Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978

The Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978 is a United States federal law. Among other measures, it established the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC, under Title X of the act) and authorized national security letters (NSLs, under the Right to Financial Privacy Act, Title XI of the act).

Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978

Long title	An act To extend the authority for the flexible regulation of interest rates on deposits and accounts in depository institutions.
Enacted by	the 95th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 95–630
Statutes at Large	92 Stat. 3641
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R.14279 by Henry Reuss (D–WI) and Frank Annunzio (D–IL) on October 10, 1978 Committee consideration by House Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Passed the House on October 11, 1978  Passed the Senate on October 12, 1978  Agreed to by the House on October 14, 1978  and by the Senate on October 14, 1978  Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on November 10, 1978