{"data":{"id":"us/12-u.s.c.-5401","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"12 U.S.C. § 5401","heading":"Purposes","body":"The purposes of this title are—(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.","path":["Title 12—BANKS AND BANKING","CHAPTER 53—WALL STREET REFORM AND CONSUMER PROTECTION"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc12@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:24Z","sha256":"359a9493a40284cc71c6f5f7871c9b1f701323a81b09dd75265b5633274d8877","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/12-u.s.c.-5394","next":"us/12-u.s.c.-5402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}