12 CFR § 653.1 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t12/s653.1"
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title: "12 CFR § 653.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 12
title_name: "Banks and Banking"
section_number: "653.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FARM CREDIT SYSTEM"
part_number: "653"
part_name: "FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION RISK MANAGEMENT"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 8.3, 8.4, 8.6, 8.8, and 8.10 of Pub. L. 92-181, 85 Stat. 583 (12 U.S.C. 2279aa-3, 2279aa-4, 2279aa-6, 2279aa-8, and 2279aa-10)."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 49154, July 27, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "653"
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# 653.1 Definitions.

The following definitions apply to this part:

*Corporation* means the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation and its affiliates.

*FCA* means the Farm Credit Administration, an independent Federal agency of the executive branch.

*OSMO* means the FCA Office of Secondary Market Oversight, which is responsible for the general supervision of the safe and sound exercise of the Corporation's powers, functions, and duties and compliance with laws and regulations.