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12 U.S.C. § 3108 — Regulation and enforcement

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12 U.S.C. § 3108 — Regulation and enforcement

**(a) Rules, regulations and orders** The Comptroller, the Board, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, are authorized and empowered to issue such rules, regulations, and orders as each of them may deem necessary in order to perform their respective duties and functions under this chapter and to administer and carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter and prevent evasions thereof. **(b) Enforcement** (1) **In general** — In addition to any powers, remedies, or sanctions otherwise provided by law, compliance with the requirements imposed under this chapter or any amendment made by this chapter may be enforced 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)] by any appropriate Federal banking agency as defined in that Act [[12 U.S.C. 1811](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1811&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]. (2) **Authority to administer oaths; subpoena power** — In the course of, or in connection with, an application, examination, investigation, or other proceeding under this chapter, the Board, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as the case may be, any member of the Board or of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and any designated representative of the Board, Comptroller, or Corporation (including any person designated to conduct any hearing under this chapter) may— (A) administer oaths and affirmations and take or cause to be taken depositions; and (B) issue, revoke, quash, or modify any subpoena, including any subpoena requiring the attendance and testimony of a witness or any subpoenas duces tecum. (3) **Administrative

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**(a) Rules, regulations and orders** The Comptroller, the Board, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, are authorized and empowered to issue such rules, regulations, and orders as each of them may deem necessary in order to perform their respective duties and functions under this chapter and to administer and carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter and prevent evasions thereof. **(b) Enforcement** (1) **In general** — In addition to any powers, remedies, or sanctions otherwise provided by law, compliance with the requirements imposed under this chapter or any amendment made by this chapter may be enforced 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)] by any appropriate Federal banking agency as defined in that Act [[12 U.S.C. 1811](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1811&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]. (2) **Authority to administer oaths; subpoena power** — In the course of, or in connection with, an application, examination, investigation, or other proceeding under this chapter, the Board, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as the case may be, any member of the Board or of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, and any designated representative of the Board, Comptroller, or Corporation (including any person designated to conduct any hearing under this chapter) may— (A) administer oaths and affirmations and take or cause to be taken depositions; and (B) issue, revoke, quash, or modify any subpoena, including any subpoena requiring the attendance and testimony of a witness or any subpoenas duces tecum. (3) **Administrative aspects of subpoenas** (A) *Attendance and production at designated site* — The attendance of any witness and the production of any document pursuant to a subpoena under paragraph (2) may be required at the place designated in the subpoena from any place in any State (as defined in section 3(a)(3) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act [[12 U.S.C. 1813(a)(3)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1813/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim)]) or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (B) *Service of subpoena* — Service of a subpoena issued under this subsection may be made by registered mail, or in such other manner reasonably calculated to give actual notice as the Board, Comptroller of the Currency, or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation may by regulation or otherwise provide. (C) *Fees and travel expenses* — Witnesses subpoenaed under this subsection shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the district courts of the United States. (4) **Contumacy or refusal** (A) *In general* — In the case of contumacy of any person issued a subpoena under this subsection or a refusal by such person to comply with such subpoena, the Board, Comptroller of the Currency, or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any other party to proceedings in connection with which subpoena was issued may invoke the aid of— (i) the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, or (ii) any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which the proceeding is being conducted or the witness resides or carries on business. (B) *Court order* — Any court referred to in subparagraph (A) may issue an order requiring compliance with a subpoena issued under this subsection. (5) **Expenses and fees** — Any court having jurisdiction of any proceeding instituted under this subsection may allow any party to such proceeding such reasonable expenses and attorneys’ fees as the court deems just and proper. (6) **Criminal penalty** — Any person who willfully fails or refuses to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, contracts, agreements, or other records in accordance with any subpoena under this subsection shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both. Each day during which any such failure or refusal continues shall be treated as a separate offense. **(c) Powers of Federal Reserve Board and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation** In the case of any provision of the Federal Reserve Act [[12 U.S.C. 221](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section221&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] to which a foreign bank or branch thereof is subject under this chapter, and which is made applicable to nonmember insured banks by the Federal Deposit Insurance Act [[12 U.S.C. 1811](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1811&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], whether by cross-reference to the Federal Reserve Act or by a provision in substantially the same terms in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, the administration, interpretation, and enforcement of such provision, insofar as it relates to any foreign bank or branch thereof as to which the Board is an appropriate Federal banking agency, are vested in the Board, but where the making of any report to the Board or a Federal Reserve bank is required under any such provision, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation may require that a duplicate of any such report be sent directly to it. This subsection shall not be construed to impair any power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to make regular or special examinations or to require special reports.

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12 U.S.C. § 221 — Definitions

Wherever the word “bank” is used in this chapter, the word shall be held to include State bank, banking association, and trust company, except where national banks or Federal reserve banks are specifically referred to. For purposes of this chapter, a State bank includes any bank which is operating under the Code of Law for the District of Columbia.

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12 U.S.C. § 3101 — Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter— (1) “agency” means any office or any place of business of a foreign bank located in any State of the United States at which credit balances are maintained incidental to or arising out of the exercise of banking powers, checks are paid, or money is lent but at which deposits may not be accepted from citizens or residents of the United States; (2) “Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; (3) “branch” means any office or any place of business of a foreign bank located in any State of the United States at which deposits are received; (4) “Comptroller” means the Comptroller of the Currency; (5) “Federal agency” means an agency of a foreign bank established and operating under [section 3102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section3102&num=0&edition=prelim); (6) “Federal branch” means a branch of a foreign bank established and operating under [section 3102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section3102&num=0&edition=prelim); (7) “foreign bank” means any company organized under the laws of a foreign country, a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, which engages in the business of banking, or any subsidiary or affiliate, organized under such laws, of any such company. For the purposes of this chapter the term “foreign bank” includes, without limitation, foreign commercial banks, foreign merchant banks and other foreign institutions that engage in banking activities usual in connection with the business of banking in the countries where such foreign institutions are organized or operating; (8) “foreign country” means any country other than the United States, and

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12 U.S.C. § 1818 — Termination of status as insured depository institution

**(a) Termination of insurance** (1) **Voluntary termination** — Any insured depository institution which is not— (A) a national member bank; (B) a State member bank; (C) a Federal branch; (D) a Federal savings association; or (E) an insured branch which is required to be insured under subsection (a) or (b) 11 See References in Text note below. of [section 3104 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section3104&num=0&edition=prelim), may terminate such depository institution’s status as an insured depository institution if such insured institution provides written notice to the Corporation of the institution’s intent to terminate such status not less than 90 days before the effective date of such termination. (2) **Involuntary termination** (A) *Notice to primary regulator* — If the Board of Directors determines that— (i) an insured depository institution or the directors or trustees of an insured depository institution have engaged or are engaging in unsafe or unsound practices in conducting the business of the depository institution; (ii) an insured depository institution is in an unsafe or unsound condition to continue operations as an insured institution; or (iii) an insured depository institution or the directors or trustees of the insured institution have violated any applicable law, regulation, order, condition imposed in writing by the Corporation in connection with the approval of any application or other request by the insured depository institution, or written agreement entered into between the insured depository institution and the Corporation, the Board of Directors shall notify the appropriate Federal banking agency with respect to such institution (if other than the Corp

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12 U.S.C. § 1811 — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

**(a) Establishment of Corporation** There is hereby established a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”) which shall insure, as hereinafter provided, the deposits of all banks and savings associations which are entitled to the benefits of insurance under this chapter, and which shall have the powers hereinafter granted. **(b) Asset disposition division** (1) **Establishment** — The Corporation shall have a separate division of asset disposition. (2) **Management** — The division of asset disposition shall have an administrator who shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. (3) **Responsibilities of division** — The division of asset disposition shall carry out all of the responsibilities of the Corporation under this chapter relating to the liquidation of insured depository institutions and the disposition of assets of such institutions.

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12 U.S.C. § 226 — “Federal Reserve Act”

The short title of the Act of December 23, 1913, ch. 6, 38 Stat. 251, shall be the “Federal Reserve Act.”

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12 U.S.C. § 3105 — Authority of Federal Reserve System

**(a) Bank reserves** (1) (A) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, sections 371a,11 See References in Text note below. 371b, 371b–1,1 374, 374a, 461, 464, and 465 of this title shall apply to every Federal branch and Federal agency of a foreign bank in the same manner and to the same extent as if the Federal branch or Federal agency were a member bank as that term is defined in [section 221 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section221&num=0&edition=prelim); but the Board either by general or specific regulation or ruling may waive the minimum and maximum reserve ratios prescribed under sections 461, 463, 464, 465, and 466 of this title and may prescribe any ratio, not more than 22 per centum, for any obligation of any such Federal branch or Federal agency that the Board may deem reasonable and appropriate, taking into consideration the character of business conducted by such institutions and the need to maintain vigorous and fair competition between and among such institutions and member banks. The Board may impose reserve requirements on Federal branches and Federal agencies in such graduated manner as it deems reasonable and appropriate. (B) After consultation and in cooperation with the State bank supervisory authorities, the Board may make applicable to any State branch or State agency any requirement made applicable to, or which the Board has authority to impose upon, any Federal branch or agency under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. (2) A branch or agency shall be subject to this subsection only if (A) its parent foreign bank has total worldwide consolidated bank assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; (B) its parent foreign bank is controlled by a foreign company which owns or controls f

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12 U.S.C. § 1811 — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Page 957 TITLE 12—BANKS AND BANKING § 1811 Sec. 1831v. Authority of State insurance regulator and Securities and Exchange Commission. 1831w. Safety and soundness firewalls applicable to financial subsidiaries of banks. 1831x. Insurance customer protections. 1831y. CRA sunshine requirements. 1831z. Bi-annual FDIC survey and report on encour- aging use of depository institutions by the unbanked. 1831aa. Enforcement of agreements. 1831bb. Capital requirements for certain acquisition, development, or construction loans. 1831cc. Data standards. 1831dd. Open data publication. 1832. Withdrawals by negotiable or transferable in- struments for transfers to third parties. 1833. Repealed. 1833a. Civil penalties. 1833b. Comparability in compensation schedules. 1833c. Comptroller General audit and access to records. 1833d. Repealed. 1833e. Equal opportunity. 1834. Reduced assessment rate for deposits attrib- utable to lifeline accounts. 1834a. Assessment credits for qualifying activities relating to distressed communities. 1834b. Community development organizations. 1835. Insured depository institution capital re- quirements for transfers of small business obligations. 1835a. Prohibition against deposit production of- fices. § 1811. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (a) Establishment of Corporation There is hereby established a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Corporation’’) which shall insure, as hereinafter provided, the deposits of all banks and savings associations which are entitled to the benefits of insurance under this chapter, and which shall have the powers hereinafter granted. (b) Asset disposition division (1) Establishment The Corporation shall have a separate divi- s

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12 U.S.C. § 1813 — Definitions

As used in this chapter— **(a) Definitions of bank and related terms** (1) **Bank** — The term “bank”— (A) means any national bank and State bank, and any Federal branch and insured branch; (B) includes any former savings association. (2) **State bank** — The term “State bank” means any bank, banking association, trust company, savings bank, industrial bank (or similar depository institution which the Board of Directors finds to be operating substantially in the same manner as an industrial bank), or other banking institution which— (A) is engaged in the business of receiving deposits, other than trust funds (as defined in this section); and (B) is incorporated under the laws of any State or which is operating under the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, including any cooperative bank or other unincorporated bank the deposits of which were insured by the Corporation on the day before August 9, 1989. (3) **State** — The term “State” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. **(b) Definition of savings associations and related terms** (1) **Savings association** — The term “savings association” means— (A) any Federal savings association; (B) any State savings association; and (C) any corporation (other than a bank) that the Board of Directors and the Comptroller of the Currency jointly determine to be operating in substantially the same manner as a savings association. (2) **Federal savings association** — The term “Federal savings association” means any Federal savings association or Federal savings bank which is chartered under [section 1464 of t

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12 U.S.C. § 1813 — Definitions

Page 966 TITLE 12—BANKS AND BANKING § 1813 (B) any other right or remedy against the Corporation, against the United States under applicable law, or against any person other than a person described in paragraph (1) participating in such transactions. This subsection shall not be construed to limit or alter in any way the immunities that are available under applicable law for Federal offi- cials and employees not described in this sub- section. (Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 967, § 2[2], 64 Stat. 873; Pub. L. 86–230, § 19, Sept. 8, 1959, 73 Stat. 460; Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title VII, § 702(a)], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1267; Pub. L. 101–73, title II, § 203(a), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 188; Pub. L. 102–18, title I, § 103(b), Mar. 23, 1991, 105 Stat. 60; Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title II, § 2243, Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–419; Pub. L. 111–203, title III, § 336(a), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1540.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Securities Act of 1933, referred to in subsec. (f)(1), is act May 27, 1933, ch. 38, title I, 48 Stat. 74, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 77a et seq.) of chapter 2A of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For com- plete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 77a of Title 15 and Tables. PRIOR PROVISIONS Section is derived from subsec. (b) of former section 264 of this title. See Codification note set out under section 1811 of this title. AMENDMENTS 2010—Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 111–203, § 336(a)(1), sub- stituted ‘‘Director of the Consumer Financial Protec- tion Bureau’’ for ‘‘Director of the Office of Thrift Su- pervision’’. Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 111–203, § 336(a)(2), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘In the event of a vacancy in the office of the Co

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12 U.S.C. § 1818 — Termination of status as insured deposi-

Page 1006 TITLE 12—BANKS AND BANKING § 1818 1 See References in Text note below. ‘‘(c) For a period of not less than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this title [July 21, 2010], the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall make available to the public the reserve ratio and the des- ignated reserve ratio using both estimated insured de- posits and the assessment base under [former] section 7(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act [12 U.S.C. 1817(b)(2) does not contain a subpar. (C)]. ‘‘(d) RESERVE RATIO.—Notwithstanding the timing re- quirements of section 7(b)(3)(E)(ii) of the Federal De- posit Insurance Act [12 U.S.C. 1817(b)(3)(E)(ii)], the Cor- poration shall take such steps as may be necessary for the reserve ratio of the Deposit Insurance Fund to reach 1.35 percent of estimated insured deposits by Sep- tember 30, 2020. ‘‘(e) OFFSET.—In setting the assessments necessary to meet the requirements of subsection (d), the Corpora- tion shall offset the effect of subsection (d) on insured depository institutions with total consolidated assets of less than $10,000,000,000.’’ [For definitions of terms used in section 334(c)–(e) of Pub. L. 111–203, set out above, see section 5301 of this title.] REPORT TO CONGRESS ON REFUNDS, DIVIDENDS, AND CREDITS FROM DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUND Pub. L. 109–173, § 5, Feb. 15, 2006, 119 Stat. 3606, re- quired that any determination under former subsection (e)(2)(E) of this section be submitted to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives not later than 270 days after making such determination and provided that the report sub- mitted include a detailed explanation for the deter- mination and a discussion of th

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