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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Chapter 17 — Bank Holding Companies

§ 1850. Acquisition of subsidiary and tying arrangement: Federal Reserve Board proceedings; application for authorization; competitor as party in interest and person aggrieved; judicial review

Statutory text

With respect to any proceeding before the Federal Reserve Board wherein an applicant seeks authority to acquire a subsidiary which is a bank under section 1842 of this title or to engage in an activity otherwise prohibited under chapter 22 of this title, a party who would become a competitor of the applicant or subsidiary thereof by virtue of the applicant’s or its subsidiary’s acquisition, entry into the business involved, or activity, shall have the right to be a party in interest in the proceeding and, in the event of an adverse order of the Board, shall have the right as an aggrieved party to obtain judicial review thereof as provided in section 1848 of this title or as otherwise provided by law.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Bank Holding Company Act Amendments of 1970

    Pub. L. 91–607 title I § 105 · 84 Stat. 1760

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 1850

    Pub. L. 91–607, title I, § 105, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1766

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 91–607, title I, § 105, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1766

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 105. With respect to any proceeding before the Federal Reserve Board wherein an applicant seeks authority to acquire a subsidiary which is a bank under section 3 of the Bank Holding Company Act Ante, p. 1763. of 1956, to engage directly or indirectly in a nonbanking activity pursuant to section 4 of such Act, or to engage in an activity otherwise prohibited under section 106 of this Act, a party who would become a competitor of the applicant or subsidiary thereof by virtue of the applicant’s or its subsidiary’s acquisition, entry into the business involved, or activity, shall have the right to be a party in interest in the proceeding and, in the event of an adverse order of the Board, shall have the right as an aggrieved party to obtain judicial review 70 Stat. 138; 80 Stat. 240. 12 USC 1848. Definitions. thereof as provided in section 9 of such Act of 1956 or as otherwise provided by law.

  2. Pub. L. 106–102 title I § 102(b)(1) · 113 Stat. 1338

    Struck · 12 U.S.C. § 1850

    Pub. L. 106–102 struck out “, to engage directly or indirectly in a nonbanking activity pursuant to section 1843 of this title,” after “section 1842 of this title”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 106–102 struck out “, to engage directly or indirectly in a nonbanking activity pursuant to section 1843 of this title,” after “section 1842 of this title”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Amendment to the Bank Holding Company Act Amendments of 1970.— Section 105 of the Bank Holding Company Act Amendments of 1970 (12 U.S.C. 1850) is amended by striking “, to engage directly or indirectly in a nonbanking activity pursuant to section 4 of such Act,”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 106–102 effective 120 days after Nov. 12, 1999, see section 161 of Pub. L. 106–102, set out as a note under section 24 of this title.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Bank Holding Company Act Amendments of 1970, and not as part of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

1999—Pub. L. 106–102 struck out “, to engage directly or indirectly in a nonbanking activity pursuant to section 1843 of this title,” after “section 1842 of this title”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 106–102 effective 120 days after , see section 161 of Pub. L. 106–102, set out as a note under section 24 of this title.

Credits

1970–1999 · 2 acts
  1. 1970Pub. L. 91–607, title I, § 105, , 84 Stat. 1766
  2. 1999Pub. L. 106–102, title I, § 102(b)(1), , 113 Stat. 1341.
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(Pub. L. 91–607, title I, § 105, , 84 Stat. 1766; Pub. L. 106–102, title I, § 102(b)(1), , 113 Stat. 1341.)

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