12 U.S.C. § 4809
“Plain language” requirement for Federal banking agency rules
United States · Title 12 — BANKS AND BANKING · Status: effective
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- 12 U.S.C. § 4809, “Plain language” requirement for Federal banking agency rules, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/438863
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Each Federal banking agency shall use plain language in all proposed and final rulemakings published by the agency in the Federal Register after January 1, 2000.
Not later than March 1, 2001, each Federal banking agency shall submit to the Congress a report that describes how the agency has complied with subsection (a).
For purposes of this section, the term “Federal banking agency” has the meaning given that term in section 1813 of this title.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act