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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Part A · Chapter 53 — Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection

§ 5416. Contracting and leasing authority

Statutory text

Notwithstanding chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41 or any other provision of law (except the full and open competition requirements of the Competition in Contracting Act), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency may—

(1)

enter into and perform contracts, execute instruments, and acquire real property (or property interest) as the Comptroller deems necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; and

(2)

hold, maintain, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the property (or property interest) acquired under paragraph (1).

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. Enhancing Financial Institution Safety and Soundness Act of 2010

    Pub. L. 111–203 title III § 319 · 124 Stat. 1376

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 5416

    (Pub. L. 111–203, title III, § 319, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1528.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 111–203, title III, § 319, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1528.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 319. CONTRACTING AND LEASING AUTHORITY.   Notwithstanding the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) or any other provision of law (except the full and open competition requirements of the Competition in Contracting Act), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency may— (1) enter into and perform contracts, execute instruments, and acquire real property (or property interest) as the Comptroller deems necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; and (2) hold, maintain, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the property (or property interest) acquired under paragraph (1).

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Competition in Contracting Act, referred to in text, probably means the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, which is title VII of Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, , 98 Stat. 1175. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1984 Act note set out under section 101 of Title 41, Public Contracts, and Tables.

Codification

In text, “chapters 1 to 11 of title 40 and division C (except sections 3302, 3307(e), 3501(b), 3509, 3906, 4710, and 4711) of subtitle I of title 41” substituted for “the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.)” on authority of Pub. L. 107–217, § 5(c), , 116 Stat. 1303, which Act enacted Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), , 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective 1 day after , except as otherwise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 5301 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 111–203, title III, § 319, , 124 Stat. 1528.)

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