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 98 STAT. 1696 12 USC 1454.

12 USC 1713.

PUBLIC LAW 98-440—OCT. 3, 1984

(b) Section 80r)(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act is amended by striking out the penultimate sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "With respect to mortgages secured by property comprising five or more family dwelling units, such limitations shall not exceed 125 per centum of the dollar amounts set forth in section 207(c)(3) of the National Housing Act, except that such limitations may be increased by the Corporation (taking into account construction costs) to not to exceed 240 per centum of such dollar amounts in any geographical area for which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines under such section that cost levels require any increase in the dollar amount limitations under such section.". BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

President of U.S. SEC. 207. The first sentence of section 308(b) of the Federal 12 USC 1723. National Mortgage Association Charter Act is amended to read as follows: "The Federal National Mortgage Association shall have a board of directors, which shall consist of eighteen persons, five of whom shall be appointed annually by the President of the United States, and the remainder of whom shall be elected annually by the common stockholders.". ANNUAL REPORT OF SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ON ACTIVITIES OF FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

12 USC 1723a.

SEC. 208. Section 309(h) of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act is amended by striking out the last two sentences and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "Pursuant to the authority provided in this subsection, the Secretary shall, not later than June 30 of each year, report to the Congress on the activities of the corporation under this title.". PERIOD FOR APPROVAL OF ACTIONS OF FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION

12 USC 1723a. Report. Ante, p. 1689.

Extension.

SEC. 209. Section 309 of the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(i) If the Federal National Mortgage Association submits to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, after the date of the enactment of the Secondary Mortgage Market Enhancement Act of 1984, a request for approval or other action under this title, the Secretary shall, not later than the expiration of the forty-five-day period following the submission of such request, approve such request or transmit to the Congress a report explaining why such request has not been approved. Such period may be extended for an additional fifteen-day period if the Secretary requests additional information from the corporation. If the Secretary fails to transmit such report to the Congress within such forty-five-day period or sixty-day period, as the case may be, the corporation may proceed as if such request had been approved.".

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