[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 31, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 31CFR317.1]

[Page 197]
 
                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
         CHAPTER II--FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 317--REGULATIONS GOVERNING AGENCIES FOR ISSUE OF UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 317.1  Definitions.

    (a) Bond(s) means Series EE United States Savings Bonds and Series I 
United States Savings Bonds.
    (b) Federal Reserve Bank refers to the Federal Reserve Bank or 
Branch providing savings bond services to the district in which the 
issuing agent or the applicant organization is located. See 
Sec. 317.9(a).
    (c) Issuing agent refers to an organization that has been qualified 
by a designated Federal Reserve Bank or the Commissioner of the Bureau 
of the Public Debt to sell savings bonds. An issuing agent acts as an 
agent of the purchaser in handling the remittance. The definition 
encompasses:
    (1) Each organization that accepts and processes purchase orders for 
bonds sold over-the-counter, but does not inscribe bonds, and
    (2) Each organization that is authorized to inscribe bonds sold 
over-the-counter or through payroll savings plans.
    (d) Offering circular refers to Department of the Treasury Circular, 
Public Debt Series No. 1-80, current revision, for Series EE savings 
bonds, and to Department of the Treasury Circular, Public Debt Series 
No. 1-98 for Series I savings bonds.
    (e) Organization means an entity, as described in Sec. 317.2, that 
may qualify as an issuing agent of bonds.

[63 FR 64550, Nov. 20, 1998]