12 USC § 4634 - Judicial review

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title: "12 USC § 4634 - Judicial review"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "4634"
section_name: "Judicial review"
chapter_number: 46
chapter_name: "GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTERPRISES"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1374, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3990; Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1153(b)(1)(C), July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2775.)"
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# § 4634. Judicial review

**1** **Commencement** [^1]

Any party to a proceeding under section 4631  4513b, 4636, or 4636a of this title may obtain review of any final order issued under this chapter by filing in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, within 30 days after the date of service of such order, a written petition praying that the order of the Director be modified, terminated, or set aside. The clerk of the court shall transmit a copy of the petition to the Director.

So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma.

**(b)** **Filing of record** section 2112 of title 28

Upon receiving a copy of a petition, the Director shall file in the court the record in the proceeding, as provided in .

**(c)** **Jurisdiction** section 4633(b)(2) of this title

Upon the filing of a petition, such court shall have jurisdiction, which upon the filing of the record by the Director shall (except as provided in the last sentence of ) be exclusive, to affirm, modify, terminate, or set aside, in whole or in part, the order of the Director.

**(d)** **Review** Review of such proceedings shall be governed by chapter 7 of title 5.

**(e)** **Order to pay penalty** Such court shall have the authority in any such review to order payment of any penalty imposed by the Director under this subchapter.

**(f)** **No automatic stay** The commencement of proceedings for judicial review under this section shall not, unless specifically ordered by the court, operate as a stay of any order issued by the Director.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–550, title XIII, § 1374, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3990; Pub. L. 110–289, div. A, title I, § 1153(b)(1)(C), July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2775.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this title”, meaning title XIII of , , , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title XIII to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Amendments

2008—Subsec. (a).  substituted “4513b, 4636, or 4636a of this title” for “or 4636 of this title” and “this chapter” for “such section”.