Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/45/720
Timestamp: 2017-01-24 21:57:17
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§\u202f720', '§\u202f210', '§\u202f604', '§\u202f203', '§\u202f703', '§\u202f4', '§\u202f604', '§\u202f607']

§ 720.
Obligations of Association
To carry out the purposes of this chapter, the Association is authorized to issue bonds, debentures, trust certificates, securities, or other obligations (herein cited as “obligations”) in accordance with this section. Such obligations shall have such maturities and bear such rate or rates of interest as are determined by the Association with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Such obligations shall be redeemable at the option of the Association prior to maturity in the manner stipulated in each such obligation, and may be purchased by the Association in the open market at a price which is reasonable.
(b) Maximum obligational authorityThe aggregate principal amount (exclusive of interest or additions to principal on account of accrual of interest) of obligations issued by the Association under this section which may be outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $395,000,000. No obligations or proceeds thereof shall be issued or made available after February 5, 1976, except—
for the purpose of providing loans pursuant to subsections (g) and (h) of section 721 of this title.
(Pub. L. 93–236, title II, § 210, Jan. 2, 1974, 87 Stat. 1000; Pub. L. 94–210, title VI, §§ 604, 607(k), Feb. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 88, 97; Pub. L. 94–555, title II, § 203(e), Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2620; Pub. L. 96–448, title VII, § 703(f)(3), Oct. 14, 1980, 94 Stat. 1965.)
In subsec. (e), “chapter 31 of title 31” and “such chapter” substituted for “the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended” and “such Act”, respectively, on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
1980—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96–448 inserted “or under subsection (a) of section 746 of this title” after “subsection (c) of this section”.
1976—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–555 inserted “(exclusive of interest or additions to principal on account of accrual of interest)” after “aggregate principal amount”, and raised maximum amount allowed for outstanding obligations issued by Association to $395,000,000.
Pub. L. 94–210, § 604, substituted provisions authorizing $275,000,000 as maximum of aggregate amount of obligations outstanding at any one time and provisions relating to availability or issuance after Feb. 5, 1976, for provisions authorizing $1,500,000,000 as maximum of aggregate amount of obligations outstanding at any one time and provisions relating to limitations on amounts issued to Corporation and available for rehabilitation and modernization of rail properties.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–210, § 607(k), inserted provisions relating to guarantees as general obligations of the United States and pledge of full faith and credit for payment.
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