[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: 31CFR340.0]

[Page 237]
 
                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY
 
         CHAPTER II--FISCAL SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 340--REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE SALE OF TREASURY BONDS THROUGH COMPETITIVE BIDDING--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 340.0  Authority for sale of Treasury bonds through competitive bidding.

    (a) The Secretary of the Treasury may, from time to time, by public 
notice, offer Treasury bonds for sale and invite bids therefor. The 
bonds so offered and the bids made will be subject to the terms and 
conditions and the rules and regulations herein set forth, except as 
they may be modified in the public notice or notices issued by the 
Secretary in connection with particular offerings.\1\ The bonds will be 
subject also to the general rules and regulations of the Treasury 
Department, now or hereafter prescribed, governing United States 
securities. They will be issued pursuant to the authority of the Second 
Liberty Bond Act, as amended.
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    \1\ These regulations do not apply to Treasury bills, which are 
governed by Department Circular No. 418, Revised, and do not constitute 
a specific offering of bonds.
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    (b) The terms public notice, notices, or announcement as used in 
this part mean the Public Notice of Invitation to Bid on Treasury bonds 
and any supplementary or amendatory notices or announcements with 
respect thereto, including, but not limited to any statement released to 
the press by the Secretary of the Treasury and notices sent to those who 
have filed notices of intent to bid or who have filed bids.