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Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§1715 Administration

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 42— - INTERSTATE LAND SALES › § 1715

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection runs the work under this chapter and can give tasks to Bureau employees or boards, including investigating and holding hearings. People chosen to run hearings must be appointed and serve under sections 3105, 3344, 5372, and 7521 of title 5. The Director must make rules about appeals from decisions by the Bureau’s administrative law judges to other judges, officers, boards, or to the Director. Hearings must be open to the public and records must be kept. Any order must be based on the hearing record and follow subchapter II of chapter 5 and chapter 7 of title 5. The Director must follow chapter 5 of title 5 for rulemaking and deciding cases. Notice of any adverse action or final order must be given, and the notice and order must include a written statement of the supporting facts and legal authority.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §1715

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The authority and responsibility for administering this chapter shall be in the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection who may delegate any of his functions, duties, and powers to employees of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection or to boards of such employees, including functions, duties, and powers with respect to investigating, hearing, determining, ordering, or otherwise acting as to any work, business, or matter under this chapter. The persons to whom such delegations are made with respect to hearing functions, duties, and powers shall be appointed and shall serve in the Bureau in compliance with section 3105, 3344, 5372, and 7521 of title 5. The Director shall by rule prescribe such rights of appeal from the decisions of his administrative law judges to other administrative law judges or to other officers in the Bureau, to boards of officers or to himself, as shall be appropriate and in accordance with law.
(b)All hearings shall be public and appropriate records thereof shall be kept, and any order issued after such hearing shall be based on the record made in such hearing which shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5.
(c)The Director shall conduct all actions with respect to rulemaking or adjudication under this chapter in accordance with the provisions of chapter 5 of title 5. Notice shall be given of any adverse action or final disposition and such notice and the entry of any order shall be accompanied by a written statement of supporting facts and legal authority.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–203, § 1098A(1), substituted “Director” for “Secretary” wherever appearing. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–203, § 1098A(5), substituted “Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection” for “Secretary of Housing and Urban Development”. Pub. L. 111–203, § 1098A(3), substituted “in the Bureau” for “in the Department” in two places. Pub. L. 111–203, § 1098A(2), substituted “Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection or” for “Department of Housing and Urban Development or”. 1984—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–479 substituted “subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5” for “the Administrative Procedure Act”. 1979—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–153 added subsec. (c). 1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–454 substituted “5372” for “5362”. Pub. L. 95–251 substituted “administrative law judges” for “hearing examiners” wherever appearing.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2010 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the designated transfer date, see section 1100H of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 552a of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Effective Date

of 1979 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–153 effective on

Effective Date

of

Regulations

implementing such amendment, but in no case later than six months following Dec. 21, 1979, see section 410 of Pub. L. 96–153, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1978 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 95–454 effective on first day of first applicable pay period beginning on or after 90th day after Oct. 13, 1978, see section 801(a)(4) of Pub. L. 95–454, set out as a note under section 5361 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Effective Date

Section effective upon the expiration of two hundred and seventy days after Aug. 1, 1968, see section 1423 of Pub. L. 90–448, set out as a note under section 1701 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 1715

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73