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68 Stat. 622.

PUBLIC LAW 90-448-AUG. 1, 1968

[82 STAT.

he may require the corporation to make such reports on its activities as he deems advisable." (ff) Section 311 of such Act is amended— (1) by striking out "the Association" and inserting in heu thereof "either of the bodies corporate named in section 302(a)(2) "; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following: "All stock, obligations, securities, participations, or other instruments issued pursuant to this title shall, to the same extent as securities which are direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, be deemed to be exempt securities within the meaning of laws administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission; but all such issuances shall be made only with the approval of the Secretary of Housing atid Urban Development." PARTICIPATIONS

soltlTieT' 12 USC 1717.

^^^^^- ^^^''^^.Section 302(c)(5) of the National Housing Act is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: "In the event that the insufficiency required by the trustee is on account of principal maturities of outstanding beneficial interests or participations authorized to be issued pursuant to paragraph (4) of this subsection, or pursuant hereto, the trustee is authorized to elect to issue additional beneficial interests or participations for refinancing purposes in lieu of requiring any trustor or trustors to make payments to the trustee from appropriated funds or other sources. Each such issue of beneficial interests or participations shall be in an amount determined by the trustee but not in excess of the aggregate amount which the trustee would otherwise require the trustor or trustors to pay from appropriated funds or other sources, and may be issued without regard to the provisions of paragraph (4) of this subsection. All refinancing issues of beneficial interests or participations shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant to the authority contained in the appropriation Act or Acts under which the beneficial interests or participations were originally issued." MORTGAGE-BACKED

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12 USC 1721.

SECURITIES

^^^* ^^^' ^^^ Section 304 of the National Housing Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (d) To provide a greater degree of liquidity to the mortgage investment market and an additional means of financing its operations under this section, the corporation is authorized to set aside any mortgages held by it under this section, and, upon approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, to issue and sell securities based upon the mortgages so set aside. Securities issued under this subsection may be in the form of debt obligations or trust certificates of beneficial interest, or both. Securities issued under this subsection shall have such maturities and bear such rate or rates of interest as may be determined by the corporation with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Securities issued by the corporation under this subsection shall, to the same extent as securities which are direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States, be deemed to be exempt securities within the meaning of laws administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mortgages set aside pursuant to this subsection shall at all times be adequate to enable the corporation to make timely principal and interest payments on the securities issued and sold pursuant to this subsection." (I3) Section 306 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

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