---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 237.21"
title: "12"
number: "237.21"
heading: "Definition of insured depository institution for purposes of section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/237.21"
---

# §237.21. Definition of insured depository institution for purposes of section 716 of the Dodd-Frank Act.


For purposes of [section 716](/cfr/12/716.md) of the Dodd-Frank Act ([15 U.S.C. 8305](/usc/15/8305.md)) and this rule, the term “insured depository institution” includes any insured depository institution as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ([12 U.S.C. 1813](/usc/12/1813.md)) and any uninsured U.S. branch or agency of a foreign bank. The terms branch, agency, and foreign bank are defined in section 1 of the International Banking Act of 1978 ([12 U.S.C. 3101](/usc/12/3101.md)).


## Notes

### Source

Source: 79 FR 343, Jan. 3, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6s(e), 15 U.S.C. 78o-10(e), 15 U.S.C. 8305, 12 U.S.C. 221 et seq., 12 U.S.C. 343-350, 12 U.S.C. 1818, 12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq., 12 U.S.C. 3101 et seq., and 12 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.

### Source

Source: 78 FR 34549, June 10, 2013, unless otherwise noted.