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Comptroller of the Currency

Administrator of National Banks

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Robert M. Garsson
June 08, 2004(202) 874-5770

OCC Proclamation On National Day of Mourning for President Reagan

 

WASHINGTON – The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency advised national banks in a proclamation issued June 7 that under federal law they may close their offices Friday, at their discretion, in any state in which the governor or other authorized official has declared a legal holiday in recognition of the National Day of Mourning for President Reagan.

 

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The OCC charters, regulates and examines approximately 2,000 national banks and 51 federal branches of foreign banks in the U.S., accounting for more than 56 percent of the nation’s banking assets. Its mission is to ensure a safe and sound and competitive national banking system that supports the citizens, communities and economy of the United States.