Title 12, Banks and BankingRelease 119-110
§2219e Liability for Making Criminal Referrals
Title 12 › CHAPTER 23 — FARM CREDIT SYSTEM › SUBCHAPTER IV — PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO TWO OR MORE CLASSES OF INSTITUTIONS OF THE SYSTEM › Part G — Miscellaneous › § 2219e
Summary
Farm Credit System institutions and their directors, officers, employees, or agents may tell government authorities, in good faith, information that might relate to a possible violation of a law or rule. They cannot be sued under federal or state law for making that disclosure, and they also cannot be sued for not telling the person who may have violated the law.
Full Legal Text
Title 12, §2219e
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(a)In general
Any institution of the Farm Credit System, or any director, officer, employee, or agent of a Farm Credit System institution, that discloses to a Government authority information proffered in good faith that may be relevant to a possible violation of any law or regulation shall not be liable to any person under any law of the United States or any State—
(1)for the disclosure; or
(2)for any failure to notify the person involved in the possible violation.
(b)No prohibition on disclosure
Any institution of the Farm Credit System, or any director, officer, employee, or agent of a Farm Credit System institution, may disclose information to a Government authority that may be relevant to a possible violation of any law or regulation.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Farm Credit System Reform Act of 1996, and not as part of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 which comprises this chapter.
Reference
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Citation
12 U.S.C. § 2219e
Title 12, Banks and Banking
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110