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Comptroller of the Currency

Administrator of National Banks

NR 2006-105



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kevin M. Mukri
September 27, 2006 (202) 874-5770

OCC First Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief Counsel Testifies on Bank Premise Issues Before House Subcommittee

 

WASHINGTON – First Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief Counsel Julie L. Williams discussed three interpretive letters issued by the OCC in December 2005 in testimony today before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and Accountability of the House Committee on Government Reform.

 

Her oral and written statements are available on the OCC’s Web site at www.occ.gov.

 

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