[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 31, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 31CFR103.56]



[Page 417-418]

 

                  TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY

 

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

PART 103_FINANCIAL RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING OF CURRENCY AND FOREIGN 

TRANSACTIONS--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart E_General Provisions

 

Sec. 103.56  Enforcement.



    (a) Overall authority for enforcement and compliance, including 

coordination and direction of procedures and activities of all other 

agencies exercising delegated authority under this part, is delegated to 

the Assistant Secretary (Enforcement).

    (b) Authority to examine institutions to determine compliance with 

the requirements of this part is delegated as follows:

    (1) To the Comptroller of the Currency with respect to those 

financial institutions regularly examined for safety and soundness by 

national bank examiners;

    (2) To the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System with 

respect to those financial institutions regularly examined for safety 

and soundness by Federal Reserve bank examiners;

    (3) To the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation with respect to 

those financial institutions regularly examined for safety and soundness 

by FDIC bank examiners;

    (4) To the Federal Home Loan Bank Board with respect to those 

financial institutions regularly examined for safety and soundness by 

FHLBB bank examiners;

    (5) To the Chairman of the Board of the National Credit Union 

Administration with respect to those financial institutions regularly 

examined for safety and soundness by NCUA examiners.

    (6) To the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to 

brokers and dealers in securities and investment companies as that term 

is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80-1 et 

seq.);

    (7) To the Commissioner of Customs with respect to Sec. Sec. 103.23 

and 103.58;

    (8) To the Commissioner of Internal Revenue with respect to all 

financial institutions, except brokers or dealers in securities, futures 

commission merchants, introducing brokers in commodities, and commodity 

trading advisors, not currently examined by Federal bank supervisory 

agencies for soundness and safety; and

    (9) To the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with respect to 

futures commission merchants, introducing brokers in commodities, and 

commodity trading advisors.



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    (c) Authority for investigating criminal violations of this part is 

delegated as follows:

    (1) To the Commissioner of Customs with respect to Sec. 103.23;

    (2) To the Commissioner of Internal Revenue except with respect to 

Sec. 103.23.

    (d) Authority for the imposition of civil penalties for violations 

of this part lies with the Assistant Secretary, and in the Assistant 

Secretary's absence, the Deputy Assistant Secretary (Law Enforcement).

    (e) Periodic reports shall be made to the Assistant Secretary by 

each agency to which compliance authority has been delegated under 

paragraph (b) of this section. These reports shall be in such a form and 

submitted at such intervals as the Assistant Secretary may direct. 

Evidence of specific violations of any of the requirements of this part 

may be submitted to the Assistant Secretary at any time.

    (f) The Assistant Secretary or his delegate, and any agency to which 

compliance has been delegated under paragraph (b) of this section, may 

examine any books, papers, records, or other data of domestic financial 

institutions relevant to the recordkeeping or reporting requirements of 

this part.

    (g) The authority to enforce the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 5314 and 

Sec. Sec. 103.24 and 103.32 of this part has been redelegated from 

FinCEN to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue by means of a Memorandum 

of Agreement between FinCEN and IRS. Such authority includes, with 

respect to 31 U.S.C. 5314 and Sec. Sec. 103.24 and 103.32 of this part, 

the authority to: assess and collect civil penalties under 31 U.S.C. 

5321 and 31 CFR 103.57; investigate possible civil violations of these 

provisions (in addition to the authority already provided at paragraph 

(c)(2)) of this section); employ the summons power of subpart F of part 

103; issue administrative rulings under subpart G of part 103; and take 

any other action reasonably necessary for the enforcement of these and 

related provisions, including pursuit of injunctions.



(Sec. 21, Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 84 Stat. 1114, 12 U.S.C. 1829b; 

84 Stat. 1116, 12 U.S.C. 1951-1959; and the Currency and Foreign 

Transactions Reporting Act, 84 Stat. 1118, 31 U.S.C. 1051-1122)



[37 FR 6912, Apr. 5, 1972, as amended at 50 FR 42693, Oct. 22, 1985; 52 

FR 11445, Apr. 8, 1987. Redesignated and amended at 64 FR 45451, 45453, 

Aug. 20, 1999; 67 FR 21121, Apr. 29, 2002; 68 FR 26489, May 16, 2003; 68 

FR 65399, Nov. 20, 2003]