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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Chapter 13 — National Housing

§ 1734. Amendment, extension, or increase of commitment amounts

Statutory text

At any time prior to final endorsement for insurance, the Secretary, in his discretion, may amend, extend, or increase the amount of any commitment, provided the mortgage, as finally endorsed for insurance is eligible for insurance under the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations thereunder, in effect at the time the original commitment to insure was issued.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title V, § 515 as added Oct. 25, 1949, ch. 729, § 3, 63 Stat. 906 · 63 Stat. 906

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 1734

    June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title V, § 515 as added Oct. 25, 1949, ch. 729, § 3, 63 Stat. 906

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title V, § 515 as added Oct. 25, 1949, ch. 729, § 3, 63 Stat. 906

  2. Pub. L. 90–19 § 1(a)(3) · 81 Stat. 17

    Substituted · 12 U.S.C. § 1734

    Pub. L. 90–19 substituted “Secretary” for “Commissioner”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 90–19 substituted “Secretary” for “Commissioner”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) by striking out “Federal Housing Administration” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Department of Housing and Urban Development”;

  3. Housing and Community Development Technical Amendments Act of 1984

    Pub. L. 98–479 title II § 204(a)(20) · 98 Stat. 2218

    Struck · 12 U.S.C. § 1734

    Pub. L. 98–479 struck out “; mortgage conditions” after “amounts” in section catchline

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 98–479 struck out “; mortgage conditions” after “amounts” in section catchline.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (20) The National Housing Act is amended by inserting the following 12 USC 1734. section heading for section 515: “amendment, extension, or increase of commitment amounts”.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1967–1984 · 2 rounds

1984

Pub. L. 98–479 struck out “; mortgage conditions” after “amounts” in section catchline.

1967

Pub. L. 90–19 substituted “Secretary” for “Commissioner”.

Credits

1934–1984 · 3 acts
  1. 1934June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title V, § 515 as added Oct. 25, 1949, ch. 729, § 3, 63 Stat. 906
  2. 1967amended Pub. L. 90–19, § 1(a)(3), , 81 Stat. 17
  3. 1984Pub. L. 98–479, title II, § 204(a)(20), , 98 Stat. 2232.
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(June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title V, § 515 as added Oct. 25, 1949, ch. 729, § 3, 63 Stat. 906; amended Pub. L. 90–19, § 1(a)(3), , 81 Stat. 17; Pub. L. 98–479, title II, § 204(a)(20), , 98 Stat. 2232.)

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