Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73
§52 [Compromise or Release of Notes or Other Obligations.]
Title 48 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - ALASKA › § 52
Summary
Allows the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to cancel or reduce part of debts he holds on Alaska property under 1955 housing or liquidation programs when the facilities securing those debts were lost, destroyed, or damaged by the 1964 earthquake and later seismic waves.
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Title 48, §52
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The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to compromise or release such portion of any note or other obligation held by him with respect to property in Alaska pursuant to Title II of the Housing Amendments of 1955 [42 U.S.C. 1491–1497] or included within the revolving fund for liquidating programs established by the Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1955, as he finds necessary because of loss, destruction, or damage to facilities securing such obligations by the 1964 earthquake and subsequent seismic waves. (Added Pub. L. 88–451, § 4, Aug. 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 506, and amended Pub. L. 90–19, § 15(a), May 25, 1967, 81 Stat. 24.)
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48 U.S.C. § 52
Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73