---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 C.F.R. § 597.601"
title: "31"
number: "597.601"
heading: "Records and reports."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/31/597.601"
---

# §597.601. Records and reports.


For provisions relating to records and reports, see [subpart C of part 501](/cfr/31/part501-subpartC.md) of this chapter; provided, however, that all of the powers afforded the Director pursuant to the first 3 sentences of [§ 501.602](/cfr/31/501.602.md) of this chapter may also be exercised by the Attorney General in conducting administrative investigations pursuant to [18 U.S.C. 2339B(e)](/usc/18/2339B.md?p=e); provided further, that the investigative authority of the Director pursuant to [§ 501.602](/cfr/31/501.602.md) of this chapter shall be exercised in accordance with [18 U.S.C. 2339B(e)](/usc/18/2339B.md?p=e); and provided further, that for purposes of this part no person other than a U.S. financial institution and its directors, officers, employees, and agents shall be required to maintain records or to file any reports or furnish any information under §§ [501.601](/cfr/31/501.601.md), [501.602](/cfr/31/501.602.md), or [501.603](/cfr/31/501.603.md) of this chapter.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1189; 18 U.S.C. 2339B; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended (28 U.S.C. 2461 note).

### Source

Source: 62 FR 52495, Oct. 8, 1997, unless otherwise noted.