tion, as follows: Not to exceed 10 per centum in cash, and 50 per centum of the remainder within one year, and the balance within three years from the date of such default, in negotiable noninterest-bearing debentures of the Corporation. The Corporation shall furnish to all insured institutions a certificate stating that the insurance of accounts in such institution is to be paid in the manner described in this subsection.

LIQUIDATION OF INSURED INSTITUTIONS

SEC. 406. (a) In order to facilitate the liquidation of insured institutions, the Corporation is authorized (1) to contract with any insured institution with respect to the making available of insured accounts to the insured members of any insured institution in default, or (2) to provide for the organization of a new Federal savings and loan association for such purpose subject to the approval of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board.

(b) In the event that a Federal savings and loan association is in default, the Corporation shall be appointed as conservator or receiver and is authorized as such (1) to take over the assets of and operate such association, (2) to take such action as may be necessary to put it in a sound and solvent condition, (3) to merge it with another insured institution, (4) to organize a new Federal savings and loan association to take over its assets, or (5) to proceed to liquidate its assets in an orderly manner, whichever shall appear to be to the best interests of the insured members of the association in default; and in any event the Corporation shall pay the insurance as provided in section 405 and all valid credit obligations of such association. The surrender and transfer to the Corporation of an insured account in any such association which is in default shall subrogate the Corporation with respect to such insured account, but shall not affect any right which the insured member may have in the uninsured portion of his account or any right which he may have to participate in the distribution of the net proceeds remaining from the disposition of the assets of such association.8

(c) In the event any insured institution other than a Federal savings and loan association is in default, the Corporation shall have authority to act as conservator, receiver, or other legal custodian of such insured institution, and the services of the Corporation are hereby tendered to the court or other public authority having the power of appointment. If the Corporation is so appointed, it shall have the same powers and duties with respect to the insured institution in default as are conferred upon it under subsection (b) with respect to Federal savings and loan associations. If the Corporation is not so appointed it shall pay the insurance as provided in section 405, and shall have power (1) to bid for the assets of the insured institution in default, (2) to negotiate for the merger of the insured institution or the transfer of its assets, or (3) to make any other disposition of the matter as it may deem in the best interests of all concerned.

As amended by sec. 26 of An Act to Provide Additional Home-Mortgage Relief. last sentence of sec. 406 (b) formerly read as follows:

The

"The net proceeds which may arise from the orderly liquidation of the assets of any such association, after reimbursement of the Corporation of all amounts paid by it for such insurance, shall be distributed pro rata among the shareholders of the association."

(d) In connection with the liquidation of insured institutions in default, the Corporation shall have power to carry on the business. of and to collect all obligations to the insured institutions, to settle, compromise, or release claims in favor of or against the insured institutions, and to do all other things that may be necessary in connection therewith, subject only to the regulation of the court or other public authority having jurisdiction over the matter.

(e) The Corporation shall make an annual report to the Congress of the operation by it of insured institutions in default, and shall keep a complete record of the administration by it of the assets of such insured institutions which shall be subject to inspection by any officer of any such insured institution or by any other interested party, and, if any such insured institution is operated under the laws of any State, Territory, or possession of the United States, or of the District of Columbia, such annual report shall also be filed with the public authority which has jurisdiction over the insured institution.

(f) In order to prevent a default in an insured institution or in order to restore an insured institution in default to normal operation as an insured institution, the Corporation is authorized, in its discretion, to make loans to, purchase the assets of, or make a contribution to, an insured institution or an insured institution in default; but no contribution shall be made to any such institution in an amount in excess of that which the Corporation finds to be reasonably necessary to save the expense of liquidating such institution."

TERMINATION OF INSURANCE

SEC. 407. (a) Any institution which is insured under the provisions of this title may, upon not less than ninety days' written notice to the Corporation, terminate its status as an insured institution upon a majority vote of its shareholders entitled to vote, or upon a majority vote of its board of directors or other similar governing body which is authorized to act for the institution. Thereupon its status as an insured institution shall immediately cease and all rights of its insured members to insurance under this title shall immediately terminate; but the obligation of the institution to pay the premium charges for insurance shall continue for a period of three years after the date of such termination.

(b) The Corporation shall have power to terminate the insured status of any insured institution at any time, after ninety days' notice in writing, for violation of any provision of this title, or of any rule or regulation made thereunder, or of any agreement made pursuant to section 403. In the event the insured status of any insured institution is so terminated it shall be unlawful thereafter for it to advertise or represent itself as an insured institution, but the insured accounts of its members existing on the date of such termination shall continue as such for a period of five years thereafter, and the institution shall be required to continue the payment of the premium charge for insurance during such five-year period.

This subsection was added by sec. 27 of An Act to Provide Additional Home-Mortgage Relief.

PENALTIES

SEC. 512. (a) Whoever, for the purpose of obtaining any loan from the Federal Housing Administration or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, or any extension or renewal thereof, or the acceptance, release, or substitution of security therefor, or for the purpose of inducing the Administration or the Corporation to purchase any assets, or for the purpose of influencing in any way the action of the Administration or the Corporation under this Act, makes any statement, knowing it to be false, or willfully overvalues any security, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.

(b) Whoever (1) falsely makes, forges, or counterfeits any obligation or coupon, in imitation of or purporting to be an obligation or coupon issued under authority of this Act, or (2) passes, utters, or publishes, or attempts to pass, utter, or publish, any false, forged, or counterfeited obligation or coupon purporting to have been so issued, knowing the same to be false, forged, or counterfeited, or (3) falsely alters any obligation or coupon so issued or purporting to have been so issued, or (4) passes, utters, or publishes, or attempts to pass, utter, or publish, as true, any falsely altered or spurious obligation or coupon, so issued or purporting to have been so issued, knowing the same to be falsely altered or spurious, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.

(c) Whoever, being connected in any capacity with the Federal Housing Administration or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, (1) embezzles, abstracts, purloins, or willfully misapplies any moneys, funds, securities, or other things of value, whether belonging to the Administration or the Corporation or pledged, or otherwise intrusted to the Administration or the Corporation, or (2) with intent to defraud the Administration or the Corporation or any other body, politic or corporate, or any individual, or to deceive any officer, auditor, or examiner of the Administration or the Corporation, makes any false entry in any book, report, or statement of or to the Administration or the Corporation, or without being duly authorized draws any order, or issues, puts forth, or assigns any note, debenture, bond, or other such obligation, or draft, bill of exchange, mortgage, judgment, or decree thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.

SEPARABILITY PROVISION

SEC. 513. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

National Housing Act, approved June 27, 1934.

An Act to Provide Additional Home-Mortgage Relief, approved May 28, 1935.

APPENDIX

PROVISIONS OF OTHER LAWS PERTAINING TO THE HOME OWNERS' LOAN

CORPORATION

The Federal Reserve Act, section 13, as amended, provides as follows:

Any Federal Reserve bank may make advances for periods not exceeding fifteen days to its member banks on their promissory notes secured by the deposit or pledge of bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or Treasury bills of the United States, or by the deposit or pledge of debentures or other such obligations of Federal intermediate credit banks which are eligible for purchase by Federal Reserve banks under section 13 (a) of this Act, or by the deposit or pledge of Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation bonds issued under the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act, or by the deposit or pledge of bonds issued under the provisions of subsection (c) of section 4 of the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, as amended

The Federal Reserve Act, section 14 (b), as amended, provides as follows:

"Every Federal Reserve bank shall have power to buy and sell at home or abroad, bonds and notes of the United States, bonds of the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation having maturities from date of purchase of not exceeding six months, bonds issued under the provisions of subsection (c) of section 4 of the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, as amended, and having maturities from date of purchase of not exceeding six months, and bills, notes, revenue bonds, and warrants with a maturity from date of purchase of not exceeding six months, issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes or in anticipation of the receipt of assured revenues by any State, county, district, political subdivision, or municipality in the continental United States, including irrigation, drainage and reclamation districts, such purchases to be made in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Federal Reserve Board."

An Act to Guarantee the Bonds of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, section 8, provides as follows:

"The Federal Reserve banks are authorized, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to act as depositaries, custodians, and fiscal agents for the Home Owners' Loan Corporation."

An Act Concerning Public Contracts, section 3, as amended, provides as follows:

"That in every such contract or agreement to be made or entered into, or accepted as aforesaid, there shall be inserted an express

1 This is found in par. 8 of sec. 13 of the Federal Reserve Act; see United States Code, title 12, sec. 347.

2 As amended by An Act to Guarantee the Bonds of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation, approved Apr. 27, 1934.

See United States Code, title 12, sec. 355.

See United States Code, title 41, sec. 22.

condition that no member of or Delegate to Congress shall be admitted to any share or part of such contract or agreement, or to any benefit to arise thereupon. The provisions of such sections shall not apply to any contracts or agreements heretofore or hereafter entered into under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the Federal Farm Loan Act, as amended, the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, as amended, the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act, as amended, the Farm Credit Act of 1933, as amended, and the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, as amended."

An Act to Codify, Revise, and Amend the Penal Laws of the United States, section 116, as amended, provides as follows:

"Nothing contained in the two preceding sections shall extend, or be construed to extend, to any contract or agreement made or entered into, or accepted, by any incorporated company, where such contract or agreement is made for the general benefit of such incorporation or company; nor to the purchase or sale of bills of exchange or other property by any Member of or Delegate to Congress, or Resident Commissioner, where the same are ready for delivery, and payment therefor is made, at the time of making or entering into the contract or agreement. The provisions of such sections shall not apply to any contracts or agreements heretofore or hereafter entered into under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the Federal Farm Loan Act, as amended, the Emergency Farm Mortgage Act of 1933, as amended, the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation Act, as amended, the Farm Credit Act of 1933, as amended, and the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, as amended.”

U. S. C., title 18, secs. 73, 74, 76, 82, 83, 88, 91, 202, 203, and 207 provide as follows:7

SEC. 73. Whoever shall falsely make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in the false making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting, any deed, power of attorney, order, certificate, receipt, contract, or other writing, for the purpose of obtaining or receiving, or of enabling any other person, either directly or indirectly, to obtain or receive from the United States, or any of their officers or agents, any sum of money; or whoever shall utter or publish as true, or cause to be uttered or published as true, any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited deed, power of attorney, order, certificate, receipt, contract, or other writing, with intent to defraud the United States, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged, or counterfeited; or whoever shall transmit to, or present at, or cause or procure to be transmitted to, or presented at, any office or officer of the Government of the United States, any deed, power of attorney, order, certificate, receipt, contract, or other writing, in support of, or in relation to, any account or claim, with intent to defraud the United States, knowing the same to be false, altered, forged, or counterfeited, shall be fined not more than $1,000 and imprisoned not more than ten years."

As amended by the National Housing Act, approved June 27, 1934.

See United States Code, title 18, sec. 206.

See sections 29, 30, 32, 35, 37, 39, 112, 113, and 117 of the Criminal Code of the United States.