# Regulatory Capital Rules: The Federal Reserve Board's Framework for Implementing the U.S. Basel III Countercyclical Capital Buffer
> **US Federal Reserve System** · Final policy statement. · Published 2016-09-16 · Effective 2016-10-14 · 81 FR 63682
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-21970
- **Category:** other
- **Agency:** US Federal Reserve System
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 63682
- **CFR reference:** 12 CFR 217
- **Publication date:** 2016-09-16
- **Effective date:** 2016-10-14
- **Docket:** Docket No. R-1529
## Abstract

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is adopting a final policy statement (Policy Statement) describing the framework that the Board will follow under its Regulation Q in setting the amount of the U.S. countercyclical capital buffer for advanced approaches bank holding companies, savings and loan holding companies, and state member banks.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/09/16/2016-21970/regulatory-capital-rules-the-federal-reserve-boards-framework-for-implementing-the-us-basel-iii)
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