EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1977 [Public Law 95-128; 91 Stat. 1142; 42 U.S.C. 1490h note] TAXATION OF FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION-HELD PROPERTY SEC. 512. (a) (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no State, Commonwealth, territory, possession, district, or local political subdivision which has received, prior to the date of enactment of this Act, tax payments from the Department of Agriculture based on property held by the Farmers Home Administration shall be liable for, or be obligated to refund, the amount of any such payment, which, if it had been made after the date of enactment of this Act, would have been authorized by the provisions of section 528 of the Housing Act of 1949, and no officer or employee of the United States shall incur or be under any liability by reason of having made or authorized any such payments. Approved October 12, 1977. PART VI-PROPERTY, CRIME, AND FLOOD INSURANCE PROPERTY AND CRIME INSURANCE EXCERPT FROM NATIONAL INSURANCE DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1975 [Public Law 94-13; 89 Stat. 68; 12 U.S.C. 1749bbb note] That this Act may be cited as the "National Insurance Development Act of 1975”. SECTION 1. (a) The Congress finds that (1) under the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-448, approved August 1, 1968), as amended, the powers of the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to enter into new reinsurance contracts with respect to the Federal riot reinsurance program and into new direct insurance contracts with respect to the Federal crime insurance program will terminate on April 30, 1975, except to the extent necessary (a) to continue policies of direct insurance and reinsurance, until April 30, 1978, (b) to handle claims and those arising under the policies still in force on the termination date of the program, and (c) to complete the liquidation and termination of the reinsurance and direct insurance programs; (2) continuation of the Federal riot reinsurance program is essential both to the operation of the systems of State FAIR plans, which provide access for many people to basic property insurance not otherwise available in urban areas, and to the continued existence of such FAIR plans inasmuch as many State laws condition the very existence of such FAIR plans upon the continued existence of the Federal riot reinsurance program; (3) continuation of the Federal crime insurance program, which provides access for many homeowners, tenants, and small businessmen to burglary, robbery, and similar coverages in States where an insurance coverage availability problem exists, is likewise essential; (4) withdrawal at this time of the Federal support which these programs give to the insurance buying public and the insurers would be particularly ill timed and inadvisable in view of the (a) threatening major shortage of voluntary insurance facilities to which the consumer can turn to fulfill his insurance purchase needs and (b) the potential for insurer insolvencies inherent in times of economic stress; and (5) the impending tightening of the availability of insurance coverage in the insurance market will only intensify due to the present economic conditions confronting insurers, which affect the capital adequacies of insurers due to severe declines in the values of insurers' securities portfolios, thus impacting on their ability to increase their underwritings in a growing insurance market. (b) The purpose of this Act, therefore, is to extend the duration of the national insurance development program so as to maintain the Federal riot reinsurance program which reinsures the general 36-210 0-84--32 property insurance business against the catastrophic peril of riot and, thus, makes this insurance available, together with its review and compliance function which assures that the intent of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-448, approved August 1, 1968) as amended is carried out, as well as the Federal crime insurance program which provides basic crime insurance coverages in the States where it is needed, both of which programs aid the insurance purchasing consumer when, from time to time and especially in times such as these, insurers engage in conscious policies of market construction which lead to serious innercity insurance availability problems of the kind the national insurance development program has been created to ameliorate. Approved April 8, 1975. EXCERPTS FROM THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1968 [Public Law 90-448; 82 Stat. 476; 12 U.S.C. 1749bbb note] TITLE XI-URBAN PROPERTY PROTECTION AND SHORT TITLE SEC. 1101. This title may be cited as the "Urban Property Protection and Reinsurance Act of 1968". FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE SEC. 1102. (a) The Congress finds that (1) the vitality of many American cities is being threatened by the deterioration of their inner city areas; responsible owners of well-maintained residential, business, and other properties in many of these areas are unable to obtain adequate property insurance coverage against fire, crime, and other perils; the lack of such insurance coverage accelerates the deterioration of these areas by discouraging private investment and restricting the availability of credit to repair and improve property therein; and this deterioration poses a serious threat to the national economy; (2) recent riots and other civil commotion in many American cities have brought about abnormally high losses to the private property insurance industry for which adequate reinsurance cannot be obtained at reasonable cost, and the risk of such losses will make most lines of property insurance even more difficult to obtain; (3) the capacity of the private property insurance industry to provide adequate insurance is threatened, and the continuity of such property insurance protection is essential to the extension of credit in these areas; and (4) the national interest demands urgent action by the Congress to assure that essential lines of property insurance, including lines providing protection against riot and civil commotion damage will be available to property owners at reasonable cost. (b) The purposes of this title are, therefore, to (1) encourage and assist the various State insurance authorities and the property insurance industry to develop and carry out statewide programs which will make necessary property insurance coverage against the fire, crime, and other perils more readily available for residential, business, and other properties meeting reasonable underwriting standards; (2) provide a Federal program of reinsurance against abnormally high property insurance losses resulting from riots and other civil commotion, placing appropriate financial responsibility upon the States to share in such losses; and (3) provide direct insurance through the facilities of the Federal Government in the case of properties for which statewide programs and the Federal reinsurance program either do not make crime insurance available or offer such insurance to property owners only at prohibitive cost. AMENDMENT OF THE NATIONAL HOUSING ACT SEC. 1103. The National Housing Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new title: |