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EXCERPTS FROM THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1968

[Public Law 90-448; 82 Stat. 476, 545; 12 U.S.C. 17166]

TITLE VIII—SECONDARY MORTGAGE MARKET

PURPOSES

SEC. 801. The purposes of this title include the partition of the Federal National Mortgage Association as heretofore existing into two separate and distinct corporations, each of which shall have continuity and corporate succession as a separated portion of the previously_existing corporation. One of such corporations, to be known as Federal National Mortgage Association, will be a Government-sponsored private corporation, will retain the assets and liabilities of the previously existing corporation accounted for under section 304 of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act, and will continue to operate the secondary market operations authorized by such section 304. The other to be known as Government National Mortgage Association, will remain in the Government, will retain the assets and liabilities of the previously existing corporation accounted for under sections 305 and 306 of such Act, and will continue to operate the special assistance functions and management and liquidating functions authorized by such sections 305 and 306.

EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 808. The amendments made by this title shall be effective from and after a date, no more than one hundred and twenty days following the date of enactment of this Act, as established by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1 Notice of the establishment of such effective date shall be published in the Federal Register at least thirty days prior thereto.

SAVINGS PROVISIONS

SEC. 809. (a) No cause of action by or against the Federal National Mortgage Association existing prior to the effective date established pursuant to section 808 shall abate by reason of the enactment of this title. Any such cause of action may thereafter be asserted by or against the appropriate corporate body named in section 302(a)(2) of the National Housing Act.

(b) No suit, action, or other proceeding commenced by or against the Federal National Mortgage Association, or any officer thereof in his official capacity, prior to the effective date established pursuant to section 808 shall abate by reason of the enactment of this title. A court may at any time thereafter during the pendency of any such litigation, on its own motion or that of any party, order that the litigation may be maintained by or against the appropri

1 September 1, 1968, was established as the effective date.

ate corporate body named in section 302(a)(2) of the National Housing Act or the appropriate corresponding officer thereof.

TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 810. (a) On the effective date established pursuant to section 808 of this Act. each share of outstanding nonvoting common stock, with a par value of $100 per share, of the Federal National Mortgage Association shall be changed into and shall become one share of voting common stock, without par value, of such corporation. For the purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, no gain or loss is recognized by the holders of such stock on such change, and the basis and holder period of such stock in the hands of the stockholders immediately after such change are the same as the basis and holding period of such stock in their hands immediately prior to such change.

(b) [Repealed.]

(c) [Repealed.]

(d) Those persons who are the officers and employees of the Federal National Mortgage Association immediately prior to the effective date established pursuant to section 808 shall become the officers and employees of the Government National Mortgage Association on such date. The Federal National Mortgage Association and the Government National Mortgage Association shall provide by contract for the conditions and methods under which and by which the Federal National Mortgage Association during the transitional period may employ those individuals who are employees of the Government National Mortgage Association on such effective date; and may provide by contract for the operation by either of such corporations of any of the functions of the other. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make every reasonable effort to place in other comparable Federal positions any individuals who are career or career-conditional employees of the Government National Mortgage Association on such effective date and who are subsequently during the transitional period neither employed by the Federal National Mortgage Association nor retained by the Government National Mortgage Association.

Approved August 1, 1968.

EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1980

[Public Law 96-399; 94 Stat. 1614; 12 U.S.C. 1723]

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES PROGRAM

SEC. 330. If the Federal National Mortgage Association submits to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or the Secre tary of the Treasury, after the date of enactment of this section, a proposal with respect to undertaking a mortgage-backed securities program, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or the Secretary of the Treasury, as the case may be, shall, within 90 days after submission of such proposal, approve the proposal or transmit to the Congress a report explaining why the proposal has not been approved.

Approved October 8, 1980.

EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND URBAN-RURAL RECOVERY ACT OF 1983 [Public Law 98-181; 97 Stat. 1240; 12 U.S.C. 1720 note and 1723e note]

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY MORTGAGE PURCHASE ASSISTANCE FUNCTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

SEC. 483. (a) Sections 305 and 313 of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act and section 3(b) of the Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Act of 1974 are hereby repealed.

(b) Any purchase or commitment to purchase any mortgage pursuant to section 305 or 313 of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act made before the date of the enactment of this Act, and the servicing and disposition of any such mortgage, shall continue to be governed by the provisions of such sections as they existed immediately before the effective date of this section.

Approved November 30, 1983.

EXCERPTS FROM FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION
CHARTER ACT-PRIOR TO NOVEMBER 30, 1983

SPECIAL ASSISTANCE FUNCTIONS-GOVERNMENT NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

SEC. 305. (a) To carry out the purposes set forth in paragraph (b) of section 301, the President,1 after taking into account (1) the conditions in the building industry and the national economy and (2) conditions affecting the home mortgage investment market, generally, or affecting various types or classifications of home mortgages, or both, and after determining that such action is in the public interest, may under this section authorize the Association, for such period of time and to such extent as he shall prescribe, to exercise its powers to make commitments to purchase and to purchase such types, classes, or categories of home mortgages (including participations therein) as he shall determine.

(b) The operations of the Association under this section shall be confined, so far as practicable, to mortgages (including participations) which are deemed by the Association to be of such quality as to meet, substantially and generally, the purchase standards imposed by private institutional mortgage investors but which, at the time of submission of the mortgages to the Association for purchase, are not necessarily readily acceptable to such investors. Subject to the provisions of this section, the prices to be paid by the Association for mortgages purchased in its operations under this section shall be established from time to time by the Association. The Association shall impose charges or fees for its services under this section with the objective that all costs and expenses of its operations under this section should be within its income derived from such operations and that such operations should be fully selfsupporting.

(c) The total amount of purchases and commitments authorized by the President pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall not exceed $1,700,000,000 outstanding at any one time, which limit shall be increased by $100,000,000 on the date of the enactment of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, by $550,000,000 on July 1, 1967, by $525,000,000 on July 1, 1986, by $2,000,000,000 on July 1, 1969, and subject to approval in an appropriation Act, by $500,000,000 on October 1, 1978, by $900,000,000 on October 1, 1980, and by $1,100,000,000 on October 1, 1981.

(d) The Association may issue to the Secretary of the Treasury its obligations in an amount outstanding at any one time sufficient to enable the Association to carry out its functions under this section, such obligations to mature not more than five years from their respective date of issue, to be redeemable at the option of the Association before maturity in such manner as may be stipulated in such obligations. Each such obligation shall bear interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average rate on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States as of the last day of the month preceding

1 Executive Order No. 11732 [F.R. 20420], approved July 30, 1983, delegated the functions of the President to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under title III, secs. 301 and 305.

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