106 STAT. 3800 PUBLIC LAW 102-550 —OCT. 28, 1992 Congress a final report which shall contain the information, evaluations, and recommendations specified in paragraph (1). (f) AUTHORITY OF TASK FORCE. — (1) RULES AND REGULATIONS.— The Task Force may adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to establish its procedures and to govern the manner of its operations, organization and personnel. (2) ACCESS TO DATA.— The members of the Task Force representing the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Housing Finance Board, the Federal National Mortgage Association, and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation shall make available to the Task Force a representative sample of multifamily housing mortgage loans in order for the Task Force to make its findings and recommendations, except that— (A) all information obtained shall be used only for the purposes authorized in this section; (B) the Task Force shall maintain the confidentiality of all such information obtained in the manner established for the material by the submitting entity, and such data shall not be subject to release under section 552 of title 5, United States Code; (C) only aggregate data shall be publicly released by the Task Force unless it receives the explicit permission of the mortgage originator or government-sponsored enterprise from which the information is obtained; and (D) any officer or employee of the Secretary, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the Federal Housing Finance Board shall be subject to the penalties under section 1906 of title 18, United States Code, if— (i) by virtue of employment or official position, the officer or employee has possession of or access to any book, record, or information made available under this subsection and established as confidential under subparagraph (C); and (ii) the officer or employee discloses the material in any manner other than to an officer or employee of the same Federal agency employing the officer or employee, or other than pursuant to the exemptions under section 1906. (3) SAMPLE DATA.—In order to ensure a representative sample of multifamily housing data, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are authorized to request loan data from a representative sample of mortgage originators or the government-sponsored enterprises regulated by these agencies, and mortgages originated by housing finance agencies and life insurance companies, except that— (A) all information obtained shall be used only for the purposes authorized in this section;
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