12 CFR § 1212.3 - Post-employment restriction for senior examiners.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s1212.3"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "12 CFR § 1212.3 - Post-employment restriction for senior examiners."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "1212.3"
section_name: "Post-employment restriction for senior examiners."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS"
part_number: "1212"
part_name: "POST-EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTION FOR SENIOR EXAMINERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 4526, 12 U.S.C. 4517(e)."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 51075, Oct. 5, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1212"
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# 1212.3 Post-employment restriction for senior examiners.
(a) *Prohibition.* An employee of FHFA who serves as the senior examiner of a regulated entity or the Office of Finance for two or more months during the last 12 months of his or her employment with FHFA may not, within one year after leaving the employment of FHFA, knowingly accept compensation as an employee, officer, director, or consultant from a regulated entity or the Office of Finance unless the Director grants a waiver pursuant to § 1212.4.
(b) *Effective date.* The post-employment restriction in paragraph (a) of this section shall not apply to any officer or employee of FHFA or any former officer or employee of FHFA who ceased to be an officer or employee of FHFA before November 4, 2009.