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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Part B · Chapter 46 — Government Sponsored Enterprises

§ 4584. Enforcement and jurisdiction

Statutory text

(a)

Enforcement

The Director may bring a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for the enforcement of any effective notice or order issued under section 4581 or 4585 of this title. Such court shall have jurisdiction and power to order and require compliance herewith.

(b)

Limitation on jurisdiction

Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, no court shall have jurisdiction to affect, by injunction or otherwise, the issuance or enforcement of any notice or order under section 4581 or 4585 of this title, or to review, modify, suspend, terminate, or set aside any such notice or order.

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 § 1344 · 106 Stat. 3672

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 4584

    Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1344, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3966

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1344, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3966

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1344. ENFORCEMENT AND JURISDICTION. (a) Enforcement.— The Secretary may request the Attorney General of the United States to bring an action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for the enforcement of any effective notice or order issued under section 1341 or 1345. Such court shall have jurisdiction and power to order and require compliance herewith. (b) Limitation on Jurisdiction.— Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, no court shall have jurisdiction to affect, by injunction or otherwise, the issuance or enforcement of any notice or order under section 1341 or 1345, or to review, modify, suspend, terminate, or set aside any such notice or order.

  2. Federal Housing Finance Regulatory Reform Act of 2008

    Pub. L. 110–289 div. A title I § 1130(e)(1) · 122 Stat. 2654

    Substituted · 12 U.S.C. § 4584(a)

    Pub. L. 110–289, which directed substitution of “The Director may bring a civil action” for “The Secretary may request the Attorney General of the United States to bring a civil action”, was executed by making the substitution for “The Secretary may request the Attorney General of the United States to bring an action” to reflect the probable intent of Congress

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–289, which directed substitution of “The Director may bring a civil action” for “The Secretary may request the Attorney General of the United States to bring a civil action”, was executed by making the substitution for “The Secretary may request the Attorney General of the United States to bring an action” to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Authority to bring a civil action.— Section 1344(a) of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4584) is amended by striking “The Secretary may request the Attorney General of the United States to bring a civil action” and inserting “The Director may bring a civil action”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–289, which directed substitution of “The Director may bring a civil action” for “The Secretary may request the Attorney General of the United States to bring a civil action”, was executed by making the substitution for “The Secretary may request the Attorney General of the United States to bring an action” to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Credits

1992–2008 · 2 acts
  1. 1992Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1344, , 106 Stat. 3966
  2. 2008Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1130(e)(1), , 122 Stat. 2711.
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(Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1344, , 106 Stat. 3966; Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1130(e)(1), , 122 Stat. 2711.)

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