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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Part A · Chapter 46 — Government Sponsored Enterprises

§ 4526. Regulations and orders

Statutory text

(a)

Authority

The Director shall issue any regulations, guidelines, or orders necessary to carry out the duties of the Director under this chapter or the authorizing statutes, and to ensure that the purposes of this chapter and the authorizing statutes are accomplished.

(b)

Notice and comment

Any regulations issued by the Director under this section shall be issued after notice and opportunity for public comment pursuant to the provisions of section 553 of title 5.

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.

  1. Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992

    Pub. L. 102–550 title XIII § 1319G · 106 Stat. 3672

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 4526

    Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1319G, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3952

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1319G, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3952

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1319G. REGULATIONS AND ORDERS. (a) Authority.— The Director shall issue any regulations and orders necessary to carry out the duties of the Director and to carry out this title before the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the appointment of the Director under section 1312. Such regulations and orders shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary only to the extent provided in subsections (b) and (c) of section 1313. (b) Notice and Comment.— Any regulations issued by the Director under this section shall be issued after notice and opportunity for public comment pursuant to the provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code. (c) Congressional Review.— The Director may not publish any regulation for comment under subsection (b) unless, not less than 15 days before it is published for comment, the Director has submitted a copy of the regulation, in the form it is intended to be proposed, to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.

  2. Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008

    Pub. L. 110–289 § 1107(1) · 122 Stat. 2654

    1. Added · 12 U.S.C. § 4526(a)

      Pub. L. 110–289, § 1107(1), added subsec. (a)

    2. Struck · 12 U.S.C. § 4526(a)

      Pub. L. 110–289, § 1107(1), struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Director shall issue any regulations and orders necessary to carry out the duties of the Director and to carry out this chapter before the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the appointment of the Director under section 4512 of this title. Such regulations and orders shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary only to the extent provided in subsections (b) and (c) of section 4513 of this title.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–289, § 1107(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Director shall issue any regulations and orders necessary to carry out the duties of the Director and to carry out this chapter before the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the appointment of the Director under section 4512 of this title. Such regulations and orders shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary only to the extent provided in subsections (b) and (c) of section 4513 of this title.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: “(a) Authority.— The Guidelines. Director shall issue any regulations, guidelines, or orders necessary to carry out the duties of the Director under this title or the authorizing statutes, and to ensure that the purposes of this title and the authorizing statutes are accomplished.” ; and

  3. Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008

    Pub. L. 110–289 § 1107(2) · 122 Stat. 2654

    Struck · 12 U.S.C. § 4526(c)

    Pub. L. 110–289, § 1107(2), struck out subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “The Director may not publish any regulation for comment under subsection (b) of this section unless, not less than 15 days before it is published for comment, the Director has submitted a copy of the regulation, in the form it is intended to be proposed, to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–289, § 1107(2), struck out subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “The Director may not publish any regulation for comment under subsection (b) of this section unless, not less than 15 days before it is published for comment, the Director has submitted a copy of the regulation, in the form it is intended to be proposed, to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) by striking subsection (c).

4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this title”, meaning title XIII of Pub. L. 102–550, , 106 Stat. 3941, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title XIII to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4501 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–289, § 1107(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Director shall issue any regulations and orders necessary to carry out the duties of the Director and to carry out this chapter before the expiration of the 18-month period beginning on the appointment of the Director under section 4512 of this title. Such regulations and orders shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary only to the extent provided in subsections (b) and (c) of section 4513 of this title.”

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–289, § 1107(2), struck out subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “The Director may not publish any regulation for comment under subsection (b) of this section unless, not less than 15 days before it is published for comment, the Director has submitted a copy of the regulation, in the form it is intended to be proposed, to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.”

Credits

1992–2008 · 2 acts
  1. 1992Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1319G, , 106 Stat. 3952
  2. 2008Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1107, , 122 Stat. 2672.
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(Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1319G, , 106 Stat. 3952; Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1107, , 122 Stat. 2672.)

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