§250 — Title 12 Banks and Banking | U.S. Code

Summary

No U.S. officer or agency may force the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Comptroller of the Currency, the OTS Director, the FHFA Director, or the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) to get approval, comments, or review from another office before they send ideas for laws, testimony, or comments on bills to Congress if those submissions say the views are the agency’s and not necessarily the President’s.

Title 12, §250

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No officer or agency of the United States shall have any authority to require the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, or the National Credit Union Administration to submit legislative recommendations, or testimony, or comments on legislation, to any officer or agency of the United States for approval, comments, or review, prior to the submission of such recommendations, testimony, or comments to the Congress if such recommendations, testimony, or comments to the Congress include a statement indicating that the views expressed therein are those of the agency submitting them and do not necessarily represent the views of the President.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was not enacted as part of the Federal Reserve Act which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2008—Pub. L. 110–289 substituted “the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency” for “the Federal Housing Finance Board”. 1999—Pub. L. 106–102 substituted “Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Federal Housing Finance Board,” for “Federal Home Loan Bank Board,”. 1994—Pub. L. 103–325 inserted “the Comptroller of the Currency,” after “Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,”.

§250 Independence of financial regulatory agencies

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Title 12, §250

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