Federal · Title 12 — Banks and Banking

12 U.S.C. § 5401: Purposes

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to provide for the safe and sound operation of the banking system of the United States; to preserve and protect the dual system of Federal and State-chartered depository institutions; to ensure the fair and appropriate supervision of each depository institution, regardless of the size or type of charter of the depository institution; and to streamline and rationalize the supervision of depository institutions and the holding companies of depository institutions.

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