Title 12, Banks and BankingRelease 119-102

§1723b Investment of Funds

Title 12 › CHAPTER 13 — NATIONAL HOUSING › SUBCHAPTER III — NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATIONS › § 1723b

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Keep any Association money that is not put into mortgages, other securities, or its operating facilities as cash or in bank deposits. It may also be invested in U.S. government securities (or those backed by the U.S. government) or in other investments that trustees, trusts, or public funds are allowed to use.

Full Legal Text

Title 12, §1723b

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Moneys of the Association not invested in mortgages or other security holdings or in operating facilities shall be kept in cash on hand or on deposit, or invested in obligations of the United States or guaranteed thereby, or in obligations, participations, or other instruments which are lawful investments for fiduciary, trust, or public funds.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

on the subject of this section were formerly contained in section 1718 of this title.

Amendments

1964—Pub. L. 88–560 authorized investment of funds in participations and other instruments which are lawful investments. 1961—Pub. L. 87–70 inserted “or other security holdings” after “mortgages”. 1959—Pub. L. 86–372 substituted “in obligations of the United States or guaranteed thereby, or in obligations which are lawful investments for fiduciary, trust, or public funds” for “in bonds or other obligations of, or in bonds or other obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the United States”.

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Citation

12 U.S.C. § 1723b

Title 12, Banks and Banking

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102