Federal Reserve Act of 1913

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United States federal statute banking law monetary law

The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 is the U.S. law that created the Federal Reserve System as the nation’s central bank to provide a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Federal Reserve Act	31
Federal Reserve Act of 1913 canonical	19
The Federal Reserve Act: Its Origin and Principles	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ banking law ⓘ monetary law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Glass–Owen Act ⓘ
amendedBy	Glass–Steagall Act ⓘ surface form: Banking Act of 1933 Banking Act of 1935 ⓘ Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ⓘ Federal Reserve Reform Act of 1977 ⓘ Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978 ⓘ
appliesTo	national banks ⓘ state banks that choose to become member banks ⓘ
citation	Pub.L. 63–43 ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 12 of the United States Code ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
created	Federal Reserve System ⓘ surface form: Federal Reserve Banks Federal Reserve Board of Governors ⓘ surface form: Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve System ⓘ
effectiveDate	1914-11-16 ⓘ
enactedBy	63rd United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	12 regional Federal Reserve Banks ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	Federal Open Market Committee ⓘ Federal Reserve Board of Governors ⓘ
historicalContext	enacted after the Panic of 1907 ⓘ
introducedInChamber	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
locationOfSigning	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
policyGoal	elastic currency ⓘ mitigation of financial panics ⓘ more effective supervision of banking ⓘ
purpose	to create the Federal Reserve System as the central bank of the United States ⓘ to provide a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system ⓘ
regulates	discount window lending ⓘ issue of Federal Reserve notes ⓘ reserve requirements of member banks ⓘ
relatedTo	United States banking system ⓘ United States monetary policy ⓘ
replaced	Aldrich–Vreeland Act ⓘ
shortName	Federal Reserve Act of 1913 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Federal Reserve Act
signedBy	Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
signingDate	1913-12-23 ⓘ
sponsor	Carter Glass ⓘ Robert Latham Owen ⓘ
subject	banking regulation ⓘ central banking ⓘ monetary policy ⓘ

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Reserve Board of Governors → legalBasis → Federal Reserve Act of 1913 ⓘ

Federal Reserve System → legalBasis → Federal Reserve Act of 1913 ⓘ

FRB → legalBasis → Federal Reserve Act of 1913 ⓘ

Federal Reserve Note → governingLaw → Federal Reserve Act of 1913 ⓘ

Federal Reserve Act of 1913 → shortName → Federal Reserve Act of 1913 self-linksurface differs ⓘ