18 U.S.C. § 1906 | Disclosure of information from a bank examination report

1 See References in Text note below.

2 So in original.

section 714 of title 31Whoever, being an examiner, public or private, or a Government Accountability Office employee with access to bank examination report information under , discloses the names of borrowers or the collateral for loans of any member bank of the Federal Reserve System, any bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, any branch or agency of a foreign bank (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978), or any organization operating under section 25 or section 25(a)  of the Federal Reserve Act, examined by him or subject to Government Accountability Office audit under to other than the proper officers of such bank, branch, agency, or organization, without first having obtained the express permission in writing from the Comptroller of the Currency as to a national bank or a Federal branch or Federal agency (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as to a State member bank, an uninsured State branch or State agency (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (11) and (12) of section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978), or an organization operating under section 25 or section 25(a)  of the Federal Reserve Act, or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as to any other insured bank, including any insured branch (as defined in section 3(s) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act),, or from the board of directors of such bank or organization, except when ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by direction of the Congress of the United States, or either House thereof, or any committee of Congress or either House duly authorized or as authorized by shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year or both.

June 25, 1948, ch. 645 62 Stat. 791 Pub. L. 95–320, § 3July 21, 197892 Stat. 393 Pub. L. 97–258, § 3(e)(1)Sept. 13, 198296 Stat. 1064 Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2597(k)Nov. 29, 1990104 Stat. 4911 Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K)Sept. 13, 1994108 Stat. 2147 Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b)July 7, 2004118 Stat. 814 (, ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

section 594 of title 12Dec. 23, 1913, ch. 6, § 22 38 Stat. 272 Sept. 26, 1918, ch. 177, § 5 40 Stat. 970 Aug. 23, 1935, ch. 614, § 326(b) 49 Stat. 716 Based on , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Banks and Banking ( [second and third sentences of second paragraph], , 273; [22(b), second paragraph], ; , ).

section 594 of title 12 section 1909 of this titleOther provisions of , U.S.C., 1940 ed., Banks and Banking, were consolidated with similar provisions from other sections, to form .

Changes were made in phraseology.

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 3101 of Title 12Section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978, referred to in text, is classified to , Banks and Banking.

Pub. L. 102–242, title I, § 142(e)(2)Dec. 19, 1991105 Stat. 2281 Section 25 of the Federal Reserve Act, referred to in text, is classified to subchapter I (§ 601 et seq.) of chapter 6 of Title 12. Section 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act, which is classified to subchapter II (§ 611 et seq.) of chapter 6 of Title 12, was renumbered section 25A of that act by , , .

section 1813(s) of Title 12Section 3(s) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, referred to in text, is classified to .

Amendments

Pub. L. 108–2712004— substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in two places.

Pub. L. 103–3221994— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”.

Pub. L. 101–6471990— substituted “System, any bank insured” for “System, or bank insured” and inserted “, any branch or agency of a foreign bank (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978), or any organization operating under section 25 or section 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act,” after “by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation”, “branch, agency, or organization,” after “proper officers of such bank,”, “or a Federal branch or Federal agency (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (5) and (6) of section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978)” after “national bank”, “, an uninsured State branch or State agency (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (11) and (12) of section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978), or an organization operating under section 25 or section 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act” after “as to a State member bank”, “, including any insured branch (as defined in section 3(s) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act),” after “any other insured bank”, and “or organization” after “board of directors of such bank”.

Pub. L. 97–258 section 714 of title 311982— substituted “” for “section 117(e) of the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950” wherever appearing.

Pub. L. 95–3201978— substituted “from a bank examination report” for “by bank examiner” in section catchline and, in text, substituted “public or private, or a General Accounting Office employee with access to bank examination report information under section 117(e) of the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950, discloses” for “public or private, discloses”, “examined by him or subject to General Accounting Office audit under section 117(e) of the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 to other than” for “, examined by him, to other than”, and “either House duly authorized or as authorized by section 117(e) of the Accounting and Auditing Act of 1950 shall be fined” for “either House duly authorized, shall be fined”.

Executive Documents

Exception as to Transfer of Functions

July 31, 195064 Stat. 1280 Functions vested by any provision of law in Comptroller of the Currency, referred to in this section, were not included in transfer of functions of officers, agencies, and employees of Department of the Treasury to Secretary of the Treasury, made by Reorg. Plan No. 26, of 1950, § 1, eff. , 15 F.R. 4935, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.