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Code · U.S. Code · Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING · CHAPTER 46— GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTERPRISES · SUBCHAPTER I— SUPERVISION AND REGULATION OF ENTERPRISES · § 4517

§ 4517. Examinations

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(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), 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 403(a) of title 5.
(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; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(b)(34), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4347.)
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  • Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1317
  • 106 Stat. 3949
  • Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I
  • 122 Stat. 2667
  • Pub. L. 111–203, title III, § 365(2)
  • 124 Stat. 1555
  • 136 Stat. 4347
  • Pub. L. 111–203
  • Pub. L. 110–289, § 1105(a)(1)
  • Pub. L. 110–289, § 1105(a)(2)
  • Pub. L. 110–289, § 1105(a)(3)
  • Pub. L. 110–289, § 1105(a)(4)
  • Pub. L. 110–289, § 1153(b)(1)(A)
  • Pub. L. 110–289, § 1105(b)
  • Pub. L. 110–289, § 1105(e)
  • section 351 of Pub. L. 111–203
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1317
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