12 USC 1831y - CRA sunshine requirements

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§ 1831y.

CRA sunshine requirements

(a)

Public disclosure of agreements

Any agreement (as defined in subsection (e)) entered into after November 12, 1999, by an insured depository institution or affiliate with a nongovernmental entity or person made pursuant to or in connection with the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 [12 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.] involving funds or other resources of such insured depository institution or affiliate—

(1)

shall be in its entirety fully disclosed, and the full text thereof made available to the appropriate Federal banking agency with supervisory responsibility over the insured depository institution and to the public by each party to the agreement; and

(2)

shall obligate each party to comply with this section.

(b)

Annual report of activity by insured depository institution

Each insured depository institution or affiliate that is a party to an agreement described in subsection (a) shall report to the appropriate Federal banking agency with supervisory responsibility over the insured depository institution, not less frequently than once each year, such information as the Federal banking agency may by rule require relating to the following actions taken by the party pursuant to the agreement during the preceding 12-month period:

(1)

Payments, fees, or loans made to any party to the agreement or received from any party to the agreement and the terms and conditions of the same.

(2)

Aggregate data on loans, investments, and services provided by each party in its community or communities pursuant to the agreement.

(3)

Such other pertinent matters as determined by regulation by the appropriate Federal banking agency with supervisory responsibility over the insured depository institution.

(c)

Annual report of activity by nongovernmental entities

(1)

In general

(2)

Submission to insured depository institution

(3)

Information to be included

(d)

Applicability

(e)

Definitions

(1)

Agreement

For purposes of this section, the term “agreement”—

(A)

means—

(i)

any written contract, written arrangement, or other written understanding that provides for cash payments, grants, or other consideration with a value in excess of $10,000, or for loans the aggregate amount of principal of which exceeds $50,000, annually (or the sum of all such agreements during a 12-month period with an aggregate value of cash payments, grants, or other consideration in excess of $10,000, or with an aggregate amount of loan principal in excess of $50,000); or

(ii)

a group of substantively related contracts with an aggregate value of cash payments, grants, or other consideration in excess of $10,000, or with an aggregate amount of loan principal in excess of $50,000, annually;

made pursuant to, or in connection with, the fulfillment of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 [12 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.], at least 1 party to which is an insured depository institution or affiliate thereof, whether organized on a profit or not-for-profit basis; and

(B)

does not include—

(i)

any individual mortgage loan;

(ii)

any specific contract or commitment for a loan or extension of credit to individuals, businesses, farms, or other entities, if the funds are loaned at rates not substantially below market rates and if the purpose of the loan or extension of credit does not include any re-lending of the borrowed funds to other parties; or

(iii)

any agreement entered into by an insured depository institution or affiliate with a nongovernmental entity or person who has not commented on, testified about, or discussed with the institution, or otherwise contacted the institution, concerning the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 [12 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.].

(2)

Fulfillment of CRA

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “fulfillment” means a list of factors that the appropriate Federal banking agency determines have a material impact on the agency’s decision—

(A)

to approve or disapprove an application for a deposit facility (as defined in section 803 of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 [12 U.S.C. 2902]); or

(B)

to assign a rating to an insured depository institution under section 807 of the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 [12 U.S.C. 2906].

(f)

Violations

(1)

Violations by persons other than insured depository institutions or their affiliates

(A)

Material failure to comply

(B)

Diversion of funds or resources

If funds or resources received under an agreement described in subsection (a) have been diverted contrary to the purposes of the agreement for personal financial gain, the appropriate Federal banking agency with supervisory responsibility over the insured depository institution may impose either or both of the following penalties:

(i)

Disgorgement by the offending individual of funds received under the agreement.

(ii)

Prohibition of the offending individual from being a party to any agreement described in subsection (a) for a period of not to exceed 10 years.

(2)

Designation of successor nongovernmental party

(3)

Inadvertent or de minimis reporting errors

(g)

Rule of construction

(h)

Regulations

(1)

In general

(2)

Protection of parties

In carrying out paragraph (1), each appropriate Federal banking agency shall—

(A)

ensure that the regulations prescribed by the agency do not impose an undue burden on the parties and that proprietary and confidential information is protected; and

(B)

establish procedures to allow any nongovernmental entity or person who is a party to a large number of agreements described in subsection (a) to make a single or consolidated filing of a report under subsection (c) to an insured depository institution or an appropriate Federal banking agency.

(3)

Parties not subject to reporting requirements

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System may prescribe regulations—

(A)

to prevent evasions of subsection (e)(1)(B)(iii); and

(B)

to provide further exemptions under such subsection, consistent with the purposes of this section.

(4)

Coordination, consistency, and comparability

(Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 967, § 2[48], as added Pub. L. 106–102, title VII, § 711, Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1465.)

cite as: 12 USC 1831y