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title: "12 U.S.C. § 2274"
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title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
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# 12 U.S.C. § 2274 - Power to remove directors and officers

## Text

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a Farm Credit Bank board, officer, or employee shall not remove any director or officer of any association.

(Pub. L. 92–181, title V, § 5.38, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 432(c), Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1661; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title V, § 5411(35), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4683.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–334 substituted “a Farm Credit Bank board, officer, or employee shall not remove any director or officer of any” for “a farm credit district board, bank board, or bank officer or employee shall not remove any director or officer of any production credit association or Federal land bank”.