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PXJBLIC LAW 560-AUG. 2, 1954

[68 S T A T.

tributed earnings, and in no event shall any such obligations be issued if, at the time of such proposed issuance, and as a consequence thereof, the resulting aggregate amount of its outstanding obligations under this subsection would exceed the amount of the Association's ownership pursuant to this section, free from any liens or encumbrances, of cash, mortgages, and bonds or other obligations of, or bonds or other obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the United States. The Association shall insert appropriate language in all of its obligations issued under this subsection clearly indicating that such obligations, together with the interest thereon, are not guaranteed by the United States and do not constitute a debt or obligation of the United States or of any agency or instrumentality thereof other than the Association. The Association is authorized to purchase in the open market any of its obligations outstanding under this subsection at any time and at any price. "(c) The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized in his discretion to purchase any obligations issued pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, as now or hereafter in force, and for such purpose the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds of the sale of any securities hereafter issued under the 31 USC 774(2). Second Liberty Bond Act, as now or hereafter in force, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as now or hereafter in force, are extended to include such purchases. The Secretary of the Treasury shall not at any time purchase any obligations under this subsection if (1) all of the preferred stock of the Association held by the Secretary of the Treasury has been retired, or (2) such purchase would increase the aggregate principal amount of his then outstanding holdings of such obligations under this subsection to an amount greater than $500,000,000 plus an amount equal to the total of such reductions in the maximum dollar Post, p. 618. amount prescribed by section 306(c) as have theretofore been effected pursuant to that section: Provided, That such aggregate principal amount under this subsection (c) shall in no event exceed $1,000,000,000. Each purchase of obligations by the Secretary of the Treasury under this subsection shall be upon such terms and conditions as to yield a return 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 the making of such purchase. The Secretary of the Treasury may, at any time, sell, upon such terms and conditions and at such price or prices as he shall determine, any of the obligations acquired by him under this subsection. All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the Treasury of such obligations under this subsection shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States. " (d) The Association may not purchase participations or make any advance contracts or commitments to purchase mortgages for its operations under this section, except that the Association may, in the discretion of its board of directors, issue a purchase contract (which shall not be assignable or transferable except with the consent of the Association) in an amount not exceeding the amount of the sale of mortgages purchased from the Association, entitling the holder thereof to sell to the Association mortgages in the amount of the contract, upon such terms and conditions as the Association may prescribe. u SPECIAL ASSISTANCE F U N C T I O N S

Ante, p. 612.

"SEC. 305. (a) To carry out the purposes set forth in paragraph (b) of section 301, the President, 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

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