Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions; Issue and Cancellation of Federal Reserve Bank Capital Stock — 2008-02-12 [E8-2558]

The Board is publishing for comment proposed amendments to Regulation D (Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions) and Regulation I (Issue and Cancellation of Federal Reserve Bank Capital Stock). Of these, only two are intended to represent substantive changes from existing law, while the remaining amendments are intended principally as clarifications. The first of the proposed substantive amendments would amend Regulation D to implement Section 603 of the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006 by authorizing member banks of the Federal Reserve System to enter into pass-through arrangements. Previously, member banks were statutorily prohibited from passing required reserve balances through a correspondent institution. The second of the proposed substantive amendments would eliminate the provision in the "savings deposit" definition of Regulation D limiting certain kinds of transfers from savings deposits to not more than three per month.