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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 1217 (Reported in Senate) — To provide secondary mortgage market reform, and for other purposes. · Sec. 501

Sec. 501. Repeal of GSE charters

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Effective on the FMIC certification date, the charter of the Federal National Mortgage Association is repealed and the Federal National Mortgage Association shall have no authority to conduct new business under such charter, except that the provisions of such charter in effect immediately before such repeal shall continue to apply with respect to the rights and obligations of any holders of— outstanding debt obligations of the Federal National Mortgage Association, including any— bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments; capital lease obligations; or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers' acceptances, or other similar instruments; or mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by the Federal National Mortgage Association.
Effective on the FMIC certification date, the charter of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation is repealed and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation shall have no authority to conduct new business under such charter, except that the provisions of such charter in effect immediately before such repeal shall continue to apply with respect to the rights and obligations of any holders of— outstanding debt obligations of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, including any— bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments; capital lease obligations; or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bankers' acceptances, or other similar instruments; or mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation.
The full faith and credit of the United States is pledged to the payment of all amounts which may be required to be paid under any obligation described under subsections
(a)and (b). Notwithstanding section 502 or any other provision of law, and subject to section 601, provision 2(a) (relating to Dividend Payment Dates and Dividend Periods) and provision 2(c) (relating to Dividend Rates and Dividend Amount) of the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, or any provision of any certificate in connection with such Agreement creating or designating the terms, powers, preferences, privileges, limitations, or any other conditions of the Variable Liquidation Preference Senior Preferred Stock of an enterprise issued pursuant to such Agreement— shall not be amended, restated, or otherwise changed to reduce the rate or amount of dividends in effect pursuant to such Agreement as of the Third Amendment to such Agreement dated August 17, 2012, except that any amendment to such Agreement to facilitate the sale of assets of the enterprises to facilitate compliance with the provisions of section 502(b) shall be permitted; and shall remain in effect until the guarantee obligations described under subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) are fully extinguished. Notwithstanding section 502, all guarantee fee amounts derived from the single-family mortgage guarantee business of the enterprises in existence as of the FMIC certification date shall be subject to the terms of the Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement. The Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 ( 12 U.S.C. 4501 et seq. ) is amended— in section 1303— in paragraph (2), by striking 'Federal Housing Finance Agency and inserting Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation ; in paragraph (3), by striking means and all that follows through the period at the end, and inserting means the Federal Home Loan Bank Act. ; by repealing paragraph (4); and in paragraph (9), by striking Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and inserting Board of Directors of the Federal Mortgage Insurance Corporation ; by repealing section 1313A; and by repealing section 1317(d). The amendments made by paragraph
(1)shall take effect on the FMIC certification date.
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