United States Code
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§ 5401.
Purposes
The purposes of this title 1 are—
1
See References in Text note below.(1)
to provide for the safe and sound operation of the banking system of the United States;
(2)
to preserve and protect the dual system of Federal and State-chartered depository institutions;
(3)
to ensure the fair and appropriate supervision of each depository institution, regardless of the size or type of charter of the depository institution; and
(4)
to streamline and rationalize the supervision of depository institutions and the holding companies of depository institutions.
cite as: 12 USC 5401
