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12 U.S.C. § 4501 — Notice of service
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Any service required or authorized to be made by the Director under this subchapter may be made by registered mail, or in such other manner reasonably calculated to give actual notice as the Director may by regulation or otherwise provide.
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Any service required or authorized to be made by the Director under this subchapter may be made by registered mail, or in such other manner reasonably calculated to give actual notice as the Director may by regulation or otherwise provide.
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**(a) Regulations**
(1) **Capital standards** — Not later than 18 months after November 12, 1999, the Director shall issue regulations prescribing uniform capital standards applicable to each Federal home loan bank, which shall require each such bank to meet—
(A) the leverage requirement specified in paragraph (2); and
(B) the risk-based capital requirements, in accordance with paragraph (3).
(2) **Leverage requirement**
(A) *In general* — The leverage requirement shall require each Federal home loan bank to maintain a minimum amount of total capital based on the total assets of the bank and shall be 5 percent.
(B) *Treatment of stock and retained earnings* — In determining compliance with the minimum leverage ratio established under subparagraph (A), the paid-in value of the outstanding Class B stock and the amount of retained earnings shall be multiplied by 1.5, and such higher amounts shall be deemed to be capital for purposes of meeting the 5 percent minimum leverage ratio, except that a Federal home loan bank’s total capital (determined without taking into account any such multiplier) shall not be less than 4 percent of the total assets of the bank.
(3) **Risk-based capital standards**
(A) *Risk-based capital standards* — The Director shall, by regulation, establish risk-based capital standards for the Federal Home Loan Banks to ensure that the Federal Home Loan Banks operate in a safe and sound manner, with sufficient permanent capital and reserves to support the risks that arise in the operations and management of the Federal Home Loans Banks.
(B) *Consideration of other risk-based standards* — In establishing the risk-based standard under subparagraph (A), the Director shall take due consideration of any risk-based capital test established p
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**(a) Rights and remedies of Corporation; State qualifications or similar statutes** All rights and remedies of the Corporation, including without limitation on the generality of the foregoing any rights and remedies of the Corporation on, under, or with respect to any mortgage or any obligation secured thereby, shall be immune from impairment, limitation, or restriction by or under (1) any law (except laws enacted by the Congress expressly in limitation of this sentence) which becomes effective after the acquisition by the Corporation of the subject or property on, under, or with respect to which such right or remedy arises or exists or would so arise or exist in the absence of such law, or (2) any administrative or other action which becomes effective after such acquisition. The Corporation is authorized to conduct its business without regard to any qualification or similar statute in any State.
**(b) Government audits; procedure; access to records, etc.; reimbursement of costs**
(1) The programs, activities, receipts, expenditures, and financial transactions of the Corporation shall be subject to audit by the Comptroller General of the United States under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Comptroller General. The representatives of the Government Accountability Office shall have access to all books, accounts, financial records, reports, files and all other papers, things, or property belonging to or in use by the Corporation and necessary to facilitate the audit, and they shall be afforded full facilities for verifying transactions with the balances or securities held by depositaries, fiscal agents, and custodians. A report on each such audit shall be made by the Comptroller General to the Congress. The Corporation shall reimburse the Governmen
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**(a) Seal, and other matters incident to operation** Each of the bodies corporate named in [section 1717(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1717/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim) shall have power to adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed; to enter into and perform contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, or other transactions, on such terms as it may deem appropriate, with any agency or instrumentality of the United States, or with any State, Territory, or possession, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or with any political subdivision thereof, or with any person, firm, association, or corporation; to execute, in accordance with its bylaws, all instruments necessary or appropriate in the exercise of any of its powers; in its corporate name, to sue and to be sued, and to complain and to defend, in any court of competent jurisdiction, State or Federal, but no attachment, injunction, or other similar process, mesne or final, shall be issued against the property of the Association or against the Association with respect to its property; to conduct its business without regard to any qualification or similar statute in any State of the United States, including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Territories and possessions of the United States; to lease, purchase, or acquire any property, real, personal, or mixed, or any interest therein, to hold, rent, maintain, modernize, renovate, improve, use, and operate such property, and to sell, for cash or credit, lease, or otherwise dispose of the same, at such time and in such manner as and to the extent that it may deem necessary or appropriate; to prescribe, repeal, and amend or modify, rules, regulations, o
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**(a) In general** In the course of or in connection with any proceeding, examination, or investigation under this chapter, the Director or any designated representative thereof, including any person designated to conduct any hearing under this subchapter shall have the authority—
(1) to administer oaths and affirmations;
(2) to take and preserve testimony under oath;
(3) to issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum; and
(4) to revoke, quash, or modify subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum.
**(b) Witnesses and documents** The attendance of witnesses and the production of documents provided for in this section may be required from any place in any State or in any territory or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States at any designated place where such proceeding is being conducted.
**(c) Enforcement**
(1) **In general** — The Director, or any party to proceedings under this subchapter, may apply to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, or the United States district court for the judicial district of the United States in any territory in which such proceeding is being conducted, or where the witness resides or carries on business, for enforcement of any subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued pursuant to this section.
(2) **Power of court** — The courts described under paragraph (1) shall have the jurisdiction and power to order and require compliance with any subpoena issued under paragraph (1).
**(d) Fees and expenses** Witnesses subpoenaed under this section shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the district courts of the United States. Any court having jurisdiction of any proceeding instituted under this section by an regulated entity enterprise-affiliated party 11 So in original. may allo
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For purposes of this chapter:
(1) **Affiliate** — Except as provided by the Director, the term “affiliate” means any entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, an enterprise.
(2) **Agency** — The term “Agency” means the Federal Housing Finance Agency established under [section 4511 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section4511&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Authorizing statutes** — The term “authorizing statutes” means—
(A) the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act;
(B) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act; and
(C) the Federal Home Loan Bank Act.
(4) **Board** — The term “Board” means the Federal Housing Finance Oversight Board established under [section 4513a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section4513a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **Capital distribution**
(A) *In general* — The term “capital distribution” means—
(i) any dividend or other distribution in cash or in kind made with respect to any shares of, or other ownership interest in, an enterprise, except a dividend consisting only of shares of the enterprise;
(ii) any payment made by an enterprise to repurchase, redeem, retire, or otherwise acquire any of its shares, including any extension of credit made to finance an acquisition by the enterprise of such shares; and
(iii) any transaction that the Director determines by regulation to be, in substance, the distribution of capital.
(B) *Exception* — Any payment made by an enterprise to repurchase its shares for the purpose of fulfilling an obligation of the enterprise under an employee stock ownership plan that is qualified under [section 401 of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view
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This chapter may not be construed as obligating the Federal Government, either directly or indirectly, to provide any funds to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association, or the Federal Home Loan Banks, or to honor, reimburse, or otherwise guarantee any obligation or liability of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association, or the Federal Home Loan Banks. This chapter may not be construed as implying that any such enterprise or Bank, or any obligations or securities of such an enterprise or Bank, are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.
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**(a) Establishment** There is established the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which shall be an independent agency of the Federal Government.
**(b) General supervisory and regulatory authority**
(1) **In general** — Each regulated entity shall, to the extent provided in this chapter, be subject to the supervision and regulation of the Agency.
(2) **Authority over Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Federal Home Loan Banks, and the Office of Finance** — The Director shall have general regulatory authority over each regulated entity and the Office of Finance, and shall exercise such general regulatory authority, including such duties and authorities set forth under [section 4513 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section4513&num=0&edition=prelim), to ensure that the purposes of this Act, the authorizing statutes, and any other applicable law are carried out.
**(c) Savings provision** The authority of the Director to take actions under subchapters II and III shall not in any way limit the general supervisory and regulatory authority granted to the Director under subsection (b).
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**(a) Duties**
(1) **Principal duties** — The principal duties of the Director shall be—
(A) to oversee the prudential operations of each regulated entity; and
(B) to ensure that—
(i) each regulated entity operates in a safe and sound manner, including maintenance of adequate capital and internal controls;
(ii) the operations and activities of each regulated entity foster liquid, efficient, competitive, and resilient national housing finance markets (including activities relating to mortgages on housing for low- and moderate-income families involving a reasonable economic return that may be less than the return earned on other activities);
(iii) each regulated entity complies with this chapter and the rules, regulations, guidelines, and orders issued under this chapter and the authorizing statutes;
(iv) each regulated entity carries out its statutory mission only through activities that are authorized under and consistent with this chapter and the authorizing statutes; and
(v) the activities of each regulated entity and the manner in which such regulated entity is operated are consistent with the public interest.
(2) **Scope of authority** — The authority of the Director shall include the authority—
(A) to review and, if warranted based on the principal duties described in paragraph (1), reject any acquisition or transfer of a controlling interest in a regulated entity; and
(B) to exercise such incidental powers as may be necessary or appropriate to fulfill the duties and responsibilities of the Director in the supervision and regulation of each regulated entity.
(3) **Coordination with the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System**
(A) *Consultation* — The Director shall consult with, and consider the v
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**(a) In general** There is established the Federal Housing Finance Oversight Board, which shall advise the Director with respect to overall strategies and policies in carrying out the duties of the Director under this chapter.
**(b) Limitations** The Board may not exercise any executive authority, and the Director may not delegate to the Board any of the functions, powers, or duties of the Director.
**(c) Composition** The Board shall be comprised of 4 members, of whom—
(1) 1 member shall be the Secretary of the Treasury;
(2) 1 member shall be the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
(3) 1 member shall be the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
(4) 1 member shall be the Director, who shall serve as the Chairperson of the Board.
**(d) Meetings**
(1) **In general** — The Board shall meet upon notice by the Director, but in no event shall the Board meet less frequently than once every 3 months.
(2) **Special meetings** — Either the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission may, upon giving written notice to the Director, require a special meeting of the Board.
**(e) Testimony** On an annual basis, the Board shall testify before Congress regarding—
(1) the safety and soundness of the regulated entities;
(2) any material deficiencies in the conduct of the operations of the regulated entities;
(3) the overall operational status of the regulated entities;
(4) an evaluation of the performance of the regulated entities in carrying out their respective missions;
(5) operations, resources, and performance of the Agency; and
(6) such other matters relating to the Agency and its fulfillment of its mission, as the Board determines appropriate.
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**(a) Standards** The Director shall establish standards, by regulation or guideline, for each regulated entity relating to—
(1) adequacy of internal controls and information systems taking into account the nature and scale of business operations;
(2) independence and adequacy of internal audit systems;
(3) management of interest rate risk exposure;
(4) management of market risk, including standards that provide for systems that accurately measure, monitor, and control market risks and, as warranted, that establish limitations on market risk;
(5) adequacy and maintenance of liquidity and reserves;
(6) management of asset and investment portfolio growth;
(7) investments and acquisitions of assets by a regulated entity, to ensure that they are consistent with the purposes of this chapter and the authorizing statutes;
(8) overall risk management processes, including adequacy of oversight by senior management and the board of directors and of processes and policies to identify, measure, monitor, and control material risks, including reputational risks, and for adequate, well-tested business resumption plans for all major systems with remote site facilities to protect against disruptive events;
(9) management of credit and counterparty risk, including systems to identify concentrations of credit risk and prudential limits to restrict exposure of the regulated entity to a single counterparty or groups of related counterparties;
(10) maintenance of adequate records, in accordance with consistent accounting policies and practices that enable the Director to evaluate the financial condition of the regulated entity; and
(11) such other operational and management standards as the Director determines to be appropriate.
**(b) Failure to meet standards**
(1) **Plan requi
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