1260.149—Powers of the Board.
The Board shall have the following powers:
(c)
To receive or initiate, investigate, and report to the Secretary complaints of violations of the provisions of this subpart;
(f)
With the approval of the Secretary, to invest, pending disbursement pursuant to a plan or project, funds collected through assessments authorized under § 1260.172, in, and only in, obligations of the United States or any agency thereof, in general obligations of any State or any political subdivision thereof, in any interest-bearing account or certificate of deposit of a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System, or in obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States.