---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 2279a–1"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "2279a–1"
heading: "Board of directors"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/2279a-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 23 — Farm Credit System"
  - "Subchapter VII — Restructuring of System Institutions"
  - "Part A — Merger of Banks Within a District"
---

# §2279a–1. Board of directors


Each merged bank shall elect a [board of directors](/usc/12/2277a.md?p=1) of such number, for such term, in such manner, and with such qualifications, as may be required in its bylaws, except that at least one member shall be elected by the other [directors](/usc/12/2279bb.md?p=3), which member shall not be a [director](/usc/12/2279bb.md?p=3), officer, employee, or stockholder of a [System institution](/usc/12/2271.md?p=3).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–181, title VII, § 7.1, as added Pub. L. 100–233, title IV, § 416, Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1645; amended Pub. L. 100–399, title IV, § 408(c), Aug. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 1001.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1988—Pub. L. 100–399 struck out “for the district” in section catchline and amended text generally, revising and restating as a single unlettered paragraph provisions of former subsecs. (a) and (b).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 100–399 effective as if enacted immediately after enactment of Pub. L. 100–233, which was approved Jan. 6, 1988, see section 1001(a) of Pub. L. 100–399, set out as a note under section 2002 of this title.