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§ 1441b. —  Resolution Funding Corporation established.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 12USC1441b]

 
                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
                   CHAPTER 11--FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS
 
Sec. 1441b. Resolution Funding Corporation established


(a) Purpose

    The purpose of the Resolution Funding Corporation is to provide 
funds to the Resolution Trust Corporation to enable the Resolution Trust 
Corporation to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Establishment

    There is established a corporation to be known as the Resolution 
Funding Corporation.

(c) Management of Funding Corporation

                           (1) Directorate

        The Funding Corporation shall be under the management of a 
    Directorate composed of 3 members as follows:
            (A) The director of the Office of Finance of the Federal 
        Home Loan Banks (or the head of any successor office).
            (B) 2 members selected by the Thrift Depositor Protection 
        Oversight Board from among the presidents of the Federal Home 
        Loan Banks.

                              (2) Terms

        Of the 2 members appointed under paragraph (1)(B), 1 shall be 
    appointed for an initial term of 2 years and 1 shall be appointed 
    for an initial term of 3 years. Thereafter, such members shall be 
    appointed for a term of 3 years.

                             (3) Vacancy

        If any member leaves the office in which such member was serving 
    when appointed to the Directorate--
            (A) such member's service on the Directorate shall terminate 
        on the date such member leaves such office; and
            (B) the successor to the office of such member shall serve 
        the remainder of such member's term.

                  (4) Equal representation of banks

        No president of a Federal Home Loan Bank may be appointed to 
    serve an additional term on the Directorate until such time as the 
    presidents of each of the other Federal Home Loan Banks have served 
    as many terms as the president of such bank.

                           (5) Chairperson

        The Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board shall select the 
    chairperson of the Directorate from among the 3 members of the 
    Directorate.

                              (6) Staff

        (A) No paid employees

            The Funding Corporation shall have no paid employees.

        (B) Powers

            The Directorate may, with the approval of the Federal 
        Housing Finance Board authorize the officers, employees, or 
        agents of the Federal Home Loan Banks to act for and on behalf 
        of the Funding Corporation in such manner as may be necessary to 
        carry out the functions of the Funding Corporation.

                     (7) Administrative expenses

        (A) In general

            All administrative expenses of the Funding Corporation, 
        including custodian fees, shall be paid by the Federal Home Loan 
        Banks.

        (B) Pro rata distribution

            The amount each Federal Home Loan Bank shall pay under 
        subparagraph (A) shall be determined by the Thrift Depositor 
        Protection Oversight Board by multiplying the total 
        administrative expenses for any period by the percentage arrived 
        at by dividing--
                (i) the aggregate amount the Thrift Depositor Protection 
            Oversight Board required such bank to invest in the Funding 
            Corporation (as of the time of such determination) under 
            paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (e) of this section 
            (computed without regard to paragraphs (3) or (6) of such 
            subsection); by
                (ii) the aggregate amount the Thrift Depositor 
            Protection Oversight Board required all Federal Home Loan 
            Banks to invest (as of the time of such determination) under 
            such paragraphs.

      (8) Regulation by Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight 
                                    Board

        The Directorate of the Funding Corporation shall be subject to 
    such regulations, orders, and directions as the Thrift Depositor 
    Protection Oversight Board may prescribe.

            (9) No compensation from Funding Corporation

        Members of the Directorate of the Funding Corporation shall 
    receive no pay, allowance, or benefit from the Funding Corporation 
    for serving on the Directorate.

(d) Powers of Funding Corporation

    The Funding Corporation shall have only the powers described in 
paragraphs (1) through (9), subject to the other provisions of this 
section and such regulations, orders, and directions as the Thrift 
Depositor Protection Oversight Board may prescribe:

                           (1) Issue stock

        To issue nonvoting capital stock to the Federal Home Loan Banks.

            (2) Purchase capital stock; transfer amounts

        To purchase capital certificates issued by the Resolution Trust 
    Corporation under section 1441a of this title, and to transfer 
    amounts to the Resolution Trust Corporation pursuant to subsection 
    (e)(8) of this section.

                        (3) Issue obligations

        To issue debentures, bonds, or other obligations, and to borrow, 
    to give security for any amount borrowed, and to pay interest on 
    (and any redemption premium with respect to) any such obligation or 
    amount.

                       (4) Impose assessments

        To impose assessments in accordance with subsection (e)(7) of 
    this section.

                         (5) Corporate seal

        To adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal.

                           (6) Succession

        To have succession until dissolved.

                            (7) Contracts

        To enter into contracts.

                        (8) Authority to sue

        To sue and be sued in its corporate capacity, and to complain 
    and defend in any action brought by or against the Funding 
    Corporation in any State or Federal court of competent jurisdiction.

                        (9) Incidental powers

        To exercise such incidental powers not inconsistent with the 
    provisions of this section and section 1441a of this title as are 
    necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this 
    section.

(e) Capitalization of Funding Corporation, etc.

                           (1) In general

        (A) Amount required

            The Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board shall ensure 
        that the aggregate of the amounts obtained under this subsection 
        shall be sufficient so that--
                (i) the Funding Corporation may transfer the amounts 
            required under paragraph (8); and
                (ii) the total of the face amounts (the amount of 
            principal payable at maturity) of noninterest bearing 
            instruments in the Funding Corporation Principal Fund are 
            equal to the aggregate amount of principal on the 
            obligations of the Funding Corporation.

        (B) Purchases of stock by Federal Home Loan Banks

            Each Federal Home Loan Bank shall purchase stock in the 
        Funding Corporation at times and in amounts prescribed by the 
        Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board.

                   (2) Par value; transferability

        Each share of stock issued by the Funding Corporation to a 
    Federal Home Loan Bank shall have a par value in an amount 
    determined by the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board and 
    shall be transferable at not less than par value only among the 
    Federal Home Loan Banks in the manner and to the extent prescribed 
    by the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board.

     (3) Maximum investment amount limitation for each Federal 
                               Home Loan Bank

        The cumulative amount of funds invested in nonvoting capital 
    stock of the Funding Corporation by each Federal Home Loan Bank 
    under paragraph (1) shall not at any time exceed the sum of the 
    amounts calculated under subparagraphs (A) and (B), as adjusted in 
    subparagraph (C), as follows:

        (A) Reserves and undivided profits on December 31, 1988

            The sum on December 31, 1988, of--
                (i) the reserves maintained by such Bank pursuant to the 
            reserve requirement contained in the first 2 sentences of 
            section 1436 of this title (as in effect on December 31, 
            1988); and
                (ii) the undivided profits of such Bank, minus the 
            amounts invested in the capital stock of the Financing 
            Corporation pursuant to section 1441 of this title.

        (B) Subsequent additions to reserves and undivided profits

            The amount, calculated until the date on which the Funding 
        Corporation Principal Fund is fully funded, equal to--
                (i) the sum of--
                    (I) the amounts added to reserves by such Bank after 
                December 31, 1988, pursuant to the reserve requirement 
                contained in the first 2 sentences of section 1436 of 
                this title (as in effect on December 31, 1988); and
                    (II) the quarterly additions to undivided profits of 
                the Bank after December 31, 1988; minus

                (ii) the amounts invested by such Bank in the capital 
            stock of the Financing Corporation after December 31, 1988, 
            pursuant to the requirement contained in section 1441 of 
            this title.

        (C) Annual adjustment

            The amounts in subparagraph (B) shall be adjusted as 
        follows:
            (i) Increase in limit

                If the aggregate amount for all Federal Home Loan Banks 
            determined under subparagraph (B)(i) is less than 
            $300,000,000 per year, the limit for each Bank shall be 
            increased by an amount determined by the Thrift Depositor 
            Protection Oversight Board by multiplying the aggregate 
            deficiency by the percentage applicable to such Bank arrived 
            at in the manner described in paragraph (5).
            (ii) Decrease in limit

                If the aggregate amount for all Federal Home Loan Banks 
            determined under subparagraph (B)(i) is more than 
            $300,000,000 per year, the limit for each Bank shall be 
            decreased by an amount determined by the Thrift Depositor 
            Protection Oversight Board by multiplying the aggregate 
            excess by the percentage applicable to such Bank arrived at 
            in the manner described in paragraph (5).

     (4) Pro rata distribution of first $1,000,000,000 invested 
              in Funding Corporation by Federal Home Loan Banks

        Of the first $1,000,000,000 of the aggregate that the Federal 
    Housing Finance Board (pursuant to section 1441 of this title) or 
    the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board (under this section) 
    may require the Federal Home Loan Banks collectively to invest in 
    the capital stock of the Financing Corporation or invest in the 
    capital stock of the Funding Corporation, respectively, the amount 
    which each Federal Home Loan Bank (or any successor to the Bank) 
    shall invest shall be determined by the Federal Housing Finance 
    Board or the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board (as the 
    case may be) by multiplying the aggregate amount of such investment 
    by all Banks by the percentage appearing in the following table for 
    each such Bank:

                                                    BankPercentage
       Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston...............................  
                                                                  1.8629
       Federal Home Loan Bank of New York.............................  
                                                                  9.1006
       Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh...........................  
                                                                  4.2702
  Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta............................. 14.4007
       Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati...........................  
                                                                  8.2653
       Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis.........................  
                                                                  5.2863
       Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago..............................  
                                                                  9.6886
       Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines...........................  
                                                                  6.9301
       Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas...............................  
                                                                  8.8181
       Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka...............................  
                                                                  5.2706
  Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco....................... 19.9644
       Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle..............................  
                                                                  6.1422

    (5) Pro rata distribution of amounts required to be invested 
                         in excess of $1,000,000,000

        Of any amount which the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight 
    Board may require the Federal Home Loan Banks to invest in capital 
    stock of the Funding Corporation under this subsection in excess of 
    the $1,000,000,000 amount referred to in paragraph (4), the amount 
    which each Federal Home Loan Bank (or any successor to such Bank) 
    shall invest shall be determined by the Thrift Depositor Protection 
    Oversight Board by multiplying the excess amount by the percentage 
    arrived at by dividing--
            (A) the sum of the total assets (as of the most recent 
        December 31) held by all Savings Association Insurance Fund 
        members which are members of such Bank; by
            (B) the sum of the total assets (as of such date) held by 
        all Savings Association Insurance Fund members which are members 
        of a Federal Home Loan Bank.

         (6) Special provisions relating to maximum amount 
                                 limitations

        (A) In general

            If the amount of any Federal Home Loan Bank's allocation 
        under paragraph (5) exceeds the maximum amount applicable with 
        respect to such Bank (in this paragraph referred to as a 
        ``deficient Bank'') under paragraph (3) at the time of such 
        determination (in this paragraph referred to as the ``excess 
        amount'')--
                (i) the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board 
            shall require each Federal Home Loan Bank that is not 
            allocated an amount under paragraph (5) that exceeds its 
            maximum under paragraph (3) (in this paragraph referred to 
            as a ``remaining Bank'') to purchase stock in the Funding 
            Corporation (in addition to the amount determined under 
            paragraph (5) for such remaining Bank and subject to the 
            maximum amount applicable with respect to such remaining 
            Bank under paragraph (3) at the time of such determination) 
            on behalf of the deficient Bank the amount determined under 
            subparagraph (B);
                (ii) the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board 
            shall require the deficient Bank to subsequently reimburse 
            the remaining Banks out of its net earnings (or 
            reimbursements received from other Banks) in the manner 
            described in subparagraphs (C) and (D); and
                (iii) the requirements contained in subparagraph (D) 
            relating to the use of net earnings shall apply to the 
            deficient Bank until such Bank has reimbursed the remaining 
            Banks for all of the excess amount.

        (B) Allocation of excess amount among remaining Federal Home 
                Loan Banks

            (i) In general

                The amount of stock each remaining Federal Home Loan 
            Bank shall be required to purchase under subparagraph (A)(i) 
            is the amount determined by the Thrift Depositor Protection 
            Oversight Board by multiplying the excess amount by the 
            percentage arrived at by dividing--
                    (I) the cumulative amount of stock in the Funding 
                Corporation purchased under this subsection by such 
                remaining Bank at the time of such determination; by
                    (II) the aggregate of the cumulative amounts 
                invested under this subsection by all remaining Banks at 
                such time.
            (ii) Reallocation

                If the allocation under this subparagraph results in a 
            remaining Bank exceeding its maximum amount under paragraph 
            (3), such excess amount shall be reallocated to the other 
            remaining Bank in accordance with this subparagraph.

        (C) Reimbursement procedure

            (i) In general

                A Bank on whose behalf stock is purchased under 
            subparagraph (A)(i) shall make payments annually from 
            amounts, if any, in its reserve account (as described in 
            subparagraph (D)) to each Bank that made payments on its 
            behalf until a full reimbursement has been completed. A full 
            reimbursement shall require repayment of the excess amounts 
            invested by other Banks plus interest which shall accrue at 
            a rate equal to the annual average cost of funds in the most 
            recent year to all Federal Home Loan Banks and which shall 
            begin to accrue 2 years after the investments under 
            subparagraph (A)(i) are made.
            (ii) Determination of amounts

                The Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board shall 
            annually determine the dollar amounts of such reimbursements 
            by distributing the amount available for such reimbursements 
            (at the time of such determination) from the reimbursing 
            Bank to the Banks that made purchases on its behalf 
            according to the shares of the reimbursing Bank's excess 
            amount that the other Banks invested.

        (D) Transfer to account for reimbursements required

            (i) In general

                Of the net earnings for any year of a Bank on whose 
            behalf a purchase is made under subparagraph (A)(i) and any 
            reimbursements received from other Banks, the amount 
            necessary to make the reimbursements required under 
            subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be placed in a reserve account 
            (established in the manner prescribed by the Thrift 
            Depositor Protection Oversight Board), which shall be 
            available only for such reimbursements.
            (ii) Limitation

                The total amount placed in such reserve account in any 
            year by any Bank shall not exceed an amount equal to 20 
            percent of the net earnings of such Bank for such year.

                       (7) Additional sources

        If each Federal Home Loan Bank has exhausted the amount 
    applicable with respect to the Bank under paragraph (3) after 
    purchases under paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), the amounts necessary 
    to provide additional funding for the Funding Corporation Principal 
    Fund shall be obtained from the following sources:

        (A) Assessments

            The Funding Corporation, with the approval of the Board of 
        Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, shall 
        assess against each Savings Association Insurance Fund member an 
        assessment (in the same manner as assessments are assessed 
        against such members by the Federal Deposit Insurance 
        Corporation pursuant to section 1817 of this title) except 
        that--
                (i) the maximum amount of the aggregate amount assessed 
            shall be the amount of additional funds necessary to fund 
            the Funding Corporation Principal Fund;
                (ii) the sum of--
                    (I) the amount assessed under this subparagraph; and
                    (II) the amount assessed by the Financing 
                Corporation under section 1441 of this title;

          shall not exceed the amount authorized to be assessed against 
            Savings Association Insurance Fund members pursuant to 
            section 1817 of this title;
                (iii) the Financing Corporation shall have first 
            priority to make the assessment; and
                (iv) the amount of the applicable assessment determined 
            under such section 1817 of this title shall be reduced by 
            the sum described in clause (ii) of this subparagraph.

        (B) Receivership proceeds

            To the extent the amounts available pursuant to subparagraph 
        (A) are insufficient to fund the Funding Corporation Principal 
        Fund, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation shall transfer 
        amounts to the Funding Corporation from the liquidating 
        dividends and payments made on claims received by the FSLIC 
        Resolution Fund from receiverships.

                         (8) Transfer to RTC

        The Funding Corporation shall transfer to the Resolution Trust 
    Corporation $1,200,000,000 in fiscal year 1989.

(f) Obligations of Funding Corporation

                            (1) Issuance

        The Funding Corporation may issue bonds, notes, debentures, and 
    similar obligations in an aggregate amount not to exceed 
    $30,000,000,000. No obligation may be issued under this paragraph 
    unless, at the time of issuance, the face amounts (the amount of 
    principal payable at maturity) of noninterest bearing instruments in 
    the Funding Corporation Principal Fund are equal to the aggregate 
    amount of principal on the obligations of the Funding Corporation 
    that will be outstanding following such issuance.

                        (2) Interest payments

        The Funding Corporation shall pay the interest due on such 
    obligations from funds obtained for such interest payments from the 
    following sources:

        (A) Earnings on certain assets

            Earnings on assets of the Funding Corporation which are not 
        invested in the Funding Corporation Principal Fund shall be used 
        for interest payments on outstanding debt of the Funding 
        Corporation.

        (B) Proceeds from Resolution Trust Corporation

            To the extent the amounts available pursuant to subparagraph 
        (A) are insufficient to cover the amount of interest payments, 
        the Resolution Trust Corporation shall pay to the Funding 
        Corporation--
                (i) the liquidating dividends and payments made on 
            claims received by the Resolution Trust Corporation from 
            receiverships to the extent such proceeds are determined by 
            the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board to be in 
            excess of funds presently necessary for resolution costs; 
            and
                (ii) any proceeds from warrants and participations 
            acquired by the Resolution Trust Corporation.

        (C) Payments by Federal home loan banks

            (i) In general

                To the extent that the amounts available pursuant to 
            subparagraphs (A) and (B) are insufficient to cover the 
            amount of interest payments, each Federal home loan bank 
            shall pay to the Funding Corporation in each calendar year, 
            20.0 percent of the net earnings of that Bank (after 
            deducting expenses relating to section 1430(j) of this title 
            and operating expenses).
            (ii) Annual determination

                The Board annually shall determine the extent to which 
            the value of the aggregate amounts paid by the Federal home 
            loan banks exceeds or falls short of the value of an annuity 
            of $300,000,000 per year that commences on the issuance date 
            and ends on the final scheduled maturity date of the 
            obligations, and shall select appropriate present value 
            factors for making such determinations, in consultation with 
            the Secretary of the Treasury.
            (iii) Payment term alterations

                The Board shall extend or shorten the term of the 
            payment obligations of a Federal home loan bank under this 
            subparagraph as necessary to ensure that the value of all 
            payments made by the Banks is equivalent to the value of an 
            annuity referred to in clause (ii).
            (iv) Term beyond maturity

                If the Board extends the term of payment obligations 
            beyond the final scheduled maturity date for the 
            obligations, each Federal home loan bank shall continue to 
            pay 20.0 percent of its net earnings (after deducting 
            expenses relating to section 1430(j) of this title and 
            operating expenses) to the Treasury of the United States 
            until the value of all such payments by the Federal home 
            loan banks is equivalent to the value of an annuity referred 
            to in clause (ii). In the final year in which the Federal 
            home loan banks are required to make any payment to the 
            Treasury under this subparagraph, if the dollar amount 
            represented by 20.0 percent of the net earnings of the 
            Federal home loan banks exceeds the remaining obligation of 
            the Banks to the Treasury, the Finance Board shall reduce 
            the percentage pro rata to a level sufficient to pay the 
            remaining obligation.

        (D) Proceeds from sale of assets

            To the extent the amounts available pursuant to 
        subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) are insufficient to cover the 
        amount of interest payments, the FSLIC Resolution Fund shall 
        transfer to the Funding Corporation any net proceeds from the 
        sale of assets received from the Resolution Trust Corporation, 
        which shall be used by the Funding Corporation to pay such 
        interest.

        (E) Treasury backup

            (i) In general

                To the extent the amounts available pursuant to 
            subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) are insufficient to 
            cover the amount of interest payments, the Secretary of the 
            Treasury shall pay to the Funding Corporation the additional 
            amount due, which shall be used by the Funding Corporation 
            to pay such interest.
            (ii) Liability of Funding Corporation

                In each instance where the Secretary is required to make 
            a payment under this subparagraph to the Funding 
            Corporation, the amount of the payment shall become a 
            liability of the Funding Corporation to be repaid to the 
            Secretary upon dissolution of the Funding Corporation (to 
            the extent the Funding Corporation may have any remaining 
            assets).
            (iii) Appropriation of funds

                There are hereby appropriated to the Secretary, for 
            fiscal year 1989 and each fiscal year thereafter, such sums 
            as may be necessary to carry out clause (i).

                       (3) Principal payments

        On maturity of an obligation issued under this subsection, the 
    obligation shall be repaid by the Funding Corporation from the 
    liquidation of noninterest bearing instruments held in the Funding 
    Corporation Principal Fund.

         (4) Proceeds to be transferred to Resolution Trust 
                                 Corporation

        Subject to terms and conditions approved by the Thrift Depositor 
    Protection Oversight Board, the proceeds (less any discount, plus 
    any premium, net of issuance costs) of any obligation issued by the 
    Funding Corporation shall be used to--
            (A) purchase the capital certificates issued by the 
        Resolution Trust Corporation under section 1441a of this title; 
        or
            (B) refund any previously issued obligation the proceeds of 
        which were transferred in the manner described in subparagraph 
        (A).

        (5) Investment of United States funds in obligations

        Obligations issued under this section by the Funding 
    Corporation, at the direction of the Thrift Depositor Protection 
    Oversight Board 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 or control of the 
    United States or any officer of the United States.

                     (6) Market for obligations

        All persons having the power to invest in, sell, underwrite, 
    purchase for their own accounts, accept as security, or otherwise 
    deal in obligations of the Federal Home Loan Banks shall also have 
    the power to do so with respect to obligations of the Funding 
    Corporation.

                        (7) Tax exempt status

        (A) In general

            Except as provided in subparagraph (B), obligations of the 
        Funding Corporation shall be exempt from tax both as to 
        principal and interest to the same extent as any obligation of a 
        Federal Home Loan Bank is exempt from tax under section 1433 of 
        this title.

        (B) Exception

            The Funding Corporation, like the Federal Home Loan Banks, 
        shall be treated as an agency of the United States for purposes 
        of the first sentence of section 3124(b) of title 31 (relating 
        to determination of tax status of interest on obligations).

                (8) Obligations not exempt securities

        (A) In general

            For purposes of the laws administered by the Securities and 
        Exchange Commission, obligations of the Funding Corporation--
                (i) shall not be considered to be securities issued or 
            guaranteed by a person controlled or supervised by, or 
            acting as an instrumentality of, the Government of the 
            United States; and
                (ii) shall not be considered to be ``exempted 
            securities'' within the meaning of section 78c(a)(12)(A)(i) 
            of title 15, except that such obligations shall be 
            considered to be exempted securities for purposes of section 
            78o of title 15.

        (B) Authority of Commission

            Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Securities and 
        Exchange Commission may, by rule or order, consistent with the 
        public interest and the protection of investors, exempt 
        securities issued by the Funding Corporation from the 
        registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 [15 
        U.S.C. 77a et seq.], subject to such terms and conditions as the 
        Commission may prescribe.

    (9) Minority participation in public or negotiated offerings

        The Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board and the 
    Directorate shall ensure that minority owned or controlled 
    commercial banks, investment banking firms, underwriters, and bond 
    counsels throughout the United States have an opportunity to 
    participate to a significant degree in any public or negotiated 
    offering of obligations issued under this section.

         (10) No full faith and credit of the United States

        Obligations of the Funding Corporation shall not be obligations 
    of, or guaranteed as to principal by, the Federal Home Loan Bank 
    System, the Federal Home Loan Banks, the United States, or the 
    Resolution Trust Corporation and the obligations shall so plainly 
    state. The Secretary shall pay interest on such obligations as 
    required pursuant to this subsection.

(g) Use and disposition of assets of Funding Corporation not transferred 
        to Resolution Trust Corporation

                           (1) In general

        Subject to regulations, restrictions, and limitations prescribed 
    by the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board, assets of the 
    Funding Corporation which are not required to be invested in capital 
    certificates issued by the Resolution Trust Corporation under 
    section 1441a of this title and are not needed for current interest 
    payments shall be invested in direct obligations of the United 
    States issued by the Secretary.

      (2) Separate account for zero coupon instruments held to 
                         ensure payment of principal

        Except as provided in subsection (e)(8) of this section, the 
    Funding Corporation shall invest amounts received pursuant to 
    subsection (e) of this section in, and hold in a separate account to 
    be known as the Funding Corporation Principal Fund, noninterest 
    bearing instruments--
            (A) which are direct obligations of the United States issued 
        by the Secretary; and
            (B) the total of the face amounts (the amount of principal 
        payable at maturity) of which is approximately equal to the 
        aggregate amount of principal on the obligations of the Funding 
        Corporation.

(h) Miscellaneous provisions

                 (1) Treatment for certain purposes

        Except as provided in subsection (f)(7)(B) of this section, the 
    Funding Corporation shall be treated as a Federal Home Loan Bank for 
    purposes of section 1433 of this title (to the extent such section 
    relates to State, municipal, and local taxation) and section 1443 of 
    this title.

     (2) Federal Reserve banks as depositaries and fiscal agents

        The Federal Reserve banks are authorized to act as depositaries 
    for or fiscal agents or custodians of the Funding Corporation.

        (3) Applicability of certain provisions relating to 
                           Government corporations

        The Funding Corporation shall be treated, for purposes of 
    sections 9105,\1\ 9107, and 9108 of title 31, as a mixed-ownership 
    Government corporation which has capital of the Government.
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                (4) Jurisdiction and power to remove

        (A) Federal court jurisdiction

            Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any civil 
        action, suit, or proceeding to which the Funding Corporation is 
        a party shall be deemed to arise under the laws of the United 
        States, and the United States district courts shall have 
        original jurisdiction over such action, suit, or proceeding.

        (B) Removal

            The Funding Corporation may, without bond or security, 
        remove any such action, suit, or proceeding from a State court 
        to the United States District Court for the District of 
        Columbia.

(i) Annual report

                           (1) In general

        The Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board shall annually 
    submit a full report of the operations, activities, budget, 
    receipts, and expenditures of the Funding Corporation for the 
    preceding 12-month period.

                            (2) Contents

        The report required under paragraph (1) shall include--
            (A) audited statements and any information necessary to make 
        known the financial condition and operations of the Funding 
        Corporation in accordance with generally accepted accounting 
        principles;
            (B) the financial operating plans and forecasts (including 
        estimates of actual and future spending, and estimates of actual 
        and future cash obligations) of the Funding Corporation taking 
        into account its financial commitments, guarantees, and other 
        contingent liabilities; and
            (C) the results of the annual audit of the financial 
        transactions of the Funding Corporation conducted by the 
        Comptroller General pursuant to section 9105(a) of title 31.

              (3) Submission to Congress and President

        The Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board shall submit 
    each annual report required under this subsection to the Congress 
    and the President as soon as practicable after the end of the 
    calendar year for which the report is made, but not later than June 
    30 of the year following such calendar year.

(j) Termination of Funding Corporation

                           (1) In general

        The Funding Corporation shall be dissolved, as soon as 
    practicable, after the maturity and full payment of all obligations 
    issued by the Funding Corporation under this section.

    (2) Authority of Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board 
                 to conclude affairs of Funding Corporation

        Effective on the date of the dissolution of the Funding 
    Corporation under paragraph (1), the Thrift Depositor Protection 
    Oversight Board may exercise on behalf of the Funding Corporation 
    any power of the Funding Corporation which the Thrift Depositor 
    Protection Oversight Board determines to be necessary to settle and 
    conclude the affairs of the Funding Corporation.

(k) Definitions

    For purposes of this section:

                     (1) Administrative expenses

        The term ``administrative expenses'' does not include--
            (A) any interest on, or any redemption premium with respect 
        to, any obligation of the Funding Corporation; or
            (B) issuance costs.

                          (2) Custodian fee

        The term ``custodian fee'' means--
            (A) any fee incurred by the Funding Corporation in 
        connection with the transfer of any security to, or the 
        maintenance of any security in, the segregated account 
        established under subsection (g) of this section; and
            (B) any other expense incurred by the Funding Corporation in 
        connection with the establishment or maintenance of such 
        account.

                       (3) Funding Corporation

        The term ``Funding Corporation'' means the Resolution Funding 
    Corporation established in subsection (b) of this section.

               (4) Funding Corporation Principal Fund

        The term ``Funding Corporation Principal Fund'' means the 
    separate account established under subsection (g)(2) of this 
    section.

                         (5) Issuance costs

        The term ``issuance costs''--
            (A) means issuance fees and commissions incurred by the 
        Funding Corporation in connection with the issuance or servicing 
        of any obligation of the Funding Corporation; and
            (B) includes legal and accounting expenses, trustee and 
        fiscal and paying agent charges, costs incurred in connection 
        with preparing and printing offering materials, and advertising 
        expenses, to the extent that any such cost or expense is 
        incurred by the Funding Corporation in connection with issuing 
        any obligation.

                          (6) Net earnings

        The term ``net earnings'' means net earnings without reduction 
    for chargeoffs or expenses incurred by a Federal Home Loan Bank for 
    the purchase of capital stock of the Financing Corporation or 
    payments relating to the Funding Corporation required by the Thrift 
    Depositor Protection Oversight Board under subsections (e) and (f) 
    of this section.

           (7) Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board

        The term ``Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board'' means--
            (A) the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board of the 
        Resolution Trust Corporation under section 1441a of this title; 
        and
            (B) after the termination of the Resolution Trust 
        Corporation--
                (i) the Secretary of the Treasury;
                (ii) the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the 
            Federal Reserve System; and
                (iii) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

            (8) Savings Association Insurance Fund member

        The term ``Savings Association Insurance Fund member'' means a 
    Savings Association Insurance member as such term is defined by 
    section 1817(l) of this title.

                            (9) Secretary

        The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Treasury.

                       (10) Undivided profits

        The term ``undivided profits'' means earnings retained after 
    dividends have been paid minus the sum of--
            (A) that portion required to be added to reserves maintained 
        pursuant to the first 2 sentences of section 1436 of this title; 
        and
            (B) the dollar amounts held by the respective Federal Home 
        Loan Banks in special dividend stabilization reserves on 
        December 31, 1985, as determined by the table set forth in 
        section 1441(d)(7) of this title.

(l) Regulations

    The Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board may prescribe any 
regulations necessary to carry out this section.

(July 22, 1932, ch. 522, Sec. 21B, as added Pub. L. 101-73, title V, 
Sec. 511(a), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 394; amended Pub. L. 102-233, title 
III, Sec. 302(b), Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1767; Pub. L. 102-550, title 
XVI, Sec. 1613(a)(7), (9), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4092; Pub. L. 104-
208, div. A, title II, Sec. 2704(d)(5), (11)(E), (F), Sept. 30, 1996, 
110 Stat. 3009-488, 3009-489; Pub. L. 106-102, title VI, Sec. 607(a), 
Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 1455.)

                       References in Text

    The Securities Act of 1933, referred to in subsec. (f)(8)(B), is act 
May 27, 1933, ch. 38, title I, 48 Stat. 74, as amended, which is 
classified generally to subchapter I (Sec. 77a et seq.) of chapter 2A of 
Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to 
the Code, see section 77a of Title 15 and Tables.
    Section 9105 of title 31, referred to in subsec. (h)(3), was amended 
generally by Pub. L. 101-576, title III, Sec. 305, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 
Stat. 2853, and, as so amended, no longer contains provisions relating 
to mixed-ownership Government corporations having capital of the 
Government.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (f)(2)(C). Pub. L. 106-102 amended subpar. (C) 
generally, substituting present provisions for provisions requiring 
Federal Home Loan Banks to pay to the Funding Corporation each calendar 
year an amount sufficient to cover amount of interest payments made by 
the Corporation in that year, and provisions relating to determination 
of each Bank's individual share of such annual amount.
    1996--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 2704(d)(11)(E), which 
directed the amendment of subsec. (e) by inserting, in par. (5), ``as of 
the date of funding'' after ``Savings Association Insurance Fund 
members'' in two places and by striking par. (7) and redesignating par. 
(8) as (7), was not executed. See Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note 
below.
    Subsec. (f)(2)(C)(ii)(I), (II). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 2704(d)(5), 
which directed the amendment of subcls. (I) and (II) by substituting 
``to insured depository institutions, and their successors, which were 
Savings Association Insurance Fund members on September 1, 1995'' for 
``to Savings Associations Insurance Fund members'', was not executed. 
See Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note below.
    Subsec. (k)(8) to (10). Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 2704(d)(11)(F), which 
directed the amendment of subsec. (k) by striking par. (8) and 
redesignating pars. (9) and (10) as (8) and (9), respectively, was not 
executed. See Effective Date of 1996 Amendment note below.
    1992--Subsecs. (c)(8), (j)(2). Pub. L. 102-550, Sec. 1613(a)(7), 
inserted ``Thrift Depositor Protection'' before ``Oversight'' in 
headings.
    Subsec. (k)(7). Pub. L. 102-550, Sec. 1613(a)(9), substituted 
``Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight'' for ``Oversight'' in heading.
    1991--Pub. L. 102-233 substituted ``Thrift Depositor Protection 
Oversight Board'' for ``Oversight Board'' wherever appearing in text.


                    Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

    Pub. L. 106-102, title VI, Sec. 607(b), Nov. 12, 1999, 113 Stat. 
1456, provided that: ``The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending 
this section] shall become effective on January 1, 2000. Payments made 
by a Federal home loan bank before that effective date shall be counted 
toward the total obligation of that Bank under section 21B(f)(2)(C) of 
the Federal Home Loan Bank Act [12 U.S.C. 1441b(f)(2)(C)], as amended by 
this section.''


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-208 effective Jan. 1, 1999, if no insured 
depository institution is a savings association on that date, see 
section 2704(c) of Pub. L. 104-208, set out as a note under section 1821 
of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-550 effective as if included in the 
Resolution Trust Corporation Refinancing, Restructuring, and Improvement 
Act of 1991, Pub. L. 102-233, as of Dec. 12, 1991, see section 1618 of 
Pub. L. 102-550, set out as a note under section 1441 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1991 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-233 effective Feb. 1, 1992, see section 318 
of Pub. L. 102-233, set out as a note under section 1441 of this title.

        Abolition of Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board

    Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board abolished, see section 
14(a)-(d) of Pub. L. 105-216, set out as a note under section 1441a of 
this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1422, 1426, 1430, 1436, 
1441, 1441a, 1821a of this title; title 26 section 501.



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