source:
  type: regulation
  id: respa-12usc-2617
  authority: RESPA (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, 12 U.S.C.) § 2617 — Authority of Bureau
  description: 'RESPA (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, 12 U.S.C.), §2617 Authority of Bureau. Captured section-complete
    from Cornell LII (verbatim).

    '
obligations:
- id: respa-12usc-2617-a
  canonical_id: respa-12usc-2617-a
  section: 12 U.S.C. §2617(a)
  description: 'Authority of Bureau — (a): (a) Issuance of regulations; exemptions The Bureau is authorized to prescribe
    such rules and regulations, to make such interpretations, and to grant such reasonable exemptions for classes
    of transactions, as may be necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.'
  type: reference
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: RESPA (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, 12 U.S.C.) § 2617
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/2617
    snapshot_id: 8df5622779912489
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:cc2409dcf3cad15b6cccda0b4419ff674700e26457bcf6125e36c4890929fbf5
    paragraph_quote: (a) Issuance of regulations; exemptions The Bureau is authorized to prescribe such rules and
      regulations, to make such interpretations, and to grant such reasonable exemptions for classes of transactions,
      as may be necessary to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 12 U.S.C. §2617 subsection (a) from Cornell LII snapshot 8df5622779912489;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: respa-12usc-2617-b
  canonical_id: respa-12usc-2617-b
  section: 12 U.S.C. §2617(b)
  description: 'Authority of Bureau — (b): (b) Liability for acts done in good faith in conformity with rule, regulation,
    or interpretation No provision of this chapter or the laws of any State imposing any liability shall apply to
    any act done or omitted in good faith in conformity with any rule, regulation, or interpretation thereof by
    the…'
  type: reference
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: RESPA (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, 12 U.S.C.) § 2617
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/2617
    snapshot_id: 8df5622779912489
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:cc2409dcf3cad15b6cccda0b4419ff674700e26457bcf6125e36c4890929fbf5
    paragraph_quote: (b) Liability for acts done in good faith in conformity with rule, regulation, or interpretation
      No provision of this chapter or the laws of any State imposing any liability shall apply to any act done or
      omitted in good faith in conformity with any rule, regulation, or interpretation thereof by the Bureau or
      the Attorney General, notwithstanding that after such act or omission has occurred, such rule, regulation,
      or interpretation is amended, rescinded, or determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any
      reason.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 12 U.S.C. §2617 subsection (b) from Cornell LII snapshot 8df5622779912489;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: respa-12usc-2617-c
  canonical_id: respa-12usc-2617-c
  section: 12 U.S.C. §2617(c)
  description: 'Authority of Bureau — (c): (c) Investigations; hearings; failure to obey order; contempt (1) The
    Secretary [1] may investigate any facts, conditions, practices, or matters that may be deemed necessary or proper
    to aid in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, in prescribing of rules and regulations thereunder,
    or …'
  type: reference
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: RESPA (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, 12 U.S.C.) § 2617
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/2617
    snapshot_id: 8df5622779912489
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:cc2409dcf3cad15b6cccda0b4419ff674700e26457bcf6125e36c4890929fbf5
    paragraph_quote: (c) Investigations; hearings; failure to obey order; contempt (1) The Secretary [1] may investigate
      any facts, conditions, practices, or matters that may be deemed necessary or proper to aid in the enforcement
      of the provisions of this chapter, in prescribing of rules and regulations thereunder, or in securing information
      to serve as a basis for recommending further legislation concerning real estate settlement practices. To aid
      in the investigations, the Bureau is authorized to hold such hearings, administer such oaths, and require
      by subpena the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and production of such documents as the Bureau deems
      advisable. (2) Any district court of the United States within the jurisdiction of which an inquiry is carried
      on may, in the case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena of the Bureau issued under this section, issue
      an order requiring compliance therewith; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by
      such court as a contempt thereof.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 12 U.S.C. §2617 subsection (c) from Cornell LII snapshot 8df5622779912489;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: respa-12usc-2617-d
  canonical_id: respa-12usc-2617-d
  section: 12 U.S.C. §2617(d)
  description: 'Authority of Bureau — (d): (d) Delay of effectiveness of recent final regulation relating to payments
    to employees (1) In general The amendment to part 3500 of title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations contained
    in the final regulation prescribed by the Secretary and published in the Federal Register on June 7, 1996 ,
    which…'
  type: reference
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: RESPA (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, 12 U.S.C.) § 2617
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/12/2617
    snapshot_id: 8df5622779912489
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:cc2409dcf3cad15b6cccda0b4419ff674700e26457bcf6125e36c4890929fbf5
    paragraph_quote: (d) Delay of effectiveness of recent final regulation relating to payments to employees (1)
      In general The amendment to part 3500 of title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations contained in the final
      regulation prescribed by the Secretary and published in the Federal Register on June 7, 1996 , which will,
      as of the effective date of such amendment— (A) eliminate the exemption for payments by an employer to employees
      of such employer for referral activities which is currently codified as section 3500.14(g)(1)(vii) of such
      title 24; and (B) replace such exemption with a more limited exemption in new clauses (vii), (viii), and (ix)
      of section 3500.14 of such title 24, shall not take effect before July 31, 1997 . (2) Continuation of prior
      rule The regulation codified as section 3500.14(g)(1)(vii) of title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
      relating to employer-employee payments, as in effect on May 1, 1996 , shall remain in effect until the date
      the amendment referred to in paragraph (1) takes effect in accordance with such paragraph. (3) Public notice
      of effective date The Secretary shall provide public notice of the date on which the amendment referred to
      in paragraph (1) will take effect in accordance with such paragraph not less than 90 days and not more than
      180 days before such effective date. ( Pub. L. 93–533, § 19 , as added Pub. L. 94–205, § 10 , Jan. 2, 1976
      , 89 Stat. 1159 ; amended Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title IV, § 461(e)], Nov. 30, 1983 , 97 Stat. 1232 ; Pub.
      L. 104–208, div. A, title II, § 2103(f) , Sept. 30, 1996 , 110 Stat. 3009–401 ; Pub. L. 111–203, title X,
      § 1098(11) , July 21, 2010 , 124 Stat. 2104 .) [1] Probably should be “The Bureau” .
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 12 U.S.C. §2617 subsection (d) from Cornell LII snapshot 8df5622779912489;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
