2016 US Code
Title 12 - Banks and Banking
Chapter 16 - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sec. 1820a - Examination of investment companies

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Citation 12 U.S.C. § 1820a (2016)
Section Name §1820a. Examination of investment companies
Section Text (a) Exclusive Commission authority

Except as provided in subsection (c), a Federal banking agency may not inspect or examine any registered investment company that is not a bank holding company or a savings and loan holding company.

(b) Examination results and other information

The Commission shall provide to any Federal banking agency, upon request, the results of any examination, reports, records, or other information with respect to any registered investment company to the extent necessary for the agency to carry out its statutory responsibilities.

(c) Certain examinations authorized

Nothing in this section shall prevent the Corporation, if the Corporation finds it necessary to determine the condition of an insured depository institution for insurance purposes, from examining an affiliate of any insured depository institution, pursuant to its authority under section 1820(b)(4) of this title, as may be necessary to disclose fully the relationship between the insured depository institution and the affiliate, and the effect of such relationship on the insured depository institution.

(d) Definitions

For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) Bank holding company

The term "bank holding company" has the meaning given the term in section 1841 of this title.

(2) Commission

The term "Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(3) Corporation

The term "Corporation" means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

(4) Federal banking agency

The term "Federal banking agency" has the meaning given the term in section 1813(z) of this title.

(5) Insured depository institution

The term "insured depository institution" has the meaning given the term in section 1813(c) of this title.

(6) Registered investment company

The term "registered investment company" means an investment company that is registered with the Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 [15 U.S.C. 80a–1 et seq.].

(7) Savings and loan holding company

The term "savings and loan holding company" has the meaning given the term in section 1467a(a)(1)(D) of this title.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 106–102, title I, §115, Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1371.)

Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Investment Company Act of 1940, referred to in subsec. (d)(6), is title I of act Aug. 22, 1940, ch. 686, 54 Stat. 789, as amended, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§80a–1 et seq.) of chapter 2D of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 80a–51 of Title 15 and Tables.

CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as part of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and not as part of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act which comprises this chapter.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section effective 120 days after Nov. 12, 1999, see section 161 of Pub. L. 106–102, set out as an Effective Date of 1999 Amendment note under section 24 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 12 - BANKS AND BANKING
CHAPTER 16 - FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Sec. 1820a - Examination of investment companies
Contains section 1820a
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 54 Stat. 789
113 Stat. 1371
Public Law References Public Law 106-102
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