec. 23, 1913, as amended. The eighth par. constituted the sixth par. of section 13 in 1916 (39 Stat. 752, 753), became the seventh par. in 1923 (42 Stat. 1478), and became the eighth par. in 1932 (47 Stat. 715). For further details, see Codification notes under section 343 and 344 of this title. For classification to this title of other pars. of section 13, see Codification note set out under section 342 of this title.

Amendments

1968—Pub. L. 90–505 added promissory notes of members banks secured by such obligations as are eligible for purchase under section 355 of this title to the list of types of promissory notes of member banks on which the Federal reserve bank may make advances for periods not exceeding 90 days. 1961—Pub. L. 87–353 struck out provision authorizing any Federal reserve bank to make advances to its member banks on their promissory notes secured by the deposit or pledge of Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation bonds issued under the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act. 1934—Act Apr. 27, 1934, inserted first phrase preceding the semicolon in first sentence. Act Jan. 31, 1934, inserted second phrase preceding the semicolon in first sentence. 1933—Act

June 16, 1933, amended section generally. Act

May 12, 1933, added Federal farm-loan bonds as security for advances. 1932—Act

May 19, 1932, inserted clause in first sentence which begins “or by the deposit or pledge of debentures”.

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Change of Name

section 203(a) of act Aug. 23, 1935, changed name of Federal Reserve Board to Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

§347 Advances to Member Banks on Their Notes

Summary

Title 12, §347

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