Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/2271
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12 U.S. Code § 2271 - Definitions | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Part C. Enforcement Powers of Farm Credit Administration
Section 2271. Definitions
12 U.S. Code § 2271. Definitions
the terms “cease and desist order that has become final” and “order which has become final” mean a cease and desist order, or an order, issued by the Farm Credit Administration with the consent of the System institution or the director or officer or other person concerned, or with respect to which no petition for review of the action of the Farm Credit Administration has been filed and perfected in a court of appeals as specified in section 2266(b) of this title, or with respect to which the action of the court in which such petition is so filed is not subject to further review by the Supreme Court of the United States in proceedings provided for in section 2266(b) of this title, or an order issued under section 2265 of this title;
the term “violation” includes without limitation any action (alone or with another or others) for or toward causing, bringing about, participating in, counseling, or aiding or abetting a violation;
the terms “institution in the System”, “System institution”, and “institution” mean all institutions enumerated in section 2002 of this title, any service organization chartered under part E of subchapter IV of this chapter, and the Financial Assistance Corporation;
(4) the term “institution-affiliated party” means—
a director, officer, employee, shareholder, or agent of a System institution;
(B) an independent contractor (including an attorney, appraiser, or accountant) who knowingly or recklessly participates in—
a violation of law (including regulations) that is associated with the operations and activities of 1 or more System institutions;
a breach of fiduciary duty; or
an unsafe practice that causes or is likely to cause more than a minimum financial loss to, or a significant adverse effect on, a System institution; and
any other person, as determined by the Farm Credit Administration (by regulation or on a case-by-case basis) who participates in the conduct of the affairs of a System institution; and
(5) the term “unsafe or unsound practice” shall—
have the meaning given to it by the Farm Credit Administration by regulation, rule, or order; and
mean any significant noncompliance by a System institution (as determined by the Farm Credit Administration, in consultation with the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation) with any term or condition imposed on the institution by the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation under section 2277a–10 of this title.
(Pub. L. 92–181, title V, § 5.35, as added Pub. L. 99–205, title II, § 204, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1701; amended Pub. L. 100–233, title II, §§ 203, 207(d), Jan. 6, 1988, 101 Stat. 1605, 1608; Pub. L. 102–237, title V, § 502(i), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1869; Pub. L. 102–552, title II, § 202(b), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4106; Pub. L. 115–334, title V, §§ 5408, 5411(34), Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4678, 4683.)
2018—Pars. (4), (5). Pub. L. 115–334, § 5408, added par. (4) and redesignated former par. (4) as (5).
Par. (5)(B), (C). Pub. L. 115–334, § 5411(34), redesignated subpar. (C) as (B), struck out “after December 31, 1992,” before “mean any” and “by the Farm Credit System Assistance Board under section 2278a–6 of this title or” before “by the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation”, and struck out former subpar. (B) which read as follows: “during the period beginning on January 6, 1988, and ending December 31, 1992, mean any noncompliance by a System institution, as determined by the Farm Credit Administration in consultation with the Assistance Board, with any term or condition imposed on the institution by the Assistance Board under section 2278a–6 of this title; and”.
1992—Par. (4)(C). Pub. L. 102–552 added subpar. (C).
1991—Par. (3). Pub. L. 102–237 substituted “part E” for “part D”.
1988—Par. (3). Pub. L. 100–233, § 207(d), substituted “Financial Assistance Corporation” for “Capital Corporation”.
Par. (4). Pub. L. 100–233, § 203, amended par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (4) read as follows: “the term ‘unsafe or unsound practice’ shall have the meaning given to it by the Farm Credit Administration by regulations, rule, or order.”