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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Chapter 53 — Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection

§ 5621. Purpose

Statutory text

The purpose of this subchapter is to encourage initiatives for financial products and services that are appropriate and accessible for millions of Americans who are not fully incorporated into the financial mainstream.

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. Improving Access to Mainstream Financial Institutions Act of 2010

    Pub. L. 111–203 title XII § 1202 · 124 Stat. 1376

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 5621

    (Pub. L. 111–203, title XII, § 1202, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2129.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 111–203, title XII, § 1202, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 2129.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1202. PURPOSE.   The purpose of this title is to encourage initiatives for financial products and services that are appropriate and accessible for millions of Americans who are not fully incorporated into the financial mainstream.

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title XII of Pub. L. 111–203, , 124 Stat. 2129, known as the Improving Access to Mainstream Financial Institutions Act of 2010, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of title XII to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5301 of this title and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Subchapter effective 1 day after , except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 5301 of this title.

Short Title

This subchapter known as the “Improving Access to Mainstream Financial Institutions Act of 2010”, see Short Title note set out under section 5301 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 111–203, title XII, § 1202, , 124 Stat. 2129.)

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