---
type: "LegalText"
title: "12 U.S.C. § 4a"
description: "Delegation of authority by Comptroller"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
chapter_number: "1"
chapter_name: "THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY"
section: "4a"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 4a"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc12@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t12/s4a"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-12/usc12.xml"
source_hash: "f6caee725c8ce6387dd765505ff770a0c3ca265bc54d21e306f776decb699d8e"
raw_snapshot_hash: "e6b98700ef4156ac33fde5d105824845d727afa91a53f3762be2cf4d1a3b01fa"
text_hash: "e2b7d6710dabdb047d2e004aea06f934668b308c01dc714b91f8f7c10bc1c2bc"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 12 U.S.C. § 4a - Delegation of authority by Comptroller

## Text

The Comptroller of the Currency may delegate to any duly authorized employee, representative, or agent any power vested in the office by law.

(R.S. § 327A, as added Pub. L. 96–221, title VII, § 707(a), Mar. 31, 1980, 94 Stat. 188.)