12 U.S.C. § 248a — Pricing of services

Page 99 TITLE 12—BANKS AND BANKING § 248c EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1980 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 96–221 effective on first day of sixth month which begins after Mar. 31, 1980, see sec- tion 108 of Pub. L. 96–221, set out as a note under sec- tion 248 of this title. § 248a. Pricing of services (a) Publication of pricing principles and pro- posed schedule of fees; effective date of schedule of fees Not later than the first day of the sixth month after March 31, 1980, the Board shall publish for public comment a set of pricing principles in ac- cordance with this section and a proposed sched- ule of fees based upon those principles for Fed- eral Reserve bank services to depository institu- tions, and not later than the first day of the eighteenth month after March 31, 1980, the Board shall begin to put into effect a schedule of fees for such services which is based on those principles. (b) Covered services The services which shall be covered by the schedule of fees under subsection (a) are— (1) currency and coin services; (2) check clearing and collection services; (3) wire transfer services; (4) automated clearinghouse services; (5) settlement services; (6) securities safekeeping services; (7) Federal Reserve float; and (8) any new services which the Federal Re- serve System offers, including but not limited to payment services to effectuate the elec- tronic transfer of funds. (c) Criteria applicable The schedule of fees prescribed pursuant to this section shall be based on the following prin- ciples: (1) All Federal Reserve bank services cov- ered by the fee schedule shall be priced explic- itly. (2) All Federal Reserve bank services cov- ered by the fee schedule shall be available to nonmember depository institutions and such services shall be priced at the same fee sched- ule applicable to member banks, except that nonmembers shall be subject to any other terms, including a requirement of balances sufficient for clearing purposes, that the Board may determine are applicable to mem- ber banks. (3) Over the long run, fees shall be estab- lished on the basis of all direct and indirect costs actually incurred in providing the Fed- eral Reserve services priced, including interest on items credited prior to actual collection, overhead, and an allocation of imputed costs which takes into account the taxes that would have been paid and the return on capital that would have been provided had the services been furnished by a private business firm, ex- cept that the pricing principles shall give due regard to competitive factors and the provi- sion of an adequate level of such services na- tionwide. (4) Interest on items credited prior to collec- tion shall be charged at the current rate appli- cable in the market for Federal funds. (d) Budgetary consequences of decline in volume of services The Board shall require reductions in the op- erating budgets of the Federal Reserve banks commensurate with any actual or projected de- cline in the volume of services to be provided by such banks. The full amount of any savings so realized shall be paid into the United States Treasury. (e) Parity in clearing All depository institutions, as defined in sec- tion 461(b)(1) of this title, may receive for de- posit and as deposits any evidences of trans- action accounts, as defined by section 461(b)(1) of this title from other depository institutions, as defined in section 461(b)(1) of this title or from any office of any Federal Reserve bank without regard to any Federal or State law re- stricting the number or the physical location or locations of such depository institutions. (Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 11A, as added Pub. L. 96–221, title I, § 107, Mar. 31, 1980, 94 Stat. 140; amended Pub. L. 100–86, title VI, § 612(a), Aug. 10, 1987, 101 Stat. 652.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1987—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 100–86 added subsec. (e). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1987 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 100–86, title VI, § 612(b), Aug. 10, 1987, 101 Stat. 652, provided that: ‘‘The amendment made by sub- section (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on the date of enactment of this title [Aug. 10, 1987].’’ EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective on first day of sixth month which begins after Mar. 31, 1980, see section 108 of Pub. L. 96–221, set out as an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under section 248 of this title. § 248b. Annual independent audits of Federal re- serve banks and Board The Board shall order an annual independent audit of the financial statements of each Fed- eral reserve bank and the Board. (Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 11B, as added Pub. L. 106–102, title VII, § 726, Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1475.) § 248c. Master account and services database (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Access request The term ‘‘access request’’ means a request to a Federal reserve bank for access to a re- serve bank master account and services, in- cluding any written documentation or formal indication that an entity intends to seek ac- cess to a reserve bank master account and services. (2) Official accountholder The term ‘‘official accountholder’’ means— (A) a foreign state, as defined in section 632 of this title;