Title 12 — Banks and Banking
Chapter 3 — Federal Reserve System
§ 250. Independence of financial regulatory agencies
Statutory text
No officer or agency of the United States shall have any authority to require the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, or the National Credit Union Administration to submit legislative recommendations, or testimony, or comments on legislation, to any officer or agency of the United States for approval, comments, or review, prior to the submission of such recommendations, testimony, or comments to the Congress if such recommendations, testimony, or comments to the Congress include a statement indicating that the views expressed therein are those of the agency submitting them and do not necessarily represent the views of the President.
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.
Pub. L. 93–495 title I § 111 · 88 Stat. 1500
Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 250
Pub. L. 93–495, title I, § 111, Oct. 28, 1974, 88 Stat. 1506
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 93–495, title I, § 111, Oct. 28, 1974, 88 Stat. 1506Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 111. independence of financial regulatory agencies No officer or agency of the United States shall have any authority to require the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, or the National Credit Union Administration to submit legislative recommendations, or testimony, or comments on legislation, to any officer or agency of the United States for approval, comments, or review, prior to the submission of such recommendations, testimony, or comments to the Congress if such recommendations, testimony, or comments to the Congress include a statement indicating that the views expressed therein are those of the agency submitting them and do not necessarily represent the views of the President.Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–325 title III § 331(a) · 108 Stat. 2160
Inserted · 12 U.S.C. § 250
Pub. L. 103–325 inserted “the Comptroller of the Currency,” after “Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 103–325 inserted “the Comptroller of the Currency,” after “Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Public Law 93–495.— Section 111 of Public Law 93–495 (12 U.S.C. 250) is amended by inserting “the Comptroller of the Currency,” after “Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,”.Pub. L. 106–102 title VI § 606(e)(2) · 113 Stat. 1338
Substituted · 12 U.S.C. § 250
Pub. L. 106–102 substituted “Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Federal Housing Finance Board,” for “Federal Home Loan Bank Board,”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 106–102 substituted “Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Federal Housing Finance Board,” for “Federal Home Loan Bank Board,”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) Technical amendment.— Section 111 of Public Law 93–495 (12 U.S.C. 250) is amended by striking “Federal Home Loan Bank Board,” and inserting “Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Federal Housing Finance Board,”.Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008
Pub. L. 110–289 div. A title I § 1102(b) · 122 Stat. 2654
Substituted · 12 U.S.C. § 250
Pub. L. 110–289 substituted “the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency” for “the Federal Housing Finance Board”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 110–289 substituted “the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency” for “the Federal Housing Finance Board”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Independence in Congressional Testimony and Recommendations.— Section 111 of Public Law 93–495 (12 U.S.C. 250) is amended by striking “the Federal Housing Finance Board” and inserting “the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency”.
4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Federal Reserve Act which comprises this chapter.
Amendments1994–2008 · 3 rounds
2008
Pub. L. 110–289 substituted “the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency” for “the Federal Housing Finance Board”.
1999
Pub. L. 106–102 substituted “Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Federal Housing Finance Board,” for “Federal Home Loan Bank Board,”.
1994
Pub. L. 103–325 inserted “the Comptroller of the Currency,” after “Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,”.