Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 2.djvu/531

 PUBLIC LAW 98-440—OCT. 3, 1984

98 STAT. 1691

purchase, or within such shorter period as the Commission may prescribe by rule or regulation". INVESTMENT BY DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS

SEC. 105. (a) Section 5(c)(1) of the Home Owner's Loan Act of 1933 (12 U.S.C. 1464(c)(1)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "(S) MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES.—Investments in securities that— "(i) are offered and sold pursuant to section 4(5) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77d(5)); or "(ii) are mortgage related securities (as that term is defined in section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(41))), subject to such regulations as the Board may prescribe, including regulations prescribing minimum size of the issue (at the time of initial distribution) or minimum aggregate sales prices, or both.". (b) Section 107 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1757) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (15) as paragraph (16); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (14) the following: "(15) to invest in securities that— "(A) are offered and sold pursuant to section 4(5) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77d(5)); or "(B) are mortgage related securities (as that term is defined in section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(41))), subject to such regulations as the Board may prescribe, including regulations prescribing minimum size of the issue (at the time of initial distribution) or minimum aggregate sales prices, or both;". (c) Section 5136 of the Revised Statutes (12 U.S.C. 24) is amended by adding at the end of paragraph Seventh the following: "The limitations and restrictions contained in this paragraph as to an association purchasing for its own account investment securities shall not apply to securities that (A) are offered and sold pursuant to section 4(5) of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77d(5)); or (B) are mortgage related securities (as that term is defined in section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(41))), subject to such regulations as the Comptroller of the Currency may prescribe, including regulations prescribing minimum size of the issue (at the time of initial distribution) or minimum aggregate sales prices, or both.".

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PREEMPTION O F STATE LAW

SEC. 106. (a)(1) Any person, trust, corporation, partnership, association, business trust, or business entity created pursuant to or existing under the laws of the United States or any State shall be authorized to purchase, hold, and invest in securities that are— (A) offered and sold pursuant to section 4(5) of the Securities Act of 1933, (B) mortgage related securities (as that term is defined in section 3(a)(41) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(41))), or

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