Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 113 Part 2.djvu/427

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PUBLIC LAW 106-102—NOV. 12, 1999 113 STAT. 1447 (f) NONAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN TYPES OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— No provision of this section shall be construed so as to prevent any person from obtaining customer information of a financial institution that otherwise is available as a public record filed pursuant to the securities laws (as defined in section 3(a)(47) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). (g) NONAPPLICABILITY TO COLLECTION OF CHILD SUPPORT JUDG- MENTS. —No provision of this section shall be construed to prevent any State-licensed private investigator, or any officer, employee, or agent of such private investigator, from obtaining customer information of a financial institution, to the extent reasonably necessary to collect child support from a person adjudged to have been delinquent in his or her obligations by a Federal or State court, and to the extent that such action by a State-licensed private investigator is not unlawful under any other Federal or State law or regulation, and has been authorized by an order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. SEC. 522. ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT. 15 USC 6822. (a) ENFORCEMENT BY FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.— Except as provided in subsection (b), compliance with this subtitle shall be enforced by the Federal Trade Commission in the same manner and with the same power and authority as the Commission has under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to enforce compliance with such Act. (b) ENFORCEMENT BY OTHER AGENCIES IN CERTAIN CASES. — (1) IN GENERAL.— Compliance with this subtitle shall be enforced under— (A) section 8 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, in the case of— (i) national banks, and Federal branches and Federal agencies of foreign banks, by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; (ii) member banks of the Federal Reserve System (other than national banks), branches and agencies of foreign banks (other than Federal branches, Federal agencies, and insured State branches of foreign banks), commercial lending companies owned or controlled by foreign banks, and organizations operating under section 25 or 25A of the Federal Reserve Act, by the Board; (iii) banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (other than members of the Federal Reserve System and national nonmember banks) and insured State branches of foreign banks, by the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and (iv) savings associations the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, by the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision; and (B) the Federal Credit Union Act, by the Administrator of the National Credit Union Administration with respect to any Federal credit union. (2) VIOLATIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE TREATED AS VIOLATIONS OF OTHER LAWS.— For the purpose of the exercise by any agency