---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 4a"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "4a"
heading: "Delegation of authority by Comptroller"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/4a"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — The Comptroller of the Currency"
---

# §4a. Delegation of authority by Comptroller


The Comptroller of the Currency may delegate to any duly authorized employee, representative, or agent any power vested in the office by law.


## Source credit

(R.S. § 327A, as added Pub. L. 96–221, title VII, § 707(a), Mar. 31, 1980, 94 Stat. 188.)