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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Chapter 3 — Federal Reserve System

§ 420. Control and direction of plates and dies; expense of issue and retirement of notes paid by banks

Statutory text

The plates and dies to be procured by the Secretary of the Treasury for the printing of such circulating notes shall remain under his control and direction, and the expenses necessarily incurred in executing the laws relating to the procuring of such notes, and all other expenses incidental to their issue and retirement, shall be paid by the Federal reserve banks, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall include in its estimate of expenses levied against the Federal reserve banks a sufficient amount to cover the expenses herein provided for.

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. Pub. L. 63–6 § 16 · 38 Stat. 103

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 420

    Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 16 (par.), 38 Stat. 267

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 16 (par.), 38 Stat. 267

  2. Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994

    Pub. L. 103–325 title VI § 602(g)(5) · 108 Stat. 2160

    1. Substituted · 12 U.S.C. § 420

      Pub. L. 103–325, which directed amendment of “[t]he 10th undesignated paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 420)” by substituting “Secretary of the Treasury” for “Comptroller of the Currency” was executed by making the substitutions in this section to reflect the probable intent of Congress

    2. Substituted · 12 U.S.C. § 420

      Pub. L. 103–325, which directed amendment of “[t]he 10th undesignated paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 420)” by substituting “Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System” for “Federal Reserve Board” was executed by making the substitutions in this section to reflect the probable intent of Congress

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–325, which directed amendment of “[t]he 10th undesignated paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 420)” by substituting “Secretary of the Treasury” for “Comptroller of the Currency” and “Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System” for “Federal Reserve Board”, was executed by making the substitutions in this section to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (5) The 10th undesignated paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 420) is amended— (A) by striking “Comptroller of the Currency” and inserting “Secretary of the Treasury”; and (B) by striking “Federal Reserve Board” and inserting “Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System”.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Phrase “herein provided for”, referred to in text, probably means as provided for in section 16 of act . For classification to this title of section 16, see Codification note set out under section 411 of this title.

Codification

Section is comprised of the ninth par. (formerly the tenth par.) of section 16 of act . For classification to this title of other pars. of section 16, see Codification note set out under section 411 of this title.

Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–325, which directed amendment of “[t]he 10th undesignated paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 420)” by substituting “Secretary of the Treasury” for “Comptroller of the Currency” and “Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System” for “Federal Reserve Board”, was executed by making the substitutions in this section to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Credits

1913–1994 · 2 acts
  1. 1913Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 16 (par.), 38 Stat. 267
  2. 1994Pub. L. 103–325, title VI, § 602(g)(5), , 108 Stat. 2293.
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(Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 16 (par.), 38 Stat. 267; Pub. L. 103–325, title VI, § 602(g)(5), , 108 Stat. 2293.)

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