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12 U.S.C. § 5321 — Definitions

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12 U.S.C. § 5321 — Definitions

As used in this Act, the following definitions shall apply, except as the context otherwise requires or as otherwise specifically provided in this Act: (1) **Affiliate** — The term “affiliate” has the same meaning as in [section 1813 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1813&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Appropriate Federal banking agency** — On and after the transfer date, the term “appropriate Federal banking agency” has the same meaning as in [section 1813(q) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1813/q&num=0&edition=prelim), as amended by title III.11 See References in Text note below. (3) **Board of Governors** — The term “Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. (4) **Bureau** — The term “Bureau” means the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection established under title X.1 (5) **Commission** — The term “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, except in the context of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (6) **Commodity futures terms** — The terms “futures commission merchant”, “swap”, “swap dealer”, “swap execution facility”, “derivatives clearing organization”, “board of trade”, “commodity trading advisor”, “commodity pool”, and “commodity pool operator” have the same meanings as given the terms in section 1a of the Commodity Exchange Act ([7 U.S.C. 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) [[7 U.S.C. 1a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1a&num=0&edition=prelim)]. (7) **Corporation** — The term “Corporation” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. (8) **Council** — The ter

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As used in this Act, the following definitions shall apply, except as the context otherwise requires or as otherwise specifically provided in this Act: (1) **Affiliate** — The term “affiliate” has the same meaning as in [section 1813 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1813&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Appropriate Federal banking agency** — On and after the transfer date, the term “appropriate Federal banking agency” has the same meaning as in [section 1813(q) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1813/q&num=0&edition=prelim), as amended by title III.11 See References in Text note below. (3) **Board of Governors** — The term “Board of Governors” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. (4) **Bureau** — The term “Bureau” means the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection established under title X.1 (5) **Commission** — The term “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, except in the context of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. (6) **Commodity futures terms** — The terms “futures commission merchant”, “swap”, “swap dealer”, “swap execution facility”, “derivatives clearing organization”, “board of trade”, “commodity trading advisor”, “commodity pool”, and “commodity pool operator” have the same meanings as given the terms in section 1a of the Commodity Exchange Act ([7 U.S.C. 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) [[7 U.S.C. 1a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1a&num=0&edition=prelim)]. (7) **Corporation** — The term “Corporation” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. (8) **Council** — The term “Council” means the Financial Stability Oversight Council established under subchapter I. (9) **Credit union** — The term “credit union” means a Federal credit union, State credit union, or State-chartered credit union, as those terms are defined in [section 1752 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1752&num=0&edition=prelim). (10) **Federal banking agency** — The term— (A) “Federal banking agency” means, individually, the Board of Governors, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Corporation; and (B) “Federal banking agencies” means all of the agencies referred to in subparagraph (A), collectively. (11) **Functionally regulated subsidiary** — The term “functionally regulated subsidiary” has the same meaning as in [section 1844(c)(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1844/c/5&num=0&edition=prelim). (12) **Primary financial regulatory agency** — The term “primary financial regulatory agency” means— (A) the appropriate Federal banking agency, with respect to institutions described in [section 1813(q) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1813/q&num=0&edition=prelim), except to the extent that an institution is or the activities of an institution are otherwise described in subparagraph (B), (C), (D), or (E); (B) the Securities and Exchange Commission, with respect to— (i) any broker or dealer that is registered with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [[15 U.S.C. 78a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section78a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], with respect to the activities of the broker or dealer that require the broker or dealer to be registered under that Act; (ii) any investment company that is registered with the Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 [[15 U.S.C. 80a–1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section80a–1&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], with respect to the activities of the investment company that require the investment company to be registered under that Act; (iii) any investment adviser that is registered with the Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 [[15 U.S.C. 80b–1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section80b–1&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], with respect to the investment advisory activities of such company and activities that are incidental to such advisory activities; (iv) any clearing agency registered with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with respect to the activities of the clearing agency that require the agency to be registered under such Act; (v) any nationally recognized statistical rating organization registered with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (vi) any transfer agent registered with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (vii) any exchange registered as a national securities exchange with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (viii) any national securities association registered with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (ix) any securities information processor registered with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (x) the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board established under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (xi) the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board established under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ([15 U.S.C. 7211](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section7211&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); (xii) the Securities Investor Protection Corporation established under the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 ([15 U.S.C. 78aaa](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section78aaa&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); and (xiii) any security-based swap execution facility, security-based swap data repository, security-based swap dealer or major security-based swap participant registered with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with respect to the security-based swap activities of the person that require such person to be registered under such Act; (C) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, with respect to— (i) any futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act ([7 U.S.C. 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), with respect to the activities of the futures commission merchant that require the futures commission merchant to be registered under that Act; (ii) any commodity pool operator registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act ([7 U.S.C. 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), with respect to the activities of the commodity pool operator that require the commodity pool operator to be registered under that Act, or a commodity pool, as defined in that Act; (iii) any commodity trading advisor or introducing broker registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act ([7 U.S.C. 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), with respect to the activities of the commodity trading advisor or introducing broker that require the commodity trading adviser or introducing broker to be registered under that Act; (iv) any derivatives clearing organization registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act ([7 U.S.C. 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), with respect to the activities of the derivatives clearing organization that require the derivatives clearing organization to be registered under that Act; (v) any board of trade designated as a contract market by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act ([7 U.S.C. 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); (vi) any futures association registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act ([7 U.S.C. 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); (vii) any retail foreign exchange dealer registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act ([7 U.S.C. 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), with respect to the activities of the retail foreign exchange dealer that require the retail foreign exchange dealer to be registered under that Act; (viii) any swap execution facility, swap data repository, swap dealer, or major swap participant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act ([7 U.S.C. 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) with respect to the swap activities of the person that require such person to be registered under that Act; and (ix) any registered entity under the Commodity Exchange Act ([7 U.S.C. 1](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), with respect to the activities of the registered entity that require the registered entity to be registered under that Act; (D) the State insurance authority of the State in which an insurance company is domiciled, with respect to the insurance activities and activities that are incidental to such insurance activities of an insurance company that is subject to supervision by the State insurance authority under State insurance law; and (E) the Federal Housing Finance Agency, with respect to Federal Home Loan Banks or the Federal Home Loan Bank System, and with respect to the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. (13) **Prudential standards** — The term “prudential standards” means enhanced supervision and regulatory standards developed by the Board of Governors under [section 5365 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section5365&num=0&edition=prelim). (14) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Treasury. (15) **Securities terms** — The— (A) terms “broker”, “dealer”, “issuer”, “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, “security”, and “securities laws” have the same meanings as in section 3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ([15 U.S.C. 78c](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section78c&num=0&edition=prelim)); (B) term “investment adviser” has the same meaning as in section 202 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ([15 U.S.C. 80b–2](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section80b–2&num=0&edition=prelim)); and (C) term “investment company” has the same meaning as in section 3 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 ([15 U.S.C. 80a–3](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section80a–3&num=0&edition=prelim)). (16) **State** — The term “State” means any State, commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, or the United States Virgin Islands. (17) **Transfer date** — The term “transfer date” means the date established under [section 5411 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section5411&num=0&edition=prelim). (18) **Other incorporated definitions** (A) *Federal Deposit Insurance Act* — The terms “bank”, “bank holding company”, “control”, “deposit”, “depository institution”, “Federal depository institution”, “Federal savings association”, “foreign bank”, “including”, “insured branch”, “insured depository institution”, “national member bank”, “national nonmember bank”, “savings association”, “State bank”, “State depository institution”, “State member bank”, “State nonmember bank”, “State savings association”, and “subsidiary” have the same meanings as in [section 1813 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1813&num=0&edition=prelim). (B) *Holding companies* — The term— (i) “bank holding company” has the same meaning as in [section 1841 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1841&num=0&edition=prelim); (ii) “financial holding company” has the same meaning as in [section 1841(p) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1841/p&num=0&edition=prelim); and (iii) “savings and loan holding company” has the same meaning as in [section 1467a(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1467a/a&num=0&edition=prelim).

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44 U.S.C. § 3502 — Definitions

As used in this subchapter— (1) the term “agency” means any executive department, military department, Government corporation, Government controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive branch of the Government (including the Executive Office of the President), or any independent regulatory agency, but does not include— (A) the Government Accountability Office; (B) Federal Election Commission; (C) the governments of the District of Columbia and of the territories and possessions of the United States, and their various subdivisions; or (D) Government-owned contractor-operated facilities, including laboratories engaged in national defense research and production activities; (2) the term “burden” means time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, or provide information to or for a Federal agency, including the resources expended for— (A) reviewing instructions; (B) acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems; (C) adjusting the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; (D) searching data sources; (E) completing and reviewing the collection of information; and (F) transmitting, or otherwise disclosing the information; (3) the term “collection of information”— (A) means the obtaining, causing to be obtained, soliciting, or requiring the disclosure to third parties or the public, of facts or opinions by or for an agency, regardless of form or format, calling for either— (i) answers to identical questions posed to, or identical reporting or recordkeeping requirements imposed on, ten or more persons, other than agencies, instrumentalities, or employees of the United States; or (ii) answers to questions posed to agencies, ins

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15 U.S.C. § 80a–1 — Findings and declaration of policy

**(a) Findings** Upon the basis of facts disclosed by the record and reports of the Securities and Exchange Commission made pursuant to section 79z–4 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, and facts otherwise disclosed and ascertained, it is found that investment companies are affected with a national public interest in that, among other things— (1) the securities issued by such companies, which constitute a substantial part of all securities publicly offered, are distributed, purchased, paid for, exchanged, transferred, redeemed, and repurchased by use of the mails and means and instrumentalities of interstate commerce, and in the case of the numerous companies which issue redeemable securities this process of distribution and redemption is continuous; (2) the principal activities of such companies—investing, reinvesting, and trading in securities—are conducted by use of the mails and means and instrumentalities of interstate commerce, including the facilities of national securities exchanges, and constitute a substantial part of all transactions effected in the securities markets of the Nation; (3) such companies customarily invest and trade in securities issued by, and may dominate and control or otherwise affect the policies and management of, companies engaged in business in interstate commerce; (4) such companies are media for the investment in the national economy of a substantial part of the national savings and may have a vital effect upon the flow of such savings into the capital markets; and (5) the activities of such companies, extending over many States, their use of the instrumentalities of interstate commerce and the wide geographic distribution of their security holders, make difficult, if not impossible, effective State regulation of

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15 U.S.C. § 7211 — Definitions

Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, in this Act, the following definitions shall apply: (1) **Appropriate State regulatory authority** — The term “appropriate State regulatory authority” means the State agency or other authority responsible for the licensure or other regulation of the practice of accounting in the State or States having jurisdiction over a registered public accounting firm or associated person thereof, with respect to the matter in question. (2) **Audit** — The term “audit” means an examination of the financial statements of any issuer by an independent public accounting firm in accordance with the rules of the Board or the Commission (or, for the period preceding the adoption of applicable rules of the Board under [section 7213 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section7213&num=0&edition=prelim), in accordance with then-applicable generally accepted auditing and related standards for such purposes), for the purpose of expressing an opinion on such statements. (3) **Audit committee** — The term “audit committee” means— (A) a committee (or equivalent body) established by and amongst the board of directors of an issuer for the purpose of overseeing the accounting and financial reporting processes of the issuer and audits of the financial statements of the issuer; and (B) if no such committee exists with respect to an issuer, the entire board of directors of the issuer. (4) **Audit report** — The term “audit report” means a document or other record— (A) prepared following an audit performed for purposes of compliance by an issuer with the requirements of the securities laws; and (B) in which a public accounting firm either— (i) sets forth the opinion of that firm regar

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12 U.S.C. § 5371 — Affiliations

**(a) Affiliations** Nothing in this part shall be construed to require a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors, or a company that controls a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors, to conform the activities thereof to the requirements of [section 1843 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1843&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Requirement** (1) **In general** (A) *Board authority* — If a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors conducts activities other than those that are determined to be financial in nature or incidental thereto under [section 1843(k) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1843/k&num=0&edition=prelim), the Board of Governors may require such company to establish and conduct all or a portion of such activities that are determined to be financial in nature or incidental thereto in or through an intermediate holding company established pursuant to regulation of the Board of Governors, not later than 90 days (or such longer period as the Board of Governors may deem appropriate) after the date on which the nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors is notified of the determination of the Board of Governors under this section. (B) *Necessary actions* — Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Board of Governors shall require a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors to establish an intermediate holding company if the Board of Governors makes a determination that the establishment of such intermediate holding company is necessary to— (i) appropriately supervise activities that are determined to be financial in nature or incidental theret

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7 U.S.C. § 1 — Short title

This chapter may be cited as the “Commodity Exchange Act.”

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15 U.S.C. § 80b–2 — Definitions

**(a) In general** When used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Assignment” includes any direct or indirect transfer or hypothecation of an investment advisory contract by the assignor or of a controlling block of the assignor’s outstanding voting securities by a security holder of the assignor; but if the investment adviser is a partnership, no assignment of an investment advisory contract shall be deemed to result from the death or withdrawal of a minority of the members of the investment adviser having only a minority interest in the business of the investment adviser, or from the admission to the investment adviser of one or more members who, after such admission, shall be only a minority of the members and shall have only a minority interest in the business. (2) “Bank” means (A) a banking institution organized under the laws of the United States or a Federal savings association, as defined in [section 1462(5) of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1462/5&num=0&edition=prelim), (B) a member bank of the Federal Reserve System, (C) any other banking institution, savings association, as defined in [section 1462(4) of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1462/4&num=0&edition=prelim), or trust company, whether incorporated or not, doing business under the laws of any State or of the United States, a substantial portion of the business of which consists of receiving deposits or exercising fiduciary powers similar to those permitted to national banks under the authority of the Comptroller of the Currency, and which is supervised and examined by State or Federal authority having supervision over banks or sav

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7 U.S.C. § 1a — Definitions

As used in this chapter: (1) **Alternative trading system** — The term “alternative trading system” means an organization, association, or group of persons that— (A) is registered as a broker or dealer pursuant to section 15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [[15 U.S.C. 78](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section78&num=0&edition=prelim)o(b)] (except paragraph (11) thereof); (B) performs the functions commonly performed by an exchange (as defined in section 3(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [[15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section78c/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)]); (C) does not— (i) set rules governing the conduct of subscribers other than the conduct of such subscribers’ trading on the alternative trading system; or (ii) discipline subscribers other than by exclusion from trading; and (D) is exempt from the definition of the term “exchange” under such section 3(a)(1) [[15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section78c/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)] by rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission on terms that require compliance with regulations of its trading functions. (2) **Appropriate Federal banking agency** — The term “appropriate Federal banking agency”— (A) has the meaning given the term in [section 1813 of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1813&num=0&edition=prelim); (B) means the Board in the case of a noninsured State bank; and (C) is the Farm Credit Administration for farm credit system institutions. (3) **Associated person of a security-based swap dealer or major security-based swap participant** — T

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15 U.S.C. § 80a–3 — Definition of investment company

**(a) Definitions** (1) When used in this subchapter, “investment company” means any issuer which— (A) is or holds itself out as being engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities; (B) is engaged or proposes to engage in the business of issuing face-amount certificates of the installment type, or has been engaged in such business and has any such certificate outstanding; or (C) is engaged or proposes to engage in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding, or trading in securities, and owns or proposes to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40 per centum of the value of such issuer’s total assets (exclusive of Government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. (2) As used in this section, “investment securities” includes all securities except (A) Government securities, (B) securities issued by employees’ securities companies, and (C) securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries of the owner which (i) are not investment companies, and (ii) are not relying on the exception from the definition of investment company in paragraph (1) or (7) of subsection (c). **(b) Exemption from provisions** Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(C) of subsection (a), none of the following persons is an investment company within the meaning of this subchapter: (1) Any issuer primarily engaged, directly or through a wholly-owned subsidiary or subsidiaries, in a business or businesses other than that of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding, or trading in securities. (2) Any issuer which the Commission, upon application by such issuer, finds and by order declares to be primarily engaged in a business or businesses other than that of investing, reinvesting, ownin

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12 U.S.C. § 4719 — Grants to establish loan-loss reserve funds

**(a) Purposes** The purposes of this section are— (1) to make financial assistance available from the Fund in order to help community development financial institutions defray the costs of operating small dollar loan programs, by providing the amounts necessary for such institutions to establish their own loan loss reserve funds to mitigate some of the losses on such small dollar loan programs; and (2) to encourage community development financial institutions to establish and maintain small dollar loan programs that would help give consumers access to mainstream financial institutions and combat high cost small dollar lending. **(b) Grants** (1) **Loan-loss reserve fund grants** — The Fund shall make grants to community development financial institutions or to any partnership between such community development financial institutions and any other federally insured depository institution with a primary mission to serve targeted investment areas, as such areas are defined under [section 4702(16) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section4702/16&num=0&edition=prelim), to enable such institutions or any partnership of such institutions to establish a loan-loss reserve fund in order to defray the costs of a small dollar loan program established or maintained by such institution. (2) **Matching requirement** — A community development financial institution or any partnership of institutions established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall provide non-Federal matching funds in an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount of any grant received under this section. (3) **Use of funds** — Any grant amounts received by a community development financial institution or any partnership between or among such institutions under paragraph

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12 U.S.C. § 5411 — Prohibition of circumvention and prevention of conflicts of interest

**(a) No other funding** Funds for the orderly liquidation of any covered financial company under this subchapter shall only be provided as specified under this subchapter. **(b) Limit on governmental actions** No governmental entity may take any action to circumvent the purposes of this subchapter. **(c) Conflict of interest** In the event that the Corporation is appointed receiver for more than 1 covered financial company or is appointed receiver for a covered financial company and receiver for any insured depository institution that is an affiliate of such covered financial company, the Corporation shall take appropriate action, as necessary to avoid any conflicts of interest that may arise in connection with multiple receiverships.

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