Section 252.1 - Authority and purpose(a)Authority. This part is issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) under sections 162, 165, 167, and 168 of Title I of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act) (Pub. L. 111-203 , 124 Stat. 1376, 1423-1432, 12 U.S.C. 5362 , 5365 , 5367 , and 5368 ) ; section 9 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 321-338a ) ; section 5(b) of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1844(b) ) ; sections 8 and 39 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1818(b) and 1831p-1 ) ; the International Banking Act (12 U.S.C. 3101 etseq.); the Foreign Bank Supervision Enhancement Act (12 U.S.C. 3101 note); and 12 U.S.C. 3904 , 3906-3909 , and 4808 .(b)Purpose. This part implements certain provisions of section 165 of the Dodd-Frank Act (12 U.S.C. 5365 ), which require the Board to establish enhanced prudential standards for certain bank holding companies, foreign banking organizations, nonbank financial companies supervised by the Board, and certain other companies.84 FR 59096, Nov. 1, 2019