NR 97-82
September 3, 1997
                                
    OCC Issues Fourth Quarter 1997 CRA Examination Schedule

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC) today released its projected schedule of
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examinations to be conducted in
the fourth quarter of 1997.

The OCC encourages public comment on the national banks
scheduled to be examined under the CRA, and suggests that
comments be submitted to the institutions themselves or to the
appropriate OCC district office prior to (or as early as
possible during) the month in which the exam is scheduled.  All
public comments received prior to the close of the CRA exam will
be considered by the OCC.

A copy of the schedule is attached.  The OCC's CRA exam schedule
is also posted on the Internet at http://www.occ.treas.gov. 

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The OCC charters, regulates and supervises approximately 2,800 national banks
and 66 federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the U.S., accounting
for more than half the nation's banking assets.  Its mission is to ensure a
safe, sound and competitive national banking system that supports the
citizens, communities and economy of the United States.