Effective July 16, 2013, the Federal Reserve Banks’ Operating Circular No. 10 (“OC-10”) has been amended to include a new appendix entitled Prohibition Against Federal Assistance to Any Swaps Entity (“Appendix 6”). Appendix 6 is intended to ensure that the Federal Reserve Banks comply with the requirements of Section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act (“Swaps Pushout Rule”) when making discount window advances under OC-10. OC-10 sets forth the terms and conditions under which an entity may obtain advances from, incur obligations to, or pledge collateral to a Federal Reserve Bank.


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