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15 U.S.C. 1607: Administrative enforcement

Created in 1968 by Public Law 90-321. Changed by 10 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

6 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 10 U.S.C. 987, 12 U.S.C. 3806, 15 U.S.C. 1639e, 15 U.S.C. 1640, 15 U.S.C. 1641.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2010

    • Pub. L. 111–203, §1100A(8)(A), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which listed agencies under which compliance with subchapter requirements would be enforced. (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 111–203, §1414(b), added par. (7). (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 111–203, §1100A(8)(B), added subsec. (c) and struck out former subsec. (c). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Except to the extent that enforcement of the requirements imposed under this subchapter is specifically committed to some other Government agency under subsect… (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 111–203, §1100A(2), substituted "Bureau" for "Board". (Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) Law text · (d)

    1996

    • Pub. L. 104–208 struck out "ordered (A) if" and inserted "ordered— (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (e)

    1992

    • Pub. L. 102–550 substituted semicolon for period at end. · (a)

    1991

    • Pub. L. 102–242, §212(b)(2), inserted at end "The terms used in paragraph (1) that are not defined in this subchapter or otherwise defined in section 3(s) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813(s)) shall have the meaning given to them in section 1(b) of the International … · (a)
    • Pub. L. 102–242, §212(b)(1), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: "section 8 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, in the case of · (a)

    1989

    • Pub. L. 101–73 amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: "section 5(d) of the Home Owner's Loan Act of 1933, section 407 of the National Housing Act, and sections 6(i) and 17 of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (acti… · (a)

    1984

    • Pub. L. 98–443 substituted "Secretary of Transportation" for "Civil Aeronautics Board". · (a)

    1980

    • Pub. L. 96–221, §608(a), added subsec. (e). · (e)
    • Pub. L. 96–221, §608(c), struck out in pars. (1)(A)(i) and (7) ", except in the case of an irregular mortgage lending transaction" after "section 1606(c) of this title". See Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note below. · (e)

    1974

    • Pub. L. 93–495 redesignated pars. (5) and (6) as (4) and (5), respectively. Former par. (4), which related to enforcement by the Interstate Commerce Commission, was struck out. · (a)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.