---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 4243"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "4243"
heading: "Representation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/4243"
units:
  - "Chapter 43 — Actions Against Persons Committing Bank Fraud Crimes"
  - "Subchapter III — Use of Private Legal Resources"
---

# §4243. Representation


Notwithstanding sections [516](/usc/28/516.md), [518(b)](/usc/28/518.md?p=b), [519](/usc/28/519.md), and [547(2)](/usc/28/547.md?p=2) of title 28, private counsel retained under [section 4241 of this title](/usc/12/4241.md) may represent the United States in litigation in connection with legal services furnished pursuant to the contract entered into with that counsel, subject to the requirements specified in [section 4244 of this title](/usc/12/4244.md).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2590, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4906.)