12-U.S.C.-4517
§4517 – Examinations
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Title 12 > Chapter 46 > Subchapter I > Part A > Section 4517
Details
- Reference: Section 4517
- Legend: §4517 – Examinations
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) Annual examination
The Director shall annually conduct an on-site examination under this section of each regulated entity to determine the condition of the regulated entity for the purpose of ensuring its financial safety and soundness.
(b) Other examinations
In addition to annual examinations under subsection (a) of this section, the Director may conduct an examination under this section of a regulated entity whenever the Director determines that an examination is necessary or appropriate.
(c) Examiners
The Director shall appoint examiners to conduct examinations under this section. The Director may contract with the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for the services of examiners to conduct examinations under this section. The Director shall reimburse such agencies for any costs of providing examiners from amounts available in the Federal Housing Enterprises Oversight Fund.
(d) Inspector General
There shall be within the Agency an Inspector General, who shall be appointed in accordance with section 3(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978.
(e) Law applicable to examiners
The Director and each examiner shall have the same authority and each examiner shall be subject to the same disclosures, prohibitions, obligations, and penalties as are applicable to examiners employed by the Federal Reserve banks.
(f) Technical experts
The Director may obtain the services of any technical experts the Director considers appropriate to provide temporary technical assistance relating to examinations to the Director, officers, and employees of the Office. The Director shall describe, in the record of each examination, the nature and extent of any such temporary technical assistance.
(g) Oaths, evidence, and subpoena powers
In connection with examinations under this section, the Director shall have the authority provided under section 4641 of this title.
(h) Appointment of accountants, economists, and examiners
(1) Applicability
This section shall apply with respect to any position of examiner, accountant, economist, and specialist in financial markets and in technology at the Agency, with respect to supervision and regulation of the regulated entities, that is in the competitive service.
(2) Appointment authority
The Director may appoint candidates to any position described in paragraph (1)—
(A) in accordance with the statutes, rules, and regulations governing appointments in the excepted service; and
(B) notwithstanding any statutes, rules, and regulations governing appointments in the competitive service.
(i) Ombudsman
The Director shall establish, by regulation, an Office of the Ombudsman within the Agency, which shall be responsible for considering complaints and appeals, from any regulated entity and any person that has a business relationship with a regulated entity, regarding any matter relating to the regulation and supervision of such regulated entity by the Agency. The regulation issued by the Director under this subsection shall specify the authority and duties of the Office of the Ombudsman.
(Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, §1317, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3949; Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, §§1105(a), (b), (e), 1153(b)(1)(A), July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2667, 2668, 2774; Pub. L. 111–203, title III, §365(2), July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1555.)
References in Text
Section 3(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, referred to in subsec. (d), is section 3(a) of Pub. L. 95–452, which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Amendments
2010—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 111–203 substituted or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision.
2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–289, §1105(a)(1), substituted regulated entity for enterprise in two places.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–289, §1105(a)(2), inserted of a regulated entity after under this section and substituted or appropriate for to determine the condition of an enterprise for the purpose of ensuring its financial safety and soundness.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–289, §1105(a)(3), inserted to conduct examinations under this section after services of examiners.
Subsecs. (d) to (f). Pub. L. 110–289, §1105(a)(4), (5), added subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsecs. (d) and (e) as (e) and (f), respectively. Former subsec. (f) redesignated (g).
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 110–289, §1153(b)(1)(A), which directed technical amendment in subsec. (f) to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 4641 of this title, was executed by making the amendment in subsec. (g), to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the redesignation of subsec. (f) as (g) by Pub. L. 110–289, §1105(a)(4). See below.
Pub. L. 110–289, §1105(a)(4), redesignated subsec. (f) as (g).
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 110–289, §1105(b), added subsec. (h).
Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 110–289, §1105(e), added subsec. (i).
Effective Date of 2010 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the transfer date, see section 351 of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 906 of Title 2, The Congress.
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