Title 12 — Banks and BankingRelease 119-73
§5251 Information for congressional support agencies
Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - BUDGET-RELATED PROVISIONS › § 5251
Summary
When congressional support agencies ask and other laws allow, the Secretary must provide information about the chapter’s activities, including records for the Comptroller General, so those agencies can help Congress oversee and analyze them.
Full Legal Text
Title 12, §5251
Banks and Banking — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Upon request, and to the extent otherwise consistent with law, all information used by the Secretary in connection with activities authorized under this chapter (including the records to which the Comptroller General is entitled under this chapter) shall be made available to congressional support agencies (in accordance with their obligations to support the Congress as set out in their authorizing statutes) for the purposes of assisting the committees of Congress with conducting oversight, monitoring, and analysis of the activities authorized under this chapter.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act” and was translated as reading “this division”, meaning div. A of Pub. L. 110–343, Oct. 3, 2008, 122 Stat. 3765, known as the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. For complete classification of division A to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 5201 of this title and Tables.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
12 U.S.C. § 5251
Title 12 — Banks and Banking
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73