Savings bonds and savings certificates

The Secretary may— The Secretary may prescribe regulations providing that— The Secretary may prescribe for savings bonds and savings certificates issued under this section— The Secretary may authorize financial institutions to make payments to redeem savings bonds and savings notes. A financial institution may be a paying agent only if the institution— The Secretary shall provide each State, in digital or other electronic form, with information describing any applicable savings bond which has an applicable address that is within such State, including— For purposes of this paragraph, the term “applicable address” means, with respect to any applicable savings bond— Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall prescribe such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subsection, including rules to— Any State that receives information described in paragraph (1)(A) with respect to an applicable savings bond may use such information to locate the owner of such bond pursuant to the same standards and requirements as are applicable under— For purposes of this subsection, the term “applicable savings bond” means a savings bond which— is in paperless or electronic form and for which—