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title: "12 U.S.C. § 1831aa"
description: "Enforcement of agreements"
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title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
chapter_number: "16"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION"
section: "1831aa"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 1831aa"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 12 U.S.C. § 1831aa - Enforcement of agreements

## Text

(a) In general Notwithstanding clause (i) or (ii) of section 1818(b)(6)(A) of this title or section 1831o(e)(2)(E)(i) of this title, the appropriate Federal banking agency for a depository institution may enforce, under section 1818 of this title, the terms of—

(1) any condition imposed in writing by the agency on the depository institution or an institution-affiliated party in connection with any action on any application, notice, or other request concerning the depository institution; or

(2) any written agreement entered into between the agency and the depository institution or an institution-affiliated party.

(b) Receiverships and conservatorships After the appointment of the Corporation as the receiver or conservator for a depository institution, the Corporation may enforce any condition or agreement described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) imposed on or entered into with such institution or institution-affiliated party through an action brought in an appropriate United States district court.

(Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 967, § 2[50], as added Pub. L. 109–351, title VII, § 702(a), Oct. 13, 2006, 120 Stat. 1985.)