Title 12 › Chapter CHAPTER 46— - GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ENTERPRISES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - REQUIRED CAPITAL LEVELS FOR REGULATED ENTITIES, SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT POWERS, AND REVIEWS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES › § 4624
The Director must make rules that say what the enterprises can hold in their portfolios. The rules must make sure holdings have enough capital and fit the enterprises’ mission and safe operations. In making the rules, the Director must look at the enterprises’ ability to create a liquid secondary market through securitization, their size in the mortgage market, and the standards in section 4513b. The Director can temporarily change those standards by order during economic stress or market problems. The Director must watch each enterprise’s portfolio and can order an enterprise to sell or buy any asset, under terms the Director sets, if the action is consistent with the purposes of this Act or any authorizing statute, regardless of the enterprises’ capital classifications.
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12 U.S.C. § 4624
Title 12 — Banks and Banking
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Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73