Title 12 — Banks and BankingRelease 119-73

§4584 Enforcement and jurisdiction

Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 46— - GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTERPRISES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - SUPERVISION AND REGULATION OF ENTERPRISES › Part Part B— - Additional Authorities of the Director › Subpart subpart 3— - enforcement › § 4584

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director can sue in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to make someone follow any active notice or order issued under sections 4581 or 4585. That court can order people or groups to comply. Unless another part of this subpart says otherwise, no other court can stop, review, change, suspend, end, or set aside those notices or orders.

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Title 12, §4584

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(a)The Director may bring a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for the enforcement of any effective notice or order issued under section 4581 or 4585 of this title. Such court shall have jurisdiction and power to order and require compliance herewith.

(b)Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, no court shall have jurisdiction to affect, by injunction or otherwise, the issuance or enforcement of any notice or order under section 4581 or 4585 of this title, or to review, modify, suspend, terminate, or set aside any such notice or order.

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2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–289, which directed substitution of “The Director may bring a civil action” for “The Secretary may request the Attorney General of the United States to bring a civil action”, was executed by making the substitution for “The Secretary may request the Attorney General of the United States to bring an action” to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

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12 U.S.C. § 4584

Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73