[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 12, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 12CFR268.503]

[Page 823]
 
                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
                   CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
 
PART 268--RULES REGARDING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart F--Remedies and Enforcement
 
Sec. 268.503  Enforcement of final EEOC decisions.

    (a) Petition for enforcement. A complainant may petition the 
Commission for enforcement of a decision issued under the Commission's 
appellate jurisdiction. The petition shall be submitted to the Office of 
Federal Operations. The petition shall specifically set forth the 
reasons that lead the complainant to believe that the Board is not 
complying with the decision.
    (b) Compliance. On behalf of the Commission, the Office of Federal 
Operations shall take all necessary action to ascertain whether the 
Board is implementing the decision of the Commission. If the Board is 
found not to be in compliance with the decision, efforts shall be 
undertaken to obtain compliance.
    (c) Clarification. On behalf of the Commission, the Office of 
Federal Operations may, on its own motion or in response to a petition 
for enforcement or in connection with a timely request for 
reconsideration, issue a clarification of a prior decision. A 
clarification cannot change the result of a prior decision or enlarge or 
diminish the relief ordered but may further explain the meaning or 
intent of the prior decision.
    (d) Referral to the Commission. Where the Director, Office of 
Federal Operations, is unable to obtain satisfactory compliance with the 
final decision, the Director shall submit appropriate findings and 
recommendations for enforcement to the Commission, or, as directed by 
the Commission, refer the matter to another appropriate agency.
    (e) Commission notice to show cause. The Commission may issue a 
notice to the Chairman of the Board to show cause why there is 
noncompliance. Such notice may request the Chairman of the Board or a 
representative to appear before the Commission or to respond to the 
notice in writing with adequate evidence of compliance or with 
compelling reasons for noncompliance.
    (f) Notification to complainant of completion of administrative 
efforts. Where the Commission has determined that the Board is not 
complying with a prior decision, or where the Board has failed or 
refused to submit any required report of compliance, the Commission 
shall notify the complainant the right to file a civil action for 
enforcement of the decision pursuant to title VII, the ADEA, the Equal 
Pay Act or the Rehabilitation Act and to seek judicial review of the 
Board's refusal to implement the ordered relief pursuant to the 
Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. 701 et seq., and the mandamus 
statute, 28 U.S.C. 1361, or to commence de novo proceedings pursuant to 
the appropriate statutes.