12 U.S.C. § 5394
Section 5394 · Prohibition on taxpayer funding
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case In re Checking Account Overdraft Litigation (2011)
Most recently applied in In re Checking Account Overdraft Litigation (November 2011)
All financial companies put into receivership under this subchapter shall be liquidated. No taxpayer funds shall be used to prevent the liquidation of any financial company under this subchapter.
All funds expended in the liquidation of a financial company under this subchapter shall be recovered from the disposition of assets of such financial company, or shall be the responsibility of the financial sector, through assessments.
Taxpayers shall bear no losses from the exercise of any authority under this subchapter.
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References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title II of Pub. L. 111–203, July 21, 2010, 124 Stat. 1442, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see Tables.