LAW & GUIDANCE

Law & Guidance

Are you a lawyer advising a client who owns Treasury securities, or a law student researching a paper? Or do you just want to read the actual laws and regulations on which our programs are based? Here's what you will find:

Authorizing Statutes

We use the Government Printing Office (GPO) website to connect to the statutes.

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Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

Treasury regulations, or circulars, which implement the statutes, are found in 31 CFR. We use Government Printing Office's GPO Access to connect to the regulations.

Series EE and HH savings bonds

  • Offering of Series EE (Part 351)
    Describes the offering of definitive and paperless Series EE savings bonds, including available denominations and other attributes, and how we calculate and pay the interest earned.
  • Offering of Series HH (Part 352)
    Describes the offering of Series HH savings bonds, including available denominations and other attributes, and how we calculate and pay the interest earned.
  • Terms and conditions for Series EE and HH (Part 353)
    Describes the terms and conditions for Series EE/HH savings bonds, including registration restrictions, how the bonds are paid and to whom.

Series I savings bonds

Marketable Treasury securities

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Government Securities Market Regulation

This section includes regulations governing: the sale and issuance of Treasury securities, Treasury's securities redemption (buyback) operations, the eligibility and valuation of securities pledged to Treasury's Fiscal Service Collateral Programs, and Government Securities Act regulations and interpretations.

  • Auction Rules (Uniform Offering Circular)
    Terms and conditions for the sale and issue of marketable Treasury bills, notes, and bonds as well as a description of how they are auctioned, and the authorized payment methods.
  • Buyback Rules (Treasury's Securities Redemption Operations)
    Terms and conditions by which Treasury may redeem (buy back) outstanding unmatured marketable Treasury securities.
  • Treasury's Fiscal Service Collateral Programs
    Eligibility and valuation issues for collateral pledged to programs governed by 31 CFR Part 203 (the TT&L program), Part 202 (Circular 176), and Part 225 (Circular 154).
  • Government Securities Act Regulations and Interpretations
    Treasury's rules for government securities broker-dealers on financial responsibility, protecting customer securities and funds, record keeping, large position reporting, and financial reporting and audits. Also included are rules concerning custodial holdings of government securities by depository institutions.

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Federal Register

The Federal Register provides public notice of all proposed and final changes to the Code of Federal Regulations, which are so new that they have not yet been added to the annual publication of the CFR. The Federal Register also provides notices and other important information that is not included in the CFR.

A list of Federal Register items relating to the Bureau of the Public Debt and Treasury securities that have been published since July 1, 1996, are provided below. Additional Federal Register or Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) items can be found at the Government Printing Office (GPO) web site under Executive Resources.

If you wish to review or comment on our or other Federal agencies' proposed or interim regulations, please visit www.regulation.gov.

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Other Legal References

U.S. Treasury Department Legal Division

You will find information on the work of the lawyers in the Treasury Bureaus and offices including the Bureau of the Public Debt, current job openings and information about careers in the Treasury's Legal Division.

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