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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

PUBLIC LAW 95-630—NOV. 10, 1978

92 STAT. 3665

all issues shall be determined on the record pursuant to section 554 of title 5, United States Code. The agency determination shall be made by final order which may be reviewed only as provided in subparagraph (D). If no hearing is requested as herein provided the assessment shall constitute a final and unappealable order. "(D) Any nonmember insured bank or person against whom an Review. order imposing a civil money penalty has been entered after agency hearing under this section may obtain review by the United States court of appeals for the circuit in which the home office of the member bank is located, or the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Cohmibia Circuit, by filing a notice of appeal in such court within ten days from the date of such order, and simultaneously sending a copy of such notice by registered or certified mail to the Corporation. The Corporation shall promptly certify and file in such court the Certification, record upon which the penalty was imposed, as provided in section 2112 of title 28, United States Code. The findings of the Corporation shall be set aside if found to be unsupported by substantial evidence as provided by section 706(2)(E) of title 5, United States Code. " (E) If any nonmember insured bank or person fails to pay an assessment after it has become a final and unappealable order, or after the court of appeals has entered final judgment in favor of the agency, the Corporation shall refer the matter to the Attorney General, who shall recover the amount assessed by action in the appropriate United States district court. In such action the validity and appropriateness of the final order imposing the penalty shall not be subject to review. " (F) The Corporation shall promulgate regulations establishing Regulations, procedures necessary to implement this paragraph, "(G) All penalties collected under the authority of this paragraph shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States.". SEC. 109. Any amendment made by this title which provides for the 12 USC 93 note. imposition of civil penalties shall apply only to violations occurring or continuing after the date of its enactment. SEC. 110. Section 22(g) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 375a), is amended by inserting the figure "$60,000" in lieu of the figure "$30,000" in paragraph (2), and by inserting the figure "$20,000" in lieu of the figure "$10,000" in paragraph (3); and by inserting the figure "$10,000" in lieu of the figure "$5,000" in paragraph (4). SEC. 111. (a)(1) Section 8(g) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1818 (g)) is amended to read as follows: " (s)(l) Whenever any director or officer of an insured bank, or Suspension from other person participating in the conduct of the affairs of such bank, office. is charged in any information, indictment, or complaint authorized by a United States attorney, with the commission of or participation in a crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust which is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year under State or Federal law, the appropriate Federal banking agency may, if continued service or participation by the individual may pose a threat to the interests of the bank's depositors or may threaten to impair public confidence in the bank, by written notice served upon such director, officer, or other person, suspend him from office or prohibit him from further participation in any manner in the conduct of the affairs of the bank, A copy of such notice shall also be served upon the bank. Such suspension or prohibition shall remain in effect until such information, indictment, or complaint is finally disposed of or until terminated by the agency. In the event that a judgment of conviction with respect to such crime is entered against such director, officer, or other person, and at such time as such judgment is not subject to further appellate