Title 12 — Banks and Banking
Part G · Chapter 23 — Farm Credit System
§ 2219e. Liability for making criminal referrals
Statutory text
In general
Any institution of the Farm Credit System, or any director, officer, employee, or agent of a Farm Credit System institution, that discloses to a Government authority information proffered in good faith that may be relevant to a possible violation of any law or regulation shall not be liable to any person under any law of the United States or any State—
for the disclosure; or
for any failure to notify the person involved in the possible violation.
No prohibition on disclosure
Any institution of the Farm Credit System, or any director, officer, employee, or agent of a Farm Credit System institution, may disclose information to a Government authority that may be relevant to a possible violation of any law or regulation.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Farm Credit System Reform Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–105 title II § 221 · 110 Stat. 162
Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 2219e
(Pub. L. 104–105, title II, § 221, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 184.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 104–105, title II, § 221, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 184.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 221. LIABILITY FOR MAKING CRIMINAL REFERRALS. (a) In General.— Any institution of the Farm Credit System, or any director, officer, employee, or agent of a Farm Credit System institution, that discloses to a Government authority information proffered in good faith that may be relevant to a possible violation of any law or regulation shall not be liable to any person under any law of the United States or any State— (1) for the disclosure; or (2) for any failure to notify the person involved in the possible violation. (b) No Prohibition on Disclosure.— Any institution of the Farm Credit System, or any director, officer, employee, or agent of a Farm Credit System institution, may disclose information to a Government authority that may be relevant to a possible violation of any law or regulation.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Farm Credit System Reform Act of 1996, and not as part of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 which comprises this chapter.