(a) Except as expressly provided herein for enforcement by FHFA, the regulations in this part do not, are not intended to, and should not be construed to create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law, in equity, or through administrative proceeding, by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, a regulated entity, their officers, employees or agents, or any other person.

(b) The contract clause required by §1223.21(b)(9) and the itemized data reporting on numbers of contracts and amounts involved required under §§1223.22 and 1223.23(b)(13) through (22) apply only to contracts for services in any amount and to contracts for goods that equal or exceed $25,000 in annual value, whether in a single contract, multiple contracts, a series of contracts or renewals of contracts, with a single vendor.

(c) Within ninety (90) days after August 24, 2017 each regulated entity shall submit to FHFA a list of the types of contracts it considers exempt under §1223.3(b) and any thresholds, exceptions, and limitations the regulated entity establishes for the implementation of §1223.21(c)(2). The submission shall address the criteria identified in §1223.21(b)(9).

(d) Each regulated entity shall notify FHFA within thirty (30) days after any change in the types of contracts it considers exempt under §1223.3(b) or any change in the thresholds, exceptions, and limitations the regulated entity establishes for the implementation of §1223.21(c)(2).

[75 FR 81402, Dec. 28, 2010, as amended at 82 FR 34395, July 25, 2017; 83 FR 39326, Aug. 9, 2018]