US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

12 U.S.C. § 5106

System of registration administration by Federal agencies

(a)

Development

(1)

In general

The Bureau shall develop and maintain a system for registering employees of a depository institution, employees of a subsidiary that is owned and controlled by a depository institution and regulated by a Federal banking agency, or employees of an institution regulated by the Farm Credit Administration, as registered loan originators with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry. The system shall be implemented before the end of the 1-year period beginning on .

(2)

Registration requirements

In connection with the registration of any loan originator under this subsection, the Bureau shall, at a minimum, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry information concerning the identity of the employee, including—
(A)
fingerprints for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any governmental agency or entity authorized to receive such information for a State and national criminal history background check; and
(B)
personal history and experience, including authorization for the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry to obtain information related to any administrative, civil or criminal findings by any governmental jurisdiction.
(b)

Coordination

(1)

Unique identifier

1

1 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.
The Bureau, and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall coordinate with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry to establish protocols for assigning a unique identifier to each registered loan originator that will facilitate electronic tracking and uniform identification of, and public access to, the employment history of and publicly adjudicated disciplinary and enforcement actions against loan originators.

(2)

Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry development

1To facilitate the transfer of information required by subsection (a)(2), the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry shall coordinate with the Bureau, and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection concerning the development and operation, by such System and Registry, of the registration functionality and data requirements for loan originators.

(c)

Consideration of factors and procedures

section 5103(a) of this titleIn establishing the registration procedures under subsection (a) and the protocols for assigning a unique identifier to a registered loan originator, the Bureau shall make such de minimis exceptions as may be appropriate to paragraphs (1)(A) and (2) of , shall make reasonable efforts to utilize existing information to minimize the burden of registering loan originators, and shall consider methods for automating the process to the greatest extent practicable consistent with the purposes of this chapter.

Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title V, § 1507122 Stat. 2817Pub. L. 111–203, title X, § 1100(2)124 Stat. 2106(, , ; , (5), , .)

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 111–203, § 1100(5)(A)(i)2010—Subsec. (a)(1). , added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Federal banking agencies shall jointly, through the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, and together with the Farm Credit Administration, develop and maintain a system for registering employees of a depository institution, employees of a subsidiary that is owned and controlled by a depository institution and regulated by a Federal banking agency, or employees of an institution regulated by the Farm Credit Administration, as registered loan originators with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry. The system shall be implemented before the end of the 1-year period beginning on .”

Pub. L. 111–203, § 1100(5)(A)(ii)Subsec. (a)(2). , in introductory provisions, substituted “Bureau” for “appropriate Federal banking agency and the Farm Credit Administration” and “identity of the employee” for “employees’s identity”.

Pub. L. 111–203, § 1100(5)(B)Subsec. (b). , which directed substitution of “and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection” for “through the Financial Institutions Examination Council, and the Farm Credit Administration”, was executed in both places those words appeared, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Pub. L. 111–203, § 1100(2)Subsecs. (b)(1), (2), (c). , substituted “Bureau” for “Federal banking agencies”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2010 Amendment

Pub. L. 111–203section 1100H of Pub. L. 111–203section 552a of Title 5Amendment by effective on the designated transfer date, see , set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees.