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 98 STAT. 1692

15 USC lid. Ante, p. 1689.

Prohibitions.

Exemption.

PUBLIC LAW 98-440—OCT. 3, 1984

(C) securities issued or guaranteed by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or the Federal National Mortgage Association, to the same extent that such person, trust, corporation, partnership, association, business trust, or business entity is authorized under any applicable law to purchase, hold or invest in obligations issued by or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof. (2) Where State law limits the purchase, holding, or investment in obligations issued by the United States by such a person, trust, corporation, partnership, association, business trust, or business entity, such 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 (C) securities issued or guaranteed by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or the Federal National Mortgage Association, shall be considered to be obligations issued by the United States for purposes of the limitation. (b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to a particular person, trust, corporation, partnership, association, business trust, or business entity or class thereof in any State that, prior to the expiration of seven years after the date of the enactment of this Act, enacts a statute that specifically refers to this section and either prohibits or provides for a more limited authority to purchase, hold, or invest in such securities by any person, trust, corporation, partnership, association, business trust, or business entity or class thereof than is provided in subsection (a). The enactment by any State of any statute of the type described in the preceding sentence shall not affect the validity of any contractual commitment to purchase, hold, or invest that was made prior thereto and shall not require the sale or other disposition of any securities acquired prior thereto. (c) Any securities that are offered and sold pursuant to section 4(5) of the Securities Act of 1933 or that 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))) shall be exempt from any law of any State with respect to or requiring registration or qualification of securities or real estate to the same extent as any obligation issued by or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof. Any State may, prior to the expiration of seven years after the date of the enactment of this Act, enact a statute that specifically refers to this section and requires registration or qualification of any such security on terms that differ from those applicable to any obligation issued by the United States. TITLE II—SECONDARY MORTGAGE MARKET PROGRAMS LIMITATIONS ON PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS

12 USC 1717.

SEC. 201. (a) The sixth sentence of section 302(b)(2) of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act is amended to read as follows: "The corporation shall establish limitations governing the mgiximum original principal obligation of conventional mortgages

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