Title 12 — Banks and BankingRelease 119-73not60
§392 Depositaries of Government Funds as Confined to Banks in Federal Reserve System; Member Banks as Depositaries
Title 12 › Chapter 3— FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM › Subchapter XI— DEPOSITARIES AND FISCAL AGENTS › § 392
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Government funds in the continental United States may only be placed in banks that are members of the Federal Reserve system. The Secretary of the Treasury is allowed to use those member banks to hold government deposits.
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Title 12, §392
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No public funds of the postal savings, or any Government funds, shall be deposited in the continental United States in any bank not belonging to the system established by this chapter: Provided, however, That nothing in this chapter shall be construed to deny the right of the Secretary of the Treasury to use member banks as depositaries.
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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 Words “of the Philippine Islands, or” after “No public funds” were deleted on authority of 1946 Proc. No. 2695, which granted independence to the Philippine Islands pursuant to section 1394 of Title 22. Proc. No. 2695 is set out as a note under section 1394 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. Section is comprised of second par. of section 15 of act Dec. 23, 1913. Par. 1 of section 15 and par. 3 of section 15, as added Mar. 4, 1923, ch. 252, title IV, § 406, 42 Stat. 1480, are classified to section 391 and 393, respectively, of this title.
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12 U.S.C. § 392
Title 12 — Banks and Banking
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Apr 3, 2026
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