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(2) by redesignating paragraphs (23) through 
(26) as paragraphs (27) through (30), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (22) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(26) RURAL AREA.—The term ‘rural area’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 520 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490), except that 
such term includes micropolitan areas and tribal 
trust lands.’’. 
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (14) through 
(22) as paragraphs (17) through (25), respectively; 
and 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (13) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(16) LOW-INCOME AREA.—The term ‘low in-
come area’ means a census tract or block numbering 
area in which the median income does not exceed 80 
percent of the median income for the area in which 
such census tract or block numbering area is lo-
cated, and, for the purposes of section 1332(a)(2), 
shall include families having incomes not greater 
than 100 percent of the area median income who re-
side in minority census tracts.’’; 
(6) by redesignating paragraphs (12) and (13) 
as paragraphs (14) and (15), respectively;
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(7) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) EXTREMELY
LOW-INCOME.—The term 
‘extremely low-income’ means—
‘‘(A) in the case of owner-occupied units, 
income not in excess of 30 percent of the area 
median income; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of rental units, income 
not in excess of 30 percent of the area median 
income, with adjustments for smaller and larger 
families, as determined by the Secretary.’’; 
(8) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through 
(11) as paragraphs (9) through (12), respectively; 
and 
(9) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) CONFORMING MORTGAGE.—The term ‘con-
forming mortgage’ means, with respect to an enter-
prise, a conventional mortgage having an original 
principal obligation that does not exceed the dollar 
limitation, in effect at the time of such origination, 
under, as applicable—
‘‘(A) section 302(b)(2) of the Federal Na-
tional Mortgage Association Charter Act; or
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‘‘(B) section 305(a)(2) of the Federal 
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act.’’. 
SEC. 126. DUTY TO SERVE UNDERSERVED MARKETS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
AND EVALUATION
OF PER-
FORMANCE.—Section 1335 of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4565) is amend-
ed—
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘DUTY 
TO SERVE UNDERSERVED MARKETS AND’’ be-
fore ‘‘OTHER’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b); 
(3) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by inserting ‘‘and to carry out the duty under 
subsection (a) of this section’’ before ‘‘, each 
enterprise shall’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; 
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; 
(D) by striking paragraph (5); and 
(E) by redesignating such subsection as 
subsection (b);
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(4) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so re-
designated by paragraph (3)(E) of this subsection) 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(a) DUTY TO SERVE UNDERSERVED MARKETS.—
‘‘(1) DUTY.—In accordance with the purpose of 
the enterprises under section 301(3) of the Federal 
National Mortgage Association Charter Act (12 
U.S.C. 1716) and section 301(b)(3) of the Federal 
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 
1451 note) to undertake activities relating to mort-
gages on housing for very low-, low-, and moderate-
income families involving a reasonable economic re-
turn that may be less than the return earned on 
other activities, each enterprise shall have the duty 
to increase the liquidity of mortgage investments 
and improve the distribution of investment capital 
available for mortgage financing for underserved 
markets. 
‘‘(2) UNDERSERVED
MARKETS.—To meet its 
duty under paragraph (1), each enterprise shall com-
ply with the following requirements with respect to 
the following underserved markets: 
‘‘(A) MANUFACTURED HOUSING.—The en-
terprise shall lead the industry in developing 
loan products and flexible underwriting guide-
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lines to facilitate a secondary market for mort-
gages on manufactured homes for very low-, 
low-, and moderate-income families. 
‘‘(B) AFFORDABLE
HOUSING
PRESERVA-
TION.—The enterprise shall lead the industry in 
developing loan products and flexible under-
writing guidelines to facilitate a secondary mar-
ket to preserve housing affordable to very low-
, low-, and moderate-income families, including 
housing projects subsidized under—
‘‘(i) the project-based and tenant-
based rental assistance programs under 
section 8 of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937; 
‘‘(ii) the program under section 236 
of the National Housing Act; 
‘‘(iii) the below-market interest rate 
mortgage program under section 221(d)(4) 
of the National Housing Act; 
‘‘(iv) the supportive housing for the 
elderly program under section 202 of the 
Housing Act of 1959; 
‘‘(v) the supportive housing program 
for persons with disabilities under section