NR 97-104
December 2, 1997





     OCC Issues First Quarter 1998 CRA Examination Schedule

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC) today released its projected schedule of
Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examinations to be
conducted in the first quarter of 1998.

The OCC encourages public comment on the national banks
scheduled to be examined under the CRA, and suggests that
comments be submitted to the institutions themselves or to
the appropriate OCC district office prior to (or as early
as possible during) the month in which the exam is
scheduled.  All public comments received prior to the close
of the CRA exam will be considered by the OCC.

The OCC's CRA exam schedule is posted on the Internet at
http://www.occ.treas.gov. 

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The OCC charters, regulates and supervises more than 2,600 national banks and
66 federal branches and agencies of foreign banks in the U.S., accounting
for56 percent of the nation's banking assets.  Its mission is to ensure a
safe, sound and competitive national banking system that supports the
citizens, communities and economy of the United States.