PUBLIC LAW 98-181—NOV. 30, 1983 97 STAT. 1283 nation activities of the appropriate Federal banking agency, includ- ing the coordination of such activities with similar activities of regulatory authorities of a foreign government or international organization. (3) Audits of the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks may not include— (A) transactions for, or with, a foreign central bank, govern- ment of a foreign country, or nonprivate international financing organization; (B) deliberations, decisions, or actions on monetary policy matters, including discount window operations, reserves of member banks, securities credit, interest on deposits, or open market operations; (C) transactions made under the direction of the Federal Open Market Committee; or (D) a part of a discussion or communication among or between members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and officers and employees of the Federal Reserve System related to subparagraphs (A) through (C) of this paragraph. (b)(l)(A) Except as provided in this subsection, an officer or employee of the General Accounting Office may not disclose infor- mation identifying an open bank, an open bank holding company, or a customer of an open or closed bank or bank holding company. (B) The Comptroller General may disclose information related to the affairs of a closed bank or closed bank holding company identify- ing a customer of the closed bank or closed bank holding company only if the Comptroller General believes the customer had a control- ling influence in the management of the closed bank or closed bank holding company or was related to or affiliated with a person or group having a controlling influence. (2) An officer or employee of the General Accounting Office may discuss a customer, bank, or bank holding company with an official of an appropriate Federal banking agency and may report an appar- ent crimingd violation to an appropriate law enforcement authority of the United States Government or a State. (3) This subsection does not authorize an officer or employee of an appropriate Federal banking agency to withhold information from a committee of the Congress authorized to have the information. (c)(l)(A) To carry out this section, all records and property of or used by an appropriate Federal banking agency, including samples of reports of examinations of a bank or bank holding company the Comptroller General considers statistically meanin^ul and work- papers and correspondence related to the reports shall be made available to the Comptroller General, including such records and property pertaining to the coordination of international regulation, supervisor and examination activities of an appropriate Federal banking agency. (B) The Comptroller General shall give each appropriate Federal banking agency a current list of officers and employees to whom, with proper identification, records and property may be made avail- able, and who may make notes or copies necessary to carry out an audit. (C) Each appropriate Federal banking agency shall give the Comp- troller General suitable and lockable offices and furniture, tele- phones, and access to copying facilities. Federal Reserve Board and bank audits, exclusions. Information disclosure. Reporting criminal violations. Information withholding from Congress. Records and property.
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