Title 12 — Banks and BankingRelease 119-73not60
§5251 Information for Congressional Support Agencies
Title 12 › Chapter 52— EMERGENCY ECONOMIC STABILIZATION › Subchapter II— BUDGET-RELATED PROVISIONS › § 5251
Summary
When requested and allowed by law, give congressional support agencies the records the Secretary used under this chapter, including records the Comptroller General may obtain, so they can, per law, help committees oversee activities.
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Title 12, §5251
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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.
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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
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note set out under section 5201 of this title and Tables.
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12 U.S.C. § 5251
Title 12 — Banks and Banking
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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