12 U.S.C. § 4522 — Public disclosure of final orders and agreements

(a) The Director^* must make public: (1) each written agreement or statement for which the Director may remedy a violation^*, and each change or termination of it, unless the Director decides disclosure is against the public interest or would seriously threaten the enterprise’s financial health or security under subsection (c); (2) each final order from an administrative enforcement proceeding started by the Director under subchapter III; and (3) each change or termination of a public final order. (b) Hearings on the record about a Director action or notice of charges must be open to the public unless the Director decides an open hearing is against the public interest. (c) If the Director makes a written finding that disclosure of a final order would seriously threaten the enterprise’s financial health or security, the Director may delay disclosure for a reasonable time. (d) In a subchapter III hearing, the Director may seal a document or part of one if the Director makes a written finding that disclosure is against the public interest. (e) The Director must keep records for at least 6 years of the documents in subsection (a), enforcement agreements, other supervisory actions, and supporting documents connected with an enforcement proceeding started by the Director under subchapter III. (f) This section does not authorize withholding information from Congress or its committees or subcommittees, and does not prohibit disclosure to them.