There is established the Financial Institutions Examination Council which shall consist of-
The members of the Council shall select the first chairman of the Council. Thereafter the chairmanship shall rotate among the members of the Council.
The term of the Chairman of the Council shall be two years.
The members of the Council may, from time to time, designate other officers or employees of their respective agencies to carry out their duties on the Council.
Each member of the Council shall serve without additional compensation but shall be entitled to reasonable expenses incurred in carrying out his official duties as such a member.
12 U.S.C. § 3303
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2010-Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 111-203 substituted "Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau" for "Director, Office of Thrift Supervision". 2006-Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 109-351, §714(a)(1), substituted "Thrift Supervision," for "Thrift Supervision". Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 109-351, §714(a)(2), (3), added par. (6).1989-Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 101-73 substituted "Director, Office of Thrift Supervision" for "Chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2010 AMENDMENT Amendment 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 DATESection effective upon the expiration of 120 days after Nov. 10, 1978, see section 2101 of Pub. L. 95-630 set out as a note under section 375b of this title.
- Bureau
- The term "Bureau" means the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
- Director
- The term "Director" means the Director of the Bureau.
- State
- The term "State" means any State, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the United States Virgin Islands or any federally recognized Indian tribe, as defined by the Secretary of the Interior under section 5131(a) of title 25.
- consumer
- The term "consumer" means an individual or an agent, trustee, or representative acting on behalf of an individual.
- credit
- The term "credit" means the right granted by a person to a consumer to defer payment of a debt, incur debt and defer its payment, or purchase property or services and defer payment for such purchase.
- designated transfer date
- The term "designated transfer date" means the date established under section 5582 of this title.
- Council
- the term "Council" means the Financial Institutions Examination Council; and