---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 C.F.R. § 238.140"
title: "12"
number: "238.140"
heading: "Authority and purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/12/238.140"
---

# §238.140. Authority and purpose.

- (a) **Authority.** [12 U.S.C. 1467](/usc/12/1467.md); 1467a, 1818, 5361, 5365.
- (b) **Purpose.** This subpart establishes the requirement for a covered company to conduct stress tests. This subpart also establishes definitions of stress test and related terms, methodologies for conducting stress tests, and reporting and disclosure requirements.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 84 FR 59085, Nov. 1, 2019, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 559; 12 U.S.C. 1462, 1462a, 1463, 1464, 1467, 1467a, 1468, 5365; 1813, 1817, 1829e, 1831i, 1972, 15 U.S.C. 78 l.

### Source

Source: Reg. LL, 76 FR 56532, Sept. 13, 2011, unless otherwise noted.