Title 12 — Banks and BankingRelease 119-73

§4708 Training

Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 47— - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BANKING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS › § 4708

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Fund can run a training program to help community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and other financial groups learn how to finance projects in poor or underserved places. The program teaches things like making lending and investment products, underwriting and servicing loans, managing equity investments, and giving development services for areas of economic distress, low‑income people, and those with little access to loans or equity. The Fund can teach directly or hire outside groups with special expertise, even if those groups do not get other Fund help. The Fund must coordinate with other federal agencies so work is not duplicated. The Administrator may charge fees to cover only the Fund’s training costs. Only people who take the training can be charged. Total fees in a fiscal year cannot exceed the Fund’s training costs for that year, and each person’s fee must be a reasonable share of the services they received.

Full Legal Text

Title 12, §4708

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(a)The Fund may operate a training program to increase the capacity and expertise of community development financial institutions and other members of the financial services industry to undertake community development finance activities.

(b)The training program shall provide educational programs to assist community development financial institutions and other members of the financial services industry in developing lending and investment products, underwriting and servicing loans, managing equity investments, and providing development services targeted to areas of economic distress, low-income persons, and persons who lack adequate access to loans and equity investments.

(c)The training program shall be made available to community development financial institutions and other members of the financial services industry that serve or seek to serve areas of economic distress, low-income persons, and persons who lack adequate access to loans and equity investments.

(d)The Fund may offer the training program described in this section directly or through a contract with other organizations. The Fund may contract to provide the training program through organizations that possess special expertise in community development, without regard to whether the organizations receive or are eligible to receive assistance under this subchapter.

(e)The Fund shall coordinate with other appropriate Federal departments or agencies that operate similar training programs in order to prevent duplicative efforts.

(f)(1)The Fund may, at the discretion of the Administrator and in accordance with this subsection, assess and collect regulatory fees solely to cover the costs of the Fund in providing training services under a training program operated in accordance with this section.

(2)Fees may be assessed under paragraph (1) only on persons who participate in the training program.

(3)Fees may be assessed and collected under this subsection only in such manner as may reasonably be expected to result in the collection of an aggregate amount of fees during any fiscal year which does not exceed the aggregate costs of the Fund for such year in providing training services under a training program operated in accordance with this section 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a period.

(4)The amount of any fee assessed under this subsection on any person may not exceed the amount which is reasonably based on the proportion of the training services provided under a training program operated in accordance with this section which relate to such person.

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Citation

12 U.S.C. § 4708

Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73