12 U.S.C. § 4514
The Director may require, by general or specific orders, a regulated entity to submit regular reports, including financial statements determined on a fair value basis, on the condition (including financial condition), management, activities, or operations of the regulated entity, as the Director considers appropriate (in addition to the annual and quarterly reports required under section 1723a(k) of this title and section 1456(c) of this title).
The Director may also require, by general or specific orders, a regulated entity to submit special reports on any of the topics specified in paragraph (1) or any other relevant topics, if, in the judgment of the Director, such reports are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
The Director may not require the inclusion, in any report pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2), of any information that is not reasonably obtainable by the regulated entity.
The Director shall notify the regulated entity, a reasonable period in advance of the date for submission of any report under this subsection, of any specific information to be contained in the report and the date for the submission of the report. Each report under this subsection shall contain a declaration by the president, vice president, treasurer, or any other officer designated by the board of directors of the regulated entity to make such declaration, that the report is true and correct to the best of such officer's knowledge and belief.
The Director may require a regulated entity to submit a report to the Director after the declaration of any capital distribution by the regulated entity and before making the capital distribution. The report shall be made in such form and under such circumstances and shall contain such information as the Director shall require.
It shall be a violation of this section for any regulated entity-
A violation described in paragraph (1) shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $2,000 for each day during which such violation continues, in any case in which-
For purposes of this subparagraph, the regulated entity shall have the burden of proving that the error was inadvertent or that a report was inadvertently transmitted or published late.
A violation described in paragraph (1) shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $20,000 for each day during which such violation continues or such false or misleading information is not corrected, in any case that is not addressed in subparagraph (A) or (C).
A violation described in paragraph (1) shall be subject to a penalty of not more than $1,000,000 per day for each day during which such violation continues or such false or misleading information is not corrected, in any case in which the subject regulated entity committed such violation knowingly or with reckless disregard for the accuracy of any such information or report.
Any penalty imposed under this subsection shall be in lieu of a penalty under section 4636 of this title, but shall be assessed and collected by the Director in the manner provided in section 4636 of this title for penalties imposed under that section, and any such assessment (including the determination of the amount of the penalty) shall be otherwise subject to the provisions of section 4636 of this title.
A regulated entity against which a penalty is assessed under this section shall be afforded an agency hearing if the regulated entity submits a request for a hearing not later than 20 days after the date of the issuance of the notice of assessment. Section 4634 of this title shall apply to any such proceedings.
12 U.S.C. § 4514
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThis chapter, referred to in subsec. (a)(2), was in the original "this title", meaning title XIII of Pub. L. 102-550, 106 Stat. 3941, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title XIII to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4501 of this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS2008- Pub. L. 110-289, §1104(a)(1), substituted "regulated entities" for "enterprises" in section catchline.Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110-289, §1104(a)(4)(A), substituted "Regular and special reports" for "Special reports and reports of financial condition" in subsec. heading, "Regular reports" for "Financial condition" in par. (1) heading, and "The Director may require, by general or specific orders, a regulated entity to submit regular reports, including financial statements determined on a fair value basis, on the condition (including financial condition), management, activities, or operations of the regulated entity, as the Director considers appropriate" for "The Director may require an enterprise to submit reports of financial condition and operations" in par. (1).Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 110-289, §1104(a)(4)(B), inserted ", by general or specific orders," after "may also require" and substituted "on any of the topics specified in paragraph (1) or any other relevant topics, if" for "whenever". Pub. L. 110-289, §1104(a)(2), substituted "a regulated entity" for "an enterprise".Subsec. (a)(3), (4). Pub. L. 110-289, §1104(a)(3), which directed amendment of this section by substituting "the regulated entity" for "the enterprise", was executed by making the substitution wherever appearing to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110-289, §1104(a)(3), which directed amendment of this section by substituting "the regulated entity" for "the enterprise", was executed by making the substitution wherever appearing to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Pub. L. 110-289, §1104(a)(2), substituted "a regulated entity" for "an enterprise".Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110-289, §1104(a)(5), added subsec. (c).
- Agency
- The term "Agency" means the Federal Housing Finance Agency established under section 4511 of this title.
- Board
- The term "Board" means the Federal Housing Finance Oversight Board established under section 4513a of this title.
- Director
- The term "Director" means the Director of the Bureau.
- enterprise
- The term "enterprise" means-(A) the Federal National Mortgage Association and any affiliate thereof; and(B) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and any affiliate thereof.
- regulated entity
- The term "regulated entity" means-(A) the Federal National Mortgage Association and any affiliate thereof;(B) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and any affiliate thereof; and(C) any Federal Home Loan Bank.
- violation
- The term "violation" includes any action (alone or in combination with another or others) for or toward causing, bringing about, participating in, counseling, or aiding or abetting a violation.