No officer or agency of the United States shall have any authority to require the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, or the National Credit Union Administration to submit legislative recommendations, or testimony, or comments on legislation, to any officer or agency of the United States for approval, comments, or review, prior to the submission of such recommendations, testimony, or comments to the Congress if such recommendations, testimony, or comments to the Congress include a statement indicating that the views expressed therein are those of the agency submitting them and do not necessarily represent the views of the President.
12 U.S.C. § 250
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATIONSection was not enacted as part of the Federal Reserve Act which comprises this chapter.
AMENDMENTS2008- Pub. L. 110-289 substituted "the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency" for "the Federal Housing Finance Board".1999- Pub. L. 106-102 substituted "Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Federal Housing Finance Board," for "Federal Home Loan Bank Board,". 1994- Pub. L. 103-325 inserted "the Comptroller of the Currency," after "Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,".
- Director
- The term "Director" means the Director of the Bureau.
- 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.