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15 U.S.C. § 6701 — Standard of regulation for motor vehicle rentals

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15 U.S.C. § 6701 — Standard of regulation for motor vehicle rentals

**(a) Protection against retroactive application of regulatory and legal action** Except as provided in subsection (b), during the 3-year period beginning on November 12, 1999, it shall be a presumption that no State law imposes any licensing, appointment, or education requirements on any person who solicits the purchase of or sells insurance connected with, and incidental to, the lease or rental of a motor vehicle. **(b) Preeminence of State insurance law** No provision of this section shall be construed as altering the validity, interpretation, construction, or effect of— (1) any State statute; (2) the prospective application of any court judgment interpreting or applying any State statute; or (3) the prospective application of any final State regulation, order, bulletin, or other statutorily authorized interpretation or action, which, by its specific terms, expressly regulates or exempts from regulation any person who solicits the purchase of or sells insurance connected with, and incidental to, the short-term lease or rental of a motor vehicle. **(c) Scope of application** This section shall apply with respect to— (1) the lease or rental of a motor vehicle for a total period of 90 consecutive days or less; and (2) insurance which is provided in connection with, and incidentally to, such lease or rental for a period of consecutive days not exceeding the lease or rental period. **(d) Motor vehicle defined** For purposes of this section, the term “motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in [section 13102 of title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section13102&num=0&edition=prelim).

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49 U.S.C. § 13102 — Definitions

In this part, the following definitions shall apply: (1) **Board.—** — The term “Board” means the Surface Transportation Board. (2) **Broker.—** — The term “broker” means a person, other than a motor carrier or an employee or agent of a motor carrier, that as a principal or agent sells, offers for sale, negotiates for, or holds itself out by solicitation, advertisement, or otherwise as selling, providing, or arranging for, transportation by motor carrier for compensation. (3) **Carrier.—** — The term “carrier” means a motor carrier, a water carrier, and a freight forwarder. (4) **Contract carriage.—** — The term “contract carriage” means— (A) for transportation provided before January 1, 1996, service provided pursuant to a permit issued under section 10923, as in effect on December 31, 1995; and (B) for transportation provided after December 31, 1995, service provided under an agreement entered into under section 14101(b). (5) **Control.—** — The term “control”, when referring to a relationship between persons, includes actual control, legal control, and the power to exercise control, through or by— (A) common directors, officers, stockholders, a voting trust, or a holding or investment company, or (B) any other means. (6) **Foreign motor carrier.—** — The term “foreign motor carrier” means a person (including a motor carrier of property but excluding a motor private carrier)— (A) (i) that is domiciled in a contiguous foreign country; or (ii) that is owned or controlled by persons of a contiguous foreign country; and (B) in the case of a person that is not a motor carrier of property, that provides interstate transportation of property by motor vehicle under an agreement or contract entered into with a motor carrier of property (other

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12 U.S.C. § 1844 — Administration

**(a) Registration of bank holding company** Within one hundred and eighty days after May 9, 1956, or within one hundred and eighty days after becoming a bank holding company, whichever is later, each bank holding company shall register with the Board on forms prescribed by the Board, which shall include such information with respect to the financial condition and operations, management, and intercompany relationships of the bank holding company and its subsidiaries, and related matters, as the Board may deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The Board may, in its discretion, extend the time within which a bank holding company shall register and file the requisite information. A declaration filed in accordance with section 1843(l)(1)(C) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title shall satisfy the requirements of this subsection with regard to the registration of a bank holding company but not any requirement to file an application to acquire a bank pursuant to [section 1842 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1842&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Regulations and orders** The Board is authorized to issue such regulations and orders, including regulations and orders relating to the capital requirements for bank holding companies, as may be necessary to enable it to administer and carry out the purposes of this chapter and prevent evasions thereof. In establishing capital regulations pursuant to this subsection, the Board shall seek to make such requirements countercyclical, so that the amount of capital required to be maintained by a company increases in times of economic expansion and decreases in times of economic contraction, consistent with the safety and soundness of the co

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12 U.S.C. § 24 — Corporate powers of associations

Upon duly making and filing articles of association and an organization certificate a national banking association shall become, as from the date of the execution of its organization certificate, a body corporate, and as such, and in the name designated in the organization certificate, it shall have power—

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15 U.S.C. § 6711 — Operation of State law

**(a) State regulation of the business of insurance** The Act entitled “An Act to express the intent of Congress with reference to the regulation of the business of insurance” and approved March 9, 1945 ([15 U.S.C. 1011](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1011&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) (commonly referred to as the “McCarran-Ferguson Act”) remains the law of the United States. **(b) Mandatory insurance licensing requirements** No person shall engage in the business of insurance in a State as principal or agent unless such person is licensed as required by the appropriate insurance regulator of such State in accordance with the relevant State insurance law, subject to subsections (c), (d), and (e). **(c) Affiliations** (1) **In general** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), no State may, by statute, regulation, order, interpretation, or other action, prevent or restrict a depository institution, or an affiliate thereof, from being affiliated directly or indirectly or associated with any person, as authorized or permitted by this Act or any other provision of Federal law. (2) **Insurance** — With respect to affiliations between depository institutions, or any affiliate thereof, and any insurer, paragraph (1) does not prohibit— (A) any State from— (i) collecting, reviewing, and taking actions (including approval and disapproval) on applications and other documents or reports concerning any proposed acquisition of, or a change or continuation of control of, an insurer domiciled in that State; and (ii) exercising authority granted under applicable State law to collect information concerning any proposed acquisition of, or a change or continuation of control of, an insurer engaged in the business of insurance in,

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15 U.S.C. § 6712 — Functional regulation of insurance

The insurance activities of any person (including a national bank exercising its power to act as agent under [section 92 of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section92&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall be functionally regulated by the States, subject to [section 6701 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section6701&num=0&edition=prelim).

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15 U.S.C. § 6714 — Title insurance activities of national banks and their affiliates

**(a) General prohibition** No national bank may engage in any activity involving the underwriting or sale of title insurance. **(b) Nondiscrimination parity exception** (1) **In general** — Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including [section 6701 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section6701&num=0&edition=prelim)), in the case of any State in which banks organized under the laws of such State are authorized to sell title insurance as agent, a national bank may sell title insurance as agent in such State, but only in the same manner, to the same extent, and under the same restrictions as such State banks are authorized to sell title insurance as agent in such State. (2) **Coordination with “wildcard” provision** — A State law which authorizes State banks to engage in any activities in such State in which a national bank may engage shall not be treated as a statute which authorizes State banks to sell title insurance as agent, for purposes of paragraph (1). **(c) Grandfathering with consistent regulation** (1) **In general** — Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) and notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a national bank, and a subsidiary of a national bank, may conduct title insurance activities which such national bank or subsidiary was actively and lawfully conducting before November 12, 1999. (2) **Insurance affiliate** — In the case of a national bank which has an affiliate which provides insurance as principal and is not a subsidiary of the bank, the national bank and any subsidiary of the national bank may not engage in the underwriting of title insurance pursuant to paragraph (1). (3) **Insurance subsidiary** — In the case of a national bank which has a subsidiary which provides insuran

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15 U.S.C. § 6805 — Enforcement

**(a) In general** Subject to subtitle B of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 [[12 U.S.C. 5511](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section5511&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], this subchapter and the regulations prescribed thereunder shall be enforced by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, the Federal functional regulators, the State insurance authorities, and the Federal Trade Commission with respect to financial institutions and other persons subject to their jurisdiction under applicable law, as follows: (1) Under [section 1818 of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1818&num=0&edition=prelim), by the appropriate Federal banking agency, as defined in [section 1813(q) of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1813/q&num=0&edition=prelim), in the case of— (A) national banks, Federal branches and Federal agencies of foreign banks, and any subsidiaries of such entities (except brokers, dealers, persons providing insurance, investment companies, and investment advisers); (B) member banks of the Federal Reserve System (other than national banks), branches and agencies of foreign banks (other than Federal branches, Federal agencies, and insured State branches of foreign banks), commercial lending companies owned or controlled by foreign banks, organizations operating under section 25 or 25A of the Federal Reserve Act [[12 U.S.C. 601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section601&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq., 611 et seq.], and bank holding companies and their nonbank subsidiaries or affiliates (except brokers, dealers, persons providing insurance, investment companies, and investment ad

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15 U.S.C. § 7706 — Enforcement generally

**(a) Violation is unfair or deceptive act or practice** Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter shall be enforced by the Commission as if the violation of this chapter were an unfair or deceptive act or practice proscribed under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act ([15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section57a/a/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim)). **(b) Enforcement by certain other agencies** Compliance with this chapter shall be enforced— (1) under section 8 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act ([12 U.S.C. 1818](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1818&num=0&edition=prelim)), in the case of— (A) national banks, and Federal branches and Federal agencies of foreign banks, by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; (B) member banks of the Federal Reserve System (other than national banks), branches and agencies of foreign banks (other than Federal branches, Federal agencies, and insured State branches of foreign banks), commercial lending companies owned or controlled by foreign banks, organizations operating under section 25 or 25A of the Federal Reserve Act ([12 U.S.C. 601](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section601&num=0&edition=prelim) and 611), and bank holding companies, by the Board; (C) banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (other than members of the Federal Reserve System) and insured State branches of foreign banks, by the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and (D) savings associations the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, by the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision; (2) under the Fed

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28 U.S.C. § 1610 — Exceptions to the immunity from attachment or execution

**(a)** The property in the United States of a foreign state, as defined in section 1603(a) of this chapter, used for a commercial activity in the United States, shall not be immune from attachment in aid of execution, or from execution, upon a judgment entered by a court of the United States or of a State after the effective date of this Act, if— (1) the foreign state has waived its immunity from attachment in aid of execution or from execution either explicitly or by implication, notwithstanding any withdrawal of the waiver the foreign state may purport to effect except in accordance with the terms of the waiver, or (2) the property is or was used for the commercial activity upon which the claim is based, or (3) the execution relates to a judgment establishing rights in property which has been taken in violation of international law or which has been exchanged for property taken in violation of international law, or (4) the execution relates to a judgment establishing rights in property— (A) which is acquired by succession or gift, or (B) which is immovable and situated in the United States: Provided, That such property is not used for purposes of maintaining a diplomatic or consular mission or the residence of the Chief of such mission, or (5) the property consists of any contractual obligation or any proceeds from such a contractual obligation to indemnify or hold harmless the foreign state or its employees under a policy of automobile or other liability or casualty insurance covering the claim which merged into the judgment, or (6) the judgment is based on an order confirming an arbitral award rendered against the foreign state, provided that attachment in aid of execution, or execution, would not be inconsistent with any provision in the arbitral agree

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31 U.S.C. § 313 — Federal Insurance Office

**(a) Establishment.—** There is established within the Department of the Treasury the Federal Insurance Office. **(b) Leadership.—** The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury. The position of Director shall be a career reserved position in the Senior Executive Service, as that position is defined under [section 3132 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3132&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code. **(c) Functions.—** (1) **Authority pursuant to direction of secretary.—** — The Office, pursuant to the direction of the Secretary, shall have the authority— (A) to monitor all aspects of the insurance industry, including identifying issues or gaps in the regulation of insurers that could contribute to a systemic crisis in the insurance industry or the United States financial system; (B) to monitor the extent to which traditionally underserved communities and consumers, minorities (as such term is defined in section 1204(c) of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 ([12 U.S.C. 1811](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1811&num=0&edition=prelim) note)), and low- and moderate-income persons have access to affordable insurance products regarding all lines of insurance, except health insurance; (C) to recommend to the Financial Stability Oversight Council that it designate an insurer, including the affiliates of such insurer, as an entity subject to regulation as a nonbank financial company supervised by the Board of Governors pursuant to title I of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; (D) to assist the Secretary in administering the Terrorism Insurance Progra

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