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12 U.S.C. § 1723c

Obligations, participations, or other instruments as lawful investments; acceptance as security; exempt securities

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12 U.S.C. § 1723c, Obligations, participations, or other instruments as lawful investments; acceptance as security; exempt securities, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/437797
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All obligations, participations, or other instruments issued by either of the bodies corporate named in section 1717(a)(2) of this title shall be lawful investments, and may be accepted as security for all fiduciary, trust, and public funds, the investment or deposit of which shall be under the authority and control of the United States or any officer or officers thereof. All stock, obligations, securities, participations, or other instruments issued pursuant to this subchapter 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.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 98-440(S. 2040)1984-10-03
    An act to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to the treatment of mortgage backed securities, to increase the authority of the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 102-550(H.R. 5334)1992-10-28
    Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
    House: 377–37Senate: no recorded tally