12 USC § 1461 - Short title

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title: "12 USC § 1461 - Short title"
title_number: 12
title_name: "BANKS AND BANKING"
section_number: "1461"
section_name: "Short title"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "SAVINGS ASSOCIATIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 13, 1933, ch. 64, § 1 (part), 48 Stat. 128; Pub. L. 101–73, title III, § 301, Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 277.)"
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# § 1461. Short title

This chapter may be cited as the “Home Owners’ Loan Act.”

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**Source Credit**: (June 13, 1933, ch. 64, § 1 (part), 48 Stat. 128; Pub. L. 101–73, title III, § 301, Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 277.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is comprised of the first sentence of section 1 of act . The remainder of section 1 of the Act included a table of contents for the Act.

### Amendments

1989— amended section generally, striking out “of 1933” after “Act”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

> **“(1)** are not already subject to a notice issued by the appropriate Federal banking agency or the Board (initiating an administrative proceeding); and
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> **“(2)** occurred after the completion of the last report of examination of the institution by the appropriate Federal banking agency (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act [12 U.S.C. 1813]) occurring before the date of the enactment of this Act.”

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### Short Title of 1998 Amendment

> “This Act [enacting
> 
> , amending sections 1464 and 1818 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under
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> ] may be cited as the ‘Examination Parity and Year 2000 Readiness for Financial Institutions Act’.”

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### Short Title of 1991 Amendment

> “This subtitle [subtitle G (§§ 436–441) of title IV of
> 
> , amending sections 1464 and 1467a of this title] may be cited as the ‘Qualified Thrift Lender Reform Act of 1991’.”

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### Short Title of 1982 Amendment

> “This title [enacting
> 
> , amending sections 1425a, 1426, 1428a, 1430, 1464, 1725, 1730a, 1841, and 3503 of this title, enacting provisions set out as a note under
> 
> , and repealing provisions set out as a note under
> 
> ] may be cited as the ‘Thrift Institutions Restructuring Act’.”

, , , provided that: