NR 2000-12
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                      
Contact: Janis Smith  (202) 874-5770
February 29, 2000
                                    
OCC Issues Second Quarter 2000 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 second
quarter of 2000.

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 at the mailing address
listed on the schedule, 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. 

The OCC charters, regulates and examines approximately 2,400 national banks
and 59 federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the United States,
accounting for 59 percent of 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.