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12 U.S.C. 4502: Definitions

Created in 1992 by Public Law 102-550. Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

10 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 7 U.S.C. 1a, 12 U.S.C. 1452, 12 U.S.C. 1454, 12 U.S.C. 1717, 12 U.S.C. 1718.

4 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Federal Housing Finance Agency (4).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2008

    • Pub. L. 110–289, §1002(a)(2)–(14), added pars. (2) to (4), (8), (11), (13), (19), (20), and (25), redesignated former pars. (2) to (12) and (16) to (19) as (5) to (7), (9), (10), (12), (14) to (18), and (21) to (24), respectively, substituted "Federal Housing Finance Agency" for "Office of Federal … (Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008) Law text
    • Pub. L. 110–289, §1002(a)(1), substituted "Director" for "Secretary". (Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008) Law text · (8), (9), (10), (19)
    • Pub. L. 110–289, §1128(d)(1), added par. (24) and struck out former par. (24) which defined the term "very low-income". (Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008) Law text · (24)
    • Pub. L. 110–289, §1128(d)(2), added pars. (26) to (31). (Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008) Law text · (26), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.