[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 12, Volume 3] [Revised as of January 1, 2003] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 12CFR281.1] [Page 860] TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM PART 281--STATEMENTS OF POLICY--Table of Contents Sec. 281.1 Purchase of Treasury bills. The Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System has directed the Federal Reserve Banks to terminate the policy of buying all Treasury bills offered to them at a fixed rate of \3/8\ per cent per annum and to terminate the repurchase option privilege on Treasury bills. The new policy will apply to bills issued on or after July 10, 1947. Existing policy will continue to apply to bills issued prior to that date. (Sec. 12A, 48 Stat. 168, as amended; 12 U.S.C. 263) [12 FR 4543, July 10, 1947]